Members of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's security force throw snowballs at one another at the Muqataa, the Palestinian Authority headquarters in Ramallah.


Chinese soldiers hold back passengers trying to get into the railway station in Guangzhou. Millions of travellers remain stranded as they try to get home for the Lunar New Year


The ferry Riverdance lies stranded in the Irish Sea off the British resort of Blackpool. The ship ran aground after being hit by a freak wave on Thursday night.

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Debris lies in the yards of homes of the Meadows neighborhood after severe storms struck the Indianapolis area Tuesday night, Jan. 29, 2008. Severe thunderstorms, tornadoes and fierce winds sliced through the Midwest and took aim at the Northeast Wednesday, leaving behind bitterly cold air and blizzards in the northern Plains that sent temperatures in some areas plummeting 50 degrees in a few hours.


A rainbow is visible looking West from Palm Springs, Calif. on Monday, Jan. 28, 2008, next to an array of wind turbines. Southern California has been hit with heavy rainstorms totaling more than 4 inches in some areas over a 24 hour period which has some experts on edge about the possibility of mudslides. Scattered showers are forecast for the next few days.


A young Chinese villager holds a snow-covered shovel at Zhangjia village Friday, Feb. 1, 2008, in Nanjing, China. Snow storms that have battered many parts of China over the last three weeks have killed at least 60 people and caused billions in damage, the Civil Affairs Ministry. The crippling snow storms have inflicted $7.5 billion in damages, the government said, as it announced a $700 million relief fund for farmers.


Indonesian children and a man negotiate a flooded downtown street Friday, Feb. 1, 2008, in Jakarta, Indonesia. Heavy seasonal rains forced Jakarta's airport to temporarily close and flooded city streets


A bicyclist braves blowing snow and slippery road conditions after a fast-moving winter snow storm left 10 inches of snow in Springfield, Ill., Friday, Feb. 1, 2008. The heavy, wet snow made for treacherous roads and delayed commutes as a huge winter storm that stretched from Texas to the Great Lakes blanketed the nation's midsection.

Bron: CBS News | Gewijzigd: 13 februari 2017, 12:23 uur, door Joyce.s