World weather photos: Winter's wide, walloping wrath

Backdropped by the iconic Tower Bridge, models is swimsuits pose for the photographers on a pop-up 'beach', amid the snow, during a photo-opportunity to promote a hotel chain, by the river Thames in London, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. Hundreds of fights were canceled in Britain, France and Germany Monday as snow and ice blanketed Western Europe. London's Heathrow airport canceled about 130 flights, 10 percent of the daily total, compared to 20 percent on Sunday.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)