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Chinese tourists take photos on a rebuilt part of the Great Wall in Luanping, in northern China's Hebei province, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012.

Slideshow: Winter's frozen splendor

Arno Balzarini / EPA

Ice and snow changes our environment, as winter engulfs our world.

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