Traffic stands still on Interstate 65 as officials clear abandoned vehicles in Hoover, Ala. on Wednesday. Overnight, the South saw fatal crashes and hundreds of fender benders.
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Ice sits along the shore of Lake Michigan as temperatures finally broke zero degrees Wednesday morning in Chicago.
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The extreme cold causes steam to rise from Lake Michigan in Chicago.
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Chicago has endured 18 days at or below zero so far this winter, two shy of the 20-day record.
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A man takes a photo of popular graffiti featuring a superhero version of Pope Francis in Rome on Wednesday.
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A car drives through flood water in Somerset, England on Wednesday, as weather forecasters predict more stormy weather for the area.
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Trees reflect in the flood waters in Somerset, England.
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A lion dancing troupe practices Wednesday ahead of Chinese New Year celebrations in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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Hindu pilgrims walk on the banks of the Sangam, where the Ganges and Yamuna rivers converge, in Allahabad, India.
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Palestinian police women participate in a graduation ceremony at the Arafat Police Academy in Gaza City on Wednesday.
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Ballet dancers wait to cross the street outside the Russian Embassy in London on Wednesday to protest Russian President Putin.
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An Afghan boy waits to sell water to visitors who will pour it on their relatives’ graves at Karte Sakhi Cemetery in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Opposition fighters carry a rocket launcher as they fight government forces in Aleppo, Syria, despite peace talks between the two sides.
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