Winter in the world!

While the government of all countries trying to hook us on another senseless tax to combat global warming, Mother Nature proves the opposite!
The first week of the new year, both in principle and in front of him, was surprisingly frosty worldwide. In Britain, a strong frost, snow and ice disrupted airports and schools. In Spain, due to heavy rains and snowfall in the south-west of the country were flooded roads and houses. In the US, farmers are trying to save a valuable crop of strawberries and other fruits in Florida, where as the temperature dropped. Although there have frost and snow and positive aspects - in Berlin, people immediately grabbed the sled, in Scotland playing curling.



Girl hiding from the heavy snow under an umbrella with the UK flag, passed by the Houses of Parliament in London on January 6. Due to heavy snowfall were closed airports, major roads, and hundreds of educational institutions, in addition was stopped filming the soap opera «Coronation Street». (AP / Alastair Grant)



Girl holding a piece of ice from the fountain at Trafalgar Square in London on January 5th. Meteorological Service of the country confirmed that the Christmas period was the coldest for the UK over the last 25 years, when the temperature dropped to -17 Celsius. Commuters and passengers faced delays flights. (Getty Images / Dan Kitwood)



Woman rolls a child on a sled in the border village of St Boswells January 6 in Scotland. According to the Met Office, the Arctic cyclone was the coldest in the UK over the last 30 years, and residents of several districts, including Hampshire and Oxfordshire, advised to be vigilant. (Getty Images / Jeff J Mitchell)



Swan floats on the River Thames past winter landscape January 6 in Henley-on-Thames. Weather Service issued a warning about the cold and snow, capturing the southern district of Scotland and the north of England. Meteorologists reported that this is the heavy snowfall in the UK over the last 23 years in some areas of England fell to 40 cm of snow. (Getty Images / Oli Scarff)



A man stands at the overturned car on January 5 on the road between La Ina and Jerez de la Frontera before closing due to heavy snowfall. Heavy rains and snowfalls have forced authorities to close 30 roads in Spain December 31, 2009, mainly in the south-west of the country, where the flooded fields and houses. (AFP / Getty Images / Pedro Armestre)



From Kiev playing with the dog in the snow Jan. 4. In Kiev, the temperature dropped to -16. (AP / Sergei Chuzavkov)



A woman and her two children are going downhill on an inflatable cushion in Berlin on January 2. Germany continues to reign winter weather in the coming days more snow falls. (AFP / Getty Images / Axel Schmidt)



Participants racing sled compete in the southern German town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen on January 6. (AFP / Getty Images / Oliver Lang)



Courier bike rides through the snowy streets of Berlin on January 6. (AFP / Getty Images / Axel Schmidt)



Robin eating berries in the west Noybekum Germnaii January 5th. (AFP / Getty Images / Clemens Bilan)



Goldfinch in winter plumage sits on icy trough in Moreland Hills, Ohio, Jan. 6. (AP / Amy Sancetta)



Icicles frozen to Oranges January 6 in Lakeland, Florida. Farmers pollinate plants to protect from frost. In this area, the scale of the thermometer dropped to -6, and farmers do everything to save valuable harvest fruits and berries. (AP / Chris O'Meara)



Tamarin heated front of the heater at the zoo in Palm Beach, Florida on January 4. Zoo workers have taken steps to prevent animals frozen in such cold weather in south Florida. In addition to heaters placed in cages of some animals, the zoo generally removed some types of heat. (AP / Damon Higgins)



Cows graze on a frozen pasture in Kote on the outskirts of Bogota morning of the 6th of January. In the first months of the new year the frost has nipped yields, when the scale of the thermometer dropped below zero in the highlands of Colombia. (AP / William Fernando Martinez)



The boy is heated by the fire cold foggy morning in Noida, a suburb of New Delhi, Jan. 6. Dozens of people were killed as a result of frost have passed through northern India. (AP / Saurabh Das)



A street vendor carries marigold garlands in thick fog in Gauhati, India on January 6. (AP / Anupam Nath)



Beijing residents are on a snowy street on January 3. On Sunday, authorities in Beijing and Tianjin announced on Monday that classes in primary and secondary schools were canceled due to snow and traffic congestion. Meteorologists reported that after a snowfall on Sunday temperatures will plummet with a mark of 7-8 degrees to -16 for three days, which would be a record since 1980. (Getty Images / Feng Li)



Neil McGuire of the curling club "Port of Menteith" drills ice on Lake of Menteith January 5 in Port of Menteith, Scotland. "The Royal Caledonian Curling Club" will meet this week for "Grand-match" on the lake for the first time in 30 years. Currently ice 15 cm in thickness, and for the game to take place, it must be twice as thick. (Getty Images / Jeff J Mitchell)



People walk on the frozen surface of Lake of Menteith in Scotland at sunset on January 4. (AP / Andrew Milligan)

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