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Beast from the East blankets Europe in snow - pictures

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27 Feb 2018
Go to: ‘Beast from the east’ in photos: UK and Europe under snow
Rome snow Colosseum

Vincenzo Pinto/AFP/Getty Images

Tourists take pictures of the ancient Colosseum during a snowstorm in Rome

Beast from the East

A man walks his dog and pulls his child along in a sledge in the falling snow in the village of Brenchley, in south-east England

greece snow

A man shovels snow outside a tavern in Hortiatis, around 25 miles north of Thessaloniki, as the Siberian cold front hits northern and central Greece 

snow Hamburg

A dusting of snow on the Bismarck monument in the centre of Hamburg, Germany

Beast from the East UK snow

Children play on sledges outside Rochester Castle, Rochester 

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Swiss Guard Vatican City snow

A member of the Pope's Swiss Guard stands watch in the snow at St Peter's Square 

Snow France

A family enjoys the snow at the frozen Lac Vert near Soultzeren, eastern France PATRICK HERTZOG/AFP/Getty Images

Beast from the East UK snow

Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Snow covers the sand around a statue at Antony Gormley's art installation Another Place, at Crosby Beach, near Liverpool

Snow Bulgaria

A woman with a child walks dogs during a heavy snowfall in Sofia, Bulgaria

Snow Germany

A thick blanket of snow lies over vehicles at a used car dealer in Rehna, northern Germany

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