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Grampian, Scotland
The Lecht ski centre near Tomintoul deserted due to a total absence of snow
Photograph: David Gowans/Alamy
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Granada, Spain
The Sierra Nevada ski resort has been using artificial snow cannons
Photograph: Carlos L Vives/Alamy
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Haute-Garonne, France
The French department used helicopters to pour snow onto the slopes at the Luchon Superbagneres ski resort in the Pyrenees
Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty Images
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Haute-Garonne, France
Two men guiding snow being dropped by helicopter at the Luchon Superbagneres resort
Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty Images
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Haute-Garonne, France
People get ready to ski down a slope at Luchon Superbagneres
Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty Images
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Bavaria, Germany
A lack of snow at the Alpspitzbahn ski resort in Nesselwang
Photograph: Peter Schatz/Alamy
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Saxony, Germany
Night-skiing in Oberwiesenthal. Due to the low snowfall, the snow cannons run day and night
Photograph: Waltraud Grubitzsch/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB
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Haute-Garonne, France
Tourists sit on a chairlift at a ski slope closed due to lack of snow at Le Mourtis ski resort in Boutx
Photograph: Regis Duvignau/Reuters
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Bavaria, Germany
Artificial snow covers a ski slope in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Photograph: Philipp Guelland/EPA
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Bavaria, Germany
A man drags a sled with two children across a gravel parking lot at a ski resort in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Photograph: Philipp Guelland/EPA
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Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Artificial snow at the Schneeberglift in Titisee Neustadt. So far the lifts have hardly been in operation, because the weather has not played along for winter sports this season
Photograph: Patrick Seeger/dpa/Alamy
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Bavaria, Germany
Artificial snow piles produced by snow cannons on a ski slope on the Tegelberg mountain
Photograph: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa
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Hesse, Germany
A man rides on a summer toboggan run in the winter sports resort of Willingeny. Due to mild temperatures and a lack of snow, the operator has kept the attraction open
Photograph: Uwe Zucchi/dpa/AFP via Getty Images
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Graubunden, Switzerland
An artificial snow trail created in the village of Lenzerheide
Photograph: Gian Ehrenzeller/AP
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Obwalden, Switzerland
Artificial snow made by snow cannons at Engelberg, in the Swiss alps
Photograph: Stefan Ember/Alamy
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Styria, Austria
Cross-country skiers ski on a snow band in Ramsau am Dachstein
Photograph: Barbara Gindl/APA/AFP via Getty Images
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Oslo, Norway
Cross-country skiers practise on artificial snow
Photograph: Gwladys Fouche/Reuters
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Minsk, Belarus
People skiing on an artificial track in the city’s Vyasnyanka district
Photograph: Natalia Fedosenko/TASS/Getty Images
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Vantaa, Finland
Athletes ski on artificial snow
Photograph: Heikki Saukkomaa/AP
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Szczecin, Poland
Cherry trees bloom in January. The persistent mild temperatures caused an early appearance of the flowers, which would otherwise only appear at the end of March
Photograph: Marcin Bielecki/EPA
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