A record-setting blizzard blanketed much of the American East Coast in snow over the weekend, and parts of China have been experiencing weeks of bone-chilling temperatures, freezing rivers and waterfalls. The weather has caused serious problems, but it also brought many out to play, and others to photograph the snowball fights, sleds, and the beauty of winter in full swing.
Wintry Scenes After a Freezing Week
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A car parked on the street is coated in snow late at night in Centreville, Virginia, early on January 24, 2016, after a blizzard engulfed much of the eastern coast of the U.S. #
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People participate in a giant snowball fight in Dupont Circle in Washington on January 24, 2016. Snowball fights have become a tradition after every major snow storm in the Nation's Capital. #
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A branch of a tree is covered in filigree ice crystals in front of a backdrop of a bright blue sky in Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany, on January 22, 2016. #
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A resident shovels snow from the entrance to his home in Union City, New Jersey, across the Hudson River from Midtown Manhattan, after the second-biggest winter storm in New York history, on January 24, 2016. #
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