Slideshow: Where it's winter

Members of South Korea's Special Warfare Command take part in an annual severe winter season...
Members of South Korea's Special Warfare Command take part in an annual severe winter season drill in Pyeongchang, about 180km east of Seoul. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Alaska National Guard members help dig out the fishing town of Cordova, Alaska, which has been...
Alaska National Guard members help dig out the fishing town of Cordova, Alaska, which has been covered by heavy snows. (AP Photo/Alaska National Guard)
Fireworks explode over ice sculptures during the official opening of the 13th Harbin...
Fireworks explode over ice sculptures during the official opening of the 13th Harbin International Ice and Snow World festival in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China. REUTERS/Sheng Li
Khan, a 2-year-old male rare Bengali white tiger, licks snow inside an open-air cage at the Royev...
Khan, a 2-year-old male rare Bengali white tiger, licks snow inside an open-air cage at the Royev Ruchey zoo in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin
A vehicle stuck in snow in the Bear Valley area of Anchorage, Alaska. (Marc Lester/Anchorage...
A vehicle stuck in snow in the Bear Valley area of Anchorage, Alaska. (Marc Lester/Anchorage Daily News/MCT)
Kashmiri labourers warm themselves around a fire after a break from clearing snow on Srinagar...
Kashmiri labourers warm themselves around a fire after a break from clearing snow on Srinagar-Jammu highway in Jawahar Tunnel area, 90km south of Srinagar. REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli
Cars drive past a snow blower removing snow at the Wolfgangpass mountain pass road near the Swiss...
Cars drive past a snow blower removing snow at the Wolfgangpass mountain pass road near the Swiss mountain resort of Davos. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
Customers walk out from a restaurant built with ice cubes during the 28th Harbin International...
Customers walk out from a restaurant built with ice cubes during the 28th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival. REUTERS/Sheng Li
A woman walks among snowmen at the Gorky city park in Moscow. REUTERS/Anton Golubev
A woman walks among snowmen at the Gorky city park in Moscow. REUTERS/Anton Golubev
People visit the so-called 'Moroz-city' (Frost city) at the Sokolniki city park in Moscow....
People visit the so-called 'Moroz-city' (Frost city) at the Sokolniki city park in Moscow. REUTERS/Anton Golubev
Shoppers in their underwear search for items at a Desigual store in Lyon during a promotion to...
Shoppers in their underwear search for items at a Desigual store in Lyon during a promotion to mark the official start of winter sales in France. REUTERS/Robert Pratta
A visitor skates on the ice rink at Tower of London. REUTERS/Toby Melville
A visitor skates on the ice rink at Tower of London. REUTERS/Toby Melville
A child sits next to a fire to warm herself on a cold winter morning in the old quarters of Delhi...
A child sits next to a fire to warm herself on a cold winter morning in the old quarters of Delhi, India. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

While here in the South we may be enjoying a hot summer, winter is making itself felt in other places, as these images show.

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