高樓低廈,人潮起伏,
名爭利逐,千萬家悲歡離合。

閑雲偶過,新月初現,
燈耀海城,天地間留我孤獨。

舊史再提,故書重讀,
冷眼閑眺,關山未變寂寞!

念人老江湖,心碎家國,
百年瞬息,得失滄海一粟!

徐訏《新年偶感》

2012年2月2日星期四

Subzero temperatures continue across Europe


The death toll across the continent have risen as temperatures have fallen. More than 120 people have died in eastern Europe because of the freezing weather, with temperatures sinking to -32.5C (-26.5F) in some areas

A man walks near the Neris river in the Vilnius, Lithuania
Waterfowl on a frozen river in Minsk, Belarus
A girl marches next to an ice covered dam in Constanta, Bucharest
Ice hangs off wooden figurines in Seegräben, Switzerland
A couple take photographs in front of the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, Spain
Snow envelops the German ski resort of Winterberg
Motorists brave treacherous roads near the town of Obilic, Kosovo
Dogs greet at a canine shelter in Glina, near Bucharest, Romania
A chapel on Taubenberg mountain in Warngau, Germany
Sparrows try to keep warn on a metro ventilation grille in Kiev, Ukraine
Cars, lorries and buses in the Levent district of Istanbul, Turkey
Faroe Bridges in Vordingborg, near Copenhagen, Denmark
Red Cross volunteers give blankets to a homeless woman and her child in Nice, France
A man at tented shelter set up for homeless people on Rohanskv island, in Prague, Czech Republic
A woman and children warm their hands over the eternal flame at Liberty Monument in St Petersburg, Russia
A man is treated for frostbite inside an ambulance in Stavropol, Russia
A man with frostbite lies in a hospital in Kiev, Ukraine
A man consumes soup during a charity event at a Orthodox church to help homeless people in Stavropol, Russia