The Arctic storm dubbed the "Beast from the East" saw temperatures across much of Europe fall to their lowest level this winter.
A woman ice skates behind a bench caught in the ice on the frozen Woerthsee lake on March 1, 2018 near the Bavarian village of Inning, southern Germany, as temperatures fell under minus eight degrees celsiu. AFP
People standing on a bridge above a frozen waterfall at the Bergpark Wilhelmshoehe park in Kassel, central Germany. AFP
Fresh heavy snowfalls and icy blizzards were expected to lash Europe as the region shivers in a deadly deep-freeze that has gripped countries from the far north to the Mediterranean south.
A woman tosses hot water into the freezing cold air that is immediatly turned into a sparkling cloud of snow in Berlin. AFP
People look at a frozen waterfall in Rankweil in the Austrian western province of Vorarlberg. AFP
Snow falls on a member of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, on Whitehall in central London. AFP
Stalks covered with ice in a field in Edemissen, Germany. AFP
Heavy snow falls on the tarmac of the Glasgow Airport in Glasgow, Britain. Reuters
Much of Europe has been hit with a spell of wintry weather that brought snow, freezing temperatures and heavy winds
A man rides a bicyle in the snow after a heavy snowfall in Burgos, northern Spain. AFP
Traffic in the snow on the A9 motorway near Montpellier in the south of France. AFP
A man carries his child on a pushchair in a street covered by snow during a heavy snowfall in Burgos, northern Spain. AFP
A man walks along a mole covered with ice and icicles on the Lake Constance in Germany. AFP
Some people have found ways to enjoy the freezing conditions.
Boys throw snowballs in front of the Maschio Angioino castle in Naples, Italy. AP
People take a picture of a snowman at the Phoenix Park in Dublin, Ireland. Reuters
Snow-covered ships moor at the port of Kirchdorf on the Baltic Sea island of Poel, northeastern Germany, where bays risk to freeze due to permafrost and night temperatures below minus ten degrees Celsius. AFP
Cars stop at a traffic lights in front of a pile of snow removed from the road, in central Belgrade, Serbia. AP
A snowplow shovels away the snow in Oslo, Norway. AFP
