Beijing turns white

Women stand on the steps of a building located underneath a pagoda, a traditional Chinese building with an upward curving roof, in a park located near the Forbidden City after a heavy snowfall overnight in Beijing March 18, 2012.[Photo/Agencies]

Trees are covered in snow as women talk in a park located near the Forbidden City after a heavy snowfall overnight in Beijing March 18, 2012.[Photo/Agencies]