Large parts of Germany are waking up to a sudden burst of winter weather as the national meteorological service issues widespread frost warnings. The DWD says nearly half the country faces freezing temperatures, slippery roads and early-morning ice hazards. 

Arctic Air Sweeps Across Germany: Early Winter Cold Snap

In pics: Deep freeze hits northern China, southern regions prepare for cold snap

In pics | Johannesburg residents left stunned and amazed by once-in-a-decade snowfall

Migratory birds, frozen by the cold snap hitting America's Midwest, have suddenly started dropping from the sky and are lying helplessly in ponds, fields and cow pastures.

Loon fallout | Frozen birds drop as America's midwest battles cold snap

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