Photo Story: -6 C in St. Petersburg

People walk near the Peter and Paul fortress on a sunny day in central St. Petersburg, Russia.

The air temperature dropped to minus six degrees Celsius in Russia’s second largest city.

Photo: EPA-EFE/ANATOLY MALTSEV

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