Stirling, Scotland — The Stirling Castle graveyard is wintry white after snow and sleet struck many parts of Scotland.

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Freudenberg, Germany — Roofs are covered with snow in western Germany, where temperatures are forecast to stay near freezing in the days ahead.

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Vienna — Bundled up to fight off the cold, a woman descends the colored steps of the Albertina museum.

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Aleppo, Syria — A man salvages his belongings after his home was damaged by heavy fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government forces.

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Karachi, Pakistan — The coffin of Mufti Ismail, a senior cleric of a prominent Islamic seminary, is carried by seminary students during his funeral. He was shot in what police say may have been a sectarian attack.

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Kabul, Afghanistan — A displaced girl peers through a curtain at a temporary shelter. Amnesty International estimates that 400 people are displaced daily in Afghanistan's conflict, with many facing hunger and destitution.

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Sake, Democratic Republic of Congo — Government soldiers hear to a military address outside the city of Goma. The army retook the provincial capital Monday after rebel fighters withdrew.

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Villacanas, Spain — Workers laid off from a door factory warm themselves while picketing to keep machinery from leaving the factory and to demand back pay.

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Strait of Gibraltar — A man is helped aboard a Spanish emergency services boat off Spain's coast after Spanish and Moroccan forces intercepted four inflatable boats carrying would-be immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa across the Strait of Gibraltar.

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Athens — A visually impaired protester shouts slogans during a protest outside Greece's Health Ministry on the United Nations-proclaimed annual International Day of People with Disability.

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Gianyar, Indonesia — A 2-week-old Owa Jawa monkey clings to its mother at the Bali Zoo. Illegal poaching and a dwindling habitat have drastically reduced the population of Owa Jawa monkeys. The species can be found only in parts of Indonesia's West Java province.

PHOTOGRAPH BY: MADE NAGI / EPA

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Melbourne, Australia — Emily Carstairs of Australia competes at an ISAF Sailing World Cup event in the waters off Melbourne.

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