In pictures: India cold weather

24 December 2013

An Indian man walks on a snow-covered road after the season’s first snowfall in the northern hill town of Shimla, India, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013. — Image caption,
Cold weather has disrupted life across northern India, reportedly claiming several lives. The hill town of Shimla has experienced the season's first snowfall.

Indian residents ride bicycles as they cross a pontoon bridge during a foggy day in Allahabad on December 23, 2013.

A fog has enveloped the capital, Delhi, and parts of northern India, causing disruption to air and rail travel.

Fog envelops the monument Taj Mahal in Agra

The fog has also enveloped the Taj Mahal in Agra.

A Kashmiri street vendor, covered in woollen clothes, waits for customers in Srinagar, India, Monday, Dec. 23, 2013.

A street vendor, covered in woollen clothes, waits for customers in Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir. It has been snowing for the past couple of days in the Kashmir Valley.

Kashmiri men warm their hands near a bonfire on a cold day in Srinagar, India, Monday, Dec. 23, 2013.

Passengers warm their hands near a bonfire at a bus stand in Srinagar.

Indian homeless people sit wrapped in woollen clothes outside their makeshift shelter on a cold winter morning in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013.

Shelters for the homeless in the capital, Delhi, are reported to be full of people. Many are also forced to endure cold nights on the pavements.