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Snow is a very rare thing in Jerusalem - most winters it does not snow at all, and there is never more than a few days of snow. Today Jerusalem was hit by the worst snowstorm in the last 20 years.

Dorfer See (Lake Dorfer) is located at an altitude of almost 2km in the Hohe Tauern National Park in the Austrian Alps.

The Pontifical Swiss Guards of the Holy See in the official dress uniforms. The Swiss Guard is the de facto military force of Vatican City and the oldest (over 500 years) standing active military unit. There are about 135 men in the force, all - single Catholic Swiss males, not shorter than 174 cm.

The Gendarmerie Mobile is a subdivision of the French Gendarmerie, used mostly in riot-control. The guys on the picture are making sure that the law abiding Parisians and the clueless tourists do not come in contact with the traditional annual National Front "Jeanne d'Arc" rally, which you can see in the background.

Two Israeli border policewomen and two arab cleaning boys on a smoking break in Jerusalem's Mamilla Mall.

Happy New Year, health and prosperity to you all.

Trebic is a small town in the Moravian highlands of the Czech Republic, famous for its well preserved Jewish Quarter (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), which you can see in the picture.

Another picture from the 2012 JSPCA Calendar. Benjamin, on the left, was adopted. His sister Rosemarry is still in the shelter.

The Edicule (from the Latin aediculum - a small building) in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, Israel.

The great Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens, whose construction started in the 6th century BC and lasted until the 2nd century AD, originally had 104 columns. Only 15 of them remain standing today.