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The "Umbrellas" sculpture by Giorgos Zogolopoulos is seen during heavy snowfall in Thessaloniki, Greece on January 10th 2017. Credit: Reuters/Alexandros Avramidis #Umbrellas #sculpture #GiorgosZogolopoulos #snow #Greece #Thessaloniki #dogs
An Indian student wearing a blindfold tries to break a mud pot during celebrations of the Tamil harvest festival, Pongal, at a college in Chennai on January 11th 2017. Credit: AFP/Arun Sankar #picoftheday #Tamil #harvest #Pongal #Chennai #India
Streaks of cloud across the dawn sky in Beijing, China on January 10th 2017. Credit: Getty Images/VCG #dawn #sunrise #sky #Beijing #China
Syrian children play next to a destroyed building in the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus, January 9th 2017. Credit: AFP/Abd Doumany #Syria #Douma #Damascus
The Parthenon temple is seen atop the snow-covered Acropolis in Athens, Greece on January 10th 2017. Freezing conditions are putting pressure on the Greek government to speed up winter preparations for thousands of refugees living in camps around the country. Credit: AP/Antonis Nikolopoulos/Eurokinissi #Acropolis #Parthenon #Athens #Greece #snow #winter #freezing #refugees
Brightly coloured mandarin ducks at Hinogawa River in Hino, Tottori, Japan on January 9th 2017. The birds spend winter here and fly north in March. Credit: Getty Images/The Asahi Shimbun #mandarinducks #birds #Japan #Hino #Tottori #migration
New Zealand's chief conservation officer, Lou Sanson, caused a stir in October by suggesting it might be time to start charging tourists for using the country’s wilderness trails. By 2022 more than 4.5m tourists are expected to visit every year - about the same as the country’s resident population. The national parks, which make up about one-third of the territory, are a huge draw for tourists. It is claimed that entry fees could be used to upgrade facilities such as cabins, car parks and trails. Among the fiercest critics of a charge, however, are those who point out that unfettered access to wilderness areas is an important principle for New Zealanders. To read the related article, search “Lord of the ker-chings" via our website
Ice floes float in the River Danube at Szentendre, Hungary on January 9th 2017. Credit: EPA/Balazs Mohai #ice #RiverDanube #Hungary #winter #freezing
Trees are illuminated in various colours as a part of the "Winter Lights" exhibition at the Palmengarten in Frankfurt, Germany on January 9th 2017. Credit: AP/Michael Probst #trees #illuminations #Palmengarten #Winterlights #lights #Frankfurt
Our #EconEspresso quote of the week is from English physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton. Get a head start each day with Espresso, our daily morning briefing, on iPhone and Android #TheEconomist
Young Japanese women dressed in colourful kimonos use their smartphones on a train after attending a ceremony marking "Coming of Age Day" in Tokyo. The national holiday is held to celebrate those who have turned 20-years-old in the past year. Photo taken on January 9th 2017. Credit: EPA/Kiyoshi Ota #picoftheday #tradition #comingofageday #Japan #Tokyo #photography
A shepherd carries a lamb as he walks on a snow-covered mountain ridge, on the outskirts of Srinagar, January 5th 2017. The region is under the grip of intense cold with intermittent snow and rainfall, bringing an end to a long dry spell. Credit: EPA/Farooq Khan #shepherd #lamb #snow #mountain #cold
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