Jan. 5 in Photos
The Inland Northwest is not the only area being hit by snow and cold this winter. Our slide show today features images from around the world where weather is in the news.
Section:Gallery
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John Cook shovels around his family's minivan on Rockwood Blvd. in Spokane Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. With school slated to resume Monday, many people will have to free family cars to take the kids to school. There has been a lot of comparisons made to extreme winters in the past and how Inland Northwesterners have handled it.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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A swan attempts to land on a frozen lake near Castleford northern England Monday Jan. 5, 2009. Freezing temperatures and snow have struck large areas of Britain.
John Giles Associated Press
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People walk through the ruins of Telman Street, in the South Ossetian capital Tskhinvali, Georgia, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009, one of the streets most destroyed during the five-day war which broke out Aug. 7, 2008. The war erupted when Georgian forces attacked the South Ossetian capital, Tskhinvali, in an effort to regain authority over the region, which broke from central government control in a war during the early 1990's.
Kirill Tulin Associated Press
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Icicles hang off of a bench in the fountain area at the Arlington Highlands shopping center in Arlington, Texas, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. Freezing rain moved into North Texas making for a tricky morning commute.
Brandon Wade Associated Press
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A man rides a bicycle in the snow near the village of Chavdar, east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009.
Petar Petrov Associated Press
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People skate on frozen canals in Kinderdijk's Mill Area, a UNESCO World Heritage site, near Rotterdam, Netherlands, Saturday Jan. 3, 2009. Kinderdijk, where the mills date back to the 18th century, is a good example of a low countries area where water management is carefully organised with a system of historic mills and waterways.
Peter Dejong Associated Press
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People fish on a frozen lake on the outskirts of Bucharest, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. Romania is experiencing a wave of cold weather with temperatures as low as minus 31 degrees Celsius (-24 degrees Fahrenheit) in some areas.
Vadim Ghirda Associated Press
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A snow sculpture takes shape at the Snow Festival in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang province, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009.
Ng Guan Associated Press
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A man gathers wood in a frozen field on the outskirts of Bucharest, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. Romania experiences a wave of cold weather with temperatures as low as minus 31 degrees Centigrade (minus 24 degrees Fahrenheit) in some areas.
Vadim Ghirda Associated Press
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Alberta Bates walks on the street in downtown Gallup, N.M. on Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, to avoid the snow on the sidewalk, which had not been shoveled. Gallup and the surrounding area received nearly a foot of snow on Sunday and Monday morning.
Brian Leddy Associated Press
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People walk past the Eiffel Tower in Paris as snow covered the French capital, Monday Jan. 5, 2009 .
Yoan Valat Associated Press