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Image: A man takes a picture with his phone during a snow storm in Manhattan's financial district in New York

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Northeast hit by snow, bitter cold

Freezing temperatures and up to 15 inches of snow caused havoc for millions, but some braved the cold to make the most of the winter weather.

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Image: A woman walks outside of an office building as snow falls in Baltimore.

A woman walks through the snow in Baltimore on Tuesday, Jan. 21. Thousands of flights were canceled, students got an extra day off from school, and the federal government closed its offices in the Washington area as another winter storm bore down on the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

— Patrick Semansky / AP
Image: BESTPIX Strong Winter Storm Bears Down On Northeastern US

Tourists from Chattanooga, Tenn., have a snowball fight on the National Mall in Washington, DC.

— Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images North America
Image: A snow and ice covered license plate is seen on a taxi in Times Square during a snow storm in Manhattan in New York

A snow and ice-covered license plate is seen on a taxi in Times Square during a snow storm in Manhattan.

— Brendan Mcdermid / X90143
Commuters help dislodge a car stuck on the ice at the Westfield, N.J. train station early Wednesday morning.

Commuters help dislodge a car stuck on the ice at the Westfield, N.J. train station in the early morning of Jan 22.

— John Makely
Image: Snowstorm in Washington, DC

Visitors to the National Mall ski through an evening snowfall in Washington, DC.

— Jim Lo Scalzo / EPA
Image: Robert Burck, also known as the original 'Naked Cowboy', performs in a snow storm on the streets of Times Square, New York

Robert Burck, the original 'Naked Cowboy', performs in a snowstorm in Times Square, New York. Burck, who started performing in Times Square in 1998, claims to make up to $150,000 a year in tips alone.

— Darren Ornitz / X03226
Image: A child sits next to a service line at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York

A child tries to keep warm while sitting next to a service line at JFK Airport in New York.

— Andrew Kelly / X02844
Image: US-WEATHER-SNOW

People walk through New York's Times Square.

— Stan Honda / AFP
Image: A man takes a picture with his phone during a snow storm in Manhattan's financial district in New York

A man takes a picture with his phone during the storm in Manhattan's financial district.

— Brendan Mcdermid / X90143
Image: Ben Bahlmann

Ben Bahlmann and his children take their sled back up the hill for another ride at the Capitol in Washington, DC. Students and government workers were told to stay home.

— J. Scott Applewhite / AP
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