A child runs past a wave protection dam covered in ice as the waters of the Black Sea Before you complain about the toe-numbing temperatures today, cast your eye a little further abroad than the light dusting of snow in your back garden. As Britain is facing some

of its first widespread flurries of snow, breathtaking images from around the world reveal gorgeous landscapes covered in ice and buried under snowdrifts.

In Eastern Europe, the Black Sea froze near the Romanian coastline and villagers in Serbia and Bosnia were airlifted from their homes after being cut off without food.
The dramatic icy weather has caused traffic chaos, power outages and even deaths all over the planet as people battle frostbite and hypothermia.