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PHOTOS: Winter postcards from Europe

We look at the first snowfalls and dropping temperatures as winter hits countries across the northern hemisphere

A man's boots are visible in an explosion of snow during an attempt to jump a ramp at the Queen Elizabeth country park near Petersfield in southern England

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A man snowboards in Glenravel Glen, 50 miles (80 km) north of Belfast

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A man takes a picture of the snow-covered town of Burgos, northern Spain

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A woman waits at a bus stop during snowfall in Edinburgh, Scotland

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A dog waits on a bench covered in snow in downtown Burgos, northern Spain

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Jude Veitch sits in a plastic bag as his brother Morgan pulls him across the snow at the Queen Elizabeth country park near Petersfield in southern England 

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Youths throw snowballs in Stamford Bridge, northern England 

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Sheep stand in a snow covered field in Burton Grange, northern England

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A lone tree is seen in the fog on a snow covered field in Rubigen, near Bern, Switzerland

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A street performer dressed as the character Darth Vader from the film Star Wars stands in front of the Brandenburg Gate during snowfall in Berlin

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A swimmer enters the Serpentine lake in Hyde Park in central London

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A freerunner performs a stunt on a street lantern in 'Burggarten' park while it is snowing in Vienna 

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A Parks Police officer takes photographs of a snowman in Richmond Park in south west London

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Blowing snow and freezing temperatures face drivers as they head west on Highway 1 from Calgary, Alberta

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A time exposure photograph shows a tree in front of the snow covered Bernese alps and the city of Thun (L) in Oberbuetschel, near Bern.

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Reflections of snow covered trees are seen in a lake near Sutton Bank, northern England

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A groom carries his bride as they celebrate their wedding in the snow at Dvortsovaya Square in central St Petersburg, Russia

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A bus drives past icicles formed on a sculpture in central Dublin

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Snow covers a telephone box in Crathie, in Scotland 

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A couple stand in Heldenplatz (Heroes' square) during the first snowfall of this season in Vienna