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Images of daily life on the streets of Pyongyang, North Korea as temperatures drop to as low as -15 degrees celsius. IMAGES
French Minister for Housing, Patrice Vergriete, announces that additional funding of €120 million will be committed to "strengthen the emergency housing scheme" at a time of extreme cold weather in France. SOUNDBITE
Images of Boston's harbour as temperatures reach -21 degrees Celsius with the United States facing a historic polar cold. IMAGES
As extreme cold hits Eastern Canada, temperatures in Montreal, Quebec, went down to -25 degrees Celsius causing a phenomenon called "sea smoke." IMAGES
A representative from the UN's World Meteorological Organization announces during a UN briefing that a new record-high temperature in the Arctic has been recognised, confirming a reading in Siberia last year of 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit). SOUNDBITE
The sun rises above the horizon and sets again in the far north of Finland for the last time this year, marking the start of the polar night, or "kaamos" which will last until 16 January. The village of Utsjoki, on Finland's northern border with Norway, saw sunrise at 11.34 on Thursday and sunset just 48 minutes later. Temperatures in the region, which lies 450 kilometres (280 miles) within the Arctic Circle fell to minus 27 degrees Centigrade (-16.6F). IMAGES