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Massive winter storm strands motorists in Greece and Turkey

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The city of Athens with the ancient Acropolis hill is covered with snow after heavy snowfall on Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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A woman walks past a the Runner, sculptured by Kostas Varotsos, after a snowstorm, in Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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People play with the snow in Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 25. A snowstorm of rare severity disrupted road and air traffic Monday in the Greek capital of Athens and neighboring Turkey's largest city of Istanbul, while most of Greece, including — unusually — several Aegean islands, and much of Turkey were blanketed by snow.
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Firemen push a trapped vehicle at a motorway, after a snowstorm, in Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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Greek soldier try to free a trapped vehicle at a motorway, after a snowstorm, in Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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Firemen push a trapped vehicle at a motorway, after a snowstorm, in Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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Abandoned vehicles are seen in an motorway way after a snowstorm, in Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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An elderly woman trapped in a vehicle for more than 24 hours is seen in a car trapped in a motorway after a snowstorm, in Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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A track driver trapped for hours in a motorway shovel snow in Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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A worker shovel at a motorway after a snowstorm, in Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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An abandoned vehicle, is seen in an motorway way after a snowstorm, in Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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Abandoned vehicles are seen in an motorway way after a snowstorm, in Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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A fallen tree on a parked vehicle in Athens, after a snowstorm, on Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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A couple walks past a fallen tree on a parked vehicle, in Athens, after a snowstorm on Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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Firemen shovel snow at a motorway as they try to free a vehicle trapped in snow after a snowstorm, in Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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People walk in Cholargos suburb of Athens after a snowstorm, on Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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The snow-covered Suleymaniye Mosque at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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People walk over the Golden Horn at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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People sit in a snow-covered park with Sultan Ahmed or Blue Mosque in the background at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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People walk in a snow-covered park with the iconic Haghia Sophia in the background at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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People walk in a snow-covered park with the iconic Haghia Sophia in the background at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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People stand over the Golden Horn at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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People walk over the Golden Horn with Suleymaniye Mosque in the background at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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The city's Golden Horn area with Galata Tower in the background at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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People walk over the Golden Horn with Suleymaniye Mosque in the background at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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An abandoned car sits on a main road at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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A man walks in a snow-covered street at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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Abandoned cars and trucks on a main road at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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Hundres of cars and trucks blocked on a main road at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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People push a car in a snow-covered street at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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A snow-covered street at Istanbul, Tuesday, Jan. 25.

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