In PHOTOS: It's freezing up north

Bone-chilling cold continues to sting east and north India. The death toll due to the cold wave has reached 109 in Uttar Pradesh.

Nomads from Rajasthan warm themselves by a fire at Parthla village in Uttar Pradesh.

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A labourer rests inside a roll of iron coil at a railway yard on a cold and foggy morning in Chandigarh.

A boy covered with a quilt warms up by a fire in front of a shop selling quilts at Noida in Uttar Pradesh.

People ride trishaws amid heavy fog on a cold morning in Chandigarh.

Truck drivers warm themselves by a fire in New Delhi

A homeless man sleeps outside a fully-occupied night shelter managed by a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in the old quarters of Delhi. An intense spell of cold weather has forced hundreds of homeless to seek refuge in the shelters.