01.jpgKrasnoyarsk, Russia
Members of a winter swimming club form a 2010 sign in the snow on the bank of the Yenisei River in celebration of the coming of the new year.
Harbin, China
Soccer players enjoy a snow-covered pitch on the frozen Songhua river.
Resolute Bay, Canada
Torchbearer Brenda Eckalook carries the Olympic Flame for one leg of the 106 day cross-country relay which will end in Vancouver at the opening of the Winter Olympics.
Philadelphia, USA
A shopper departs a Wal-Mart during a winter storm. The city of Brotherly Love was hit with 23 inches of snow during December.
Minsk, Belarus
A bare-chested man jogs past a more appropriately dressed family in a snow-covered park.
Boston, USA
A man skis along Charles Street during a nor'easter winter snow storm.
Berlin, Germany
Members of Berlin's ice swimming club Berliner Seehunde (Berlin seals) take a dip in Orankesee lake on Christmas day.
St. Petersburg, Russia
A woman makes her way over the snowy tracks left by pedestrians