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Photos: Snow blankets the Middle East

December 13, 2013 12:18PM ET

Heavy winter weather brings to joy and despair

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Environment
Refugees
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The refugee camp in the town of Arsal in the Lebanese Bekaa valley on Friday. Thousands of Syrian refugees living in makeshift camps must now endure harsh winter weather. AFP/Getty Images
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In Jerusalem, the heavy snow stranded hundreds of cars along the main highways. Uriel Sinai/Getty Images
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A Palestinian youth throws a snow ball in front of the Dome of the Rock. Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images
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An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man prays at the Western Wall. Darren Whiteside/Reuters
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A Syrian refugee removes snow that accumulated on his tent following a storm in the Lebanese village of Baaloul in the Bekaa Valley. Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images
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Syrian refugee children stand outside their tent in Arsal, Lebanon. Ahmad Shalha/Reuters
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Young Syrian refugees build a snowman in Baaloul, Lebanon. Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images
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A Lebanese man walks past abandoned Israeli cannons in Khiam, Lebanon. Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images
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The scene near Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank near Jerusalem Friday. Baz Ratner/Reuters
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Ultra Orthodox Jewish men move a car out of the snow. Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images
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Israeli children play in the snow. Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images
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Israelis enjoy sledding in the snow. Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images
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Syrian refugees from the town of Qara warm themselves in a Syrian refugee camp in Arsal, Lebanon. Alia Haju/Reuters

 

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