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Beauty amid the deep freeze
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/01/siberia630.jpgA woman and child on the banks of the Yenisey River in air temperatures of about minus 30 celsius outside the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Photograph: Ilya Naymushin/Reuters
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Soft day for it
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/01/killiney630.jpgA jogger out for a early morning run at Killiney Hill, Killiney, Co Dublin. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
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Wrapped well in northern India
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/01/homelessindia630.jpgA homeless man sits in an open space on a winter morning in the old quarter of Delhi. Heavy fog and a cold wave in northern India have disrupted life in a number of cities, and scores of homeless people have died in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Photograph: Ahmad Masood/Reuters
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Just married in Dalkey
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/01/married630.jpgA bride and groom pose for wedding photographs on New Year's Day at Coliemore Harbour, Dalkey, Co Dublin. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
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A tried and tested method
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/01/albania630.jpgA woman with a donkey laden with firewood near Tirana, Albania. Photograph: Arben Celi/Reuters
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In the hunt for Christmas
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/01/hunt630.jpgParticipants in the 195th St Stephen's Day Hunt at Williamstown, Kells, Co Meath. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons/The Irish Times
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Ready to hug the earth
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/01/nanjing630.jpgParamilitary policemen engaged in extreme weather training in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China. Photograph: China Daily/Reuters
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Putting hair on their chests
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/01/ansancamp630.jpgStudents toss snow during a winter military camp in Ansan, south of Seoul. Hundreds of students aged between 11 and 17 attend winter boot camp training courses every year, run by retired marines. Photograph: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters
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Fun in the open air
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/01/funderland630.jpgThrillseekers ride the Jubilee Big Wheel at Funderland at the RDS in Ballsbridge, Dublin. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
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Queuing for a living
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/01/afgan630.jpgAfghan women and children wait for treatment at a mobile clinic provided by the Afghan Family Guidance Association on the outskirts of Kabul. Photograph: Mohammad Ismail/Reuters
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Blue skies and sunshine
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/01/grandcanal630.jpgBright blue skies and sunshine reflected in the water at the Grand Canal near Baggot Street, Dublin, on a very mild day last November. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien/The Irish Times
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No walk in the park
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/01/boris630.jpgBoris Lezhnin (75) with his beard shrouded in hoarfrost, out for a walk along the Yenisei River at an air temperature of about minus 30 degrees celsius in Divnogorsk, 38km (24 miles) south of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, late in December. He apparently takes his evening walks in any weather. Photograph: Ilya Naymushin/Reuters
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Enjoying a simple pleasure
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/01/geese630.jpgChinese geese and swans get fed at Bray Harbour, Co Wicklow. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times
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A chilling feeling
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/01/kodak630.jpgA dead end sign at the largely unused Kodak factory in Rochester, New York. Eastman Kodak Co, which invented the hand-held camera and helped bring the world the first pictures from the moon, has filed for bankruptcy protection, capping a prolonged plunge for one of America's best-known companies. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters
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At play on the beach
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/01/daisy630.jpgGrainne Hutcheson, Glasnevin, teaches her dog Daisy new tricks on Dollymount Strand. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons/The Irish Times
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Memorial to the departed
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/01/newtown630.jpgStuffed bears in the snow in early January as part of a makeshift memorial at Edmond Town Hall in Newtown, Connecticut, US, to the children and adults shot dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters
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The aftermath in Switzerland
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/01/daillon630.jpgPolice in the Swiss village of Daillon near Sion in early January after three people were killed and two wounded when a gunman opened fire. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters
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Storms gather over oil quest
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/01/kulluk630.jpgWaves crash over the conical drilling unit Kulluk as it sits aground on the southeast side of Sitkalidak Island, Alaska in this US Coast Guard handout shot. The oil drilling rig, carrying a huge quantity of fuel and owned by Royal Dutch Shell plc, ran aground after drifting in stormy weather. Photograph: US Coast Guard/Reuters
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The Texas dust bowl
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/01/texas630.gifWebcam views show the route South Loop 289 before and during a dust storm in Lubbock, Texas, in these National Weather Service handout images from last month. Residents of the Great Plains over the last year or so have experienced storms reminiscent of the 1930s Dust Bowl. Photograph: National Weather Service/Reuters
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Pigeons in the park
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2013/01/kiev630.jpgA couple surrounded by pigeons a park in Kiev, Ukraine, which has endured extremely low temperatures this winter. Photograph: Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters
