Amazing pictures of the world covered in white this winter

Pretty snow pictures don't stop at just snowflakes. This gallery is a collection of snow in its various avatars — snowmen, snowfall, light tricks and more.

A car covered with ice stranded on the waterfront in Hamburg, New York, on January 12, 2016. The owner left his Mitsubushi Lancer parked overnight outside a restaurant on Sunday and by the next day, spray from Lake Erie had encased it in ice. (Source: Reuters)

These images of the Mitsubushi Lancer parked overnight outside a restaurant on Sunday — which was incased in ice from the spray from Lake Erie — went viral across the Internet. (Source: Reuters)

A long-shot of the car covered with ice in Hamburg. (Source: Reuters)

Fireworks light up the sky behind ice sculptures on the opening day of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China, on January 5, 2016. (Source: Reuters)

People walk around ice and snow sculptures ahead of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China, on January 5, 2016. (Source: Reuters)

Newly-wed couples attend their group wedding ceremony which was held as part of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in the northern city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, on January 6, 2016. (Source: Reuters)

Herders ride horses on snow-covered field in Zhaosu County, Yili, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, on January 10, 2016. (Source: Reuters)

A family builds snowmen during this winter's first snow on top of the Feldberg mountain, 20km west of Frankfurt, Germany, on January 4, 2016. (Source: Reuters)

A vessel drives along the Spree river covered with ice floes in Berlin, Germany, on January 8, 2016. (Source: Reuters)

A course worker uses a snowcat to clear a pile of snow at the ski slope for the upcoming official Test Event of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics during a venue tour at the Jeongseon Alpine Center in Jeongseon, South Korea, Wednesday, on January 13, 2016. FIS Ski men's World Cup downhill and super-G events are scheduled for February 6-7 at the alpine centre. (Source: AP)

When the pines wore a snowy cloak. (Source: kaboompics)

I think my eyes are playing tricks on me: The residents of Little Jackson Mountains near Weld, Maine, woke up to an interplay of light and cololur on Dec. 4, 2015. (Source: AP)

Get the lawn mower honey: Tom O'Hara snowplows on the sidewalk with his dog, Smokey, by his side after the area received heavy snow in Sioux Falls, S.D. on Dec. 1, 2015. (Source: AP)

This photo was taken from an aeroplane approaching Pyongyang. Here the light from the evening sun is cast on a river flowing through snow covered farm fields in North Korea. (Source: AP)

Anything for an adrenaline rush: A person skis in powder snow on "Glacier 3000" above Les Diablerets in the Vaud Alps, Switzerland. (Source: AP)

Even heavy snowfall couldn't dent the selfie enthusiasm: A visitor takes a selfie in heavy snow at the 14th-century Gyeongbok Palace, one of South Korea's well known landmarks in Seoul, South Korea. (Source: AP)

Come snow, come hail, the dog needs a walk: A man walks his dogs among trees right after a light snowfall in the courtyard of apartment buildings in Moscow, Russia. (Source: AP)

Life goes on: Kashmiri boatmen go about their daily routines even as the Himalayan mountains experienced heavy snowfall. Here they are collecting sand from the river Jhelum in low visibility conditions. (Source: AP)

Poor hindsight? (Source: kaboompics)

Please take a seat. (Source: kaboompics)

Make way for me: A member of the Secret Service Uniform Division walks though a display outside the East Colonnade of the White House in Washington of 56 "snow people" that represent the number of states and territories in the US during a preview of the 2015 White House holiday decor. (Source: AP)

Take the dog out for a walk honey: Even as Colorado's main east-west highway was closed because of blizzard conditions, a man braved the weather to diligently do his duties. (Source: AP)

It's not as warm as it looks: This is a scene from Interstate 80 near Baxter, California when the winter storm cleared at sunset. (Source: Reuters)

The stubborn moss: After years of drought, regular rains were welcomed warmly by Meeks Bay residents — and flora — in California. (Source: Reuters)

Come hail, come snow, I have work to do: This worker set out in the November cold of Russia after snowfall hit Moscow. (Source: Reuters)

You see the world in black and white: An aerial view shows a new street built around a medicine factory, after snowfall hit Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China. Nobody knows why. (Source: Reuters)

Some like it cold: University students create an image of Marilyn Monroe by clearing snow on a soccer pitch, in Changchun, Jilin province, China, on Dec. 8, 2015. (Source: Reuters)

Can you spot any signs of human life? Cyclists are dwarfed against the snow covered mountains and farm fields in Ryongbyon county, North Pyongan, North Korea. (Source: AP)

A splash of ice: This is a picture of snow melting into the South Yuba River near Big Bend, California. The El Nino is forecast for California. (Source: Reuters)

This one doesn't need an Instagram filter: A man holds an umbrella to shield against snowfall as he rows a boat on the West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China. (Source: Reuters)

So, Animal Planet always showed you big cats tearing them apart? Here they are, frolicking in the snow with no sign of predators around in Boulder, Colorado. (Source: AP)

Why does everything look upside down? a skier goes head over heals while doing a flip at Boreal Mountain Resort near Donner Summit, California. (Source: AP)

She knows how snow tastes: Maci Mize, 12, tastes snow near Norden, California. (Source: Reuters)

No sign of autumn? Snow gathers on leaves on the first day of meteorological winter in Perthshire, Scotland on Dec. 1, 2015. (Source: Reuters)

Death can't stop me: Dead weeds poke through snow near Norden, California. (Source: Reuters)

Don't despair dear tree. You may have lost leaves, but I'll give you company: Fresh snow clings to trees near Big Bend, California. (Source: Reuters)

Saluting Kobe Bryant: Art students created an image of NBA Los Angeles Lakers forward Kobe Bryant and "Forever 24" by clearing snow from a basketball court, to mark the player's retiring announcement, at Beihua University in Jilin, Jilin province, China on Dec. 6, 2015. (Source: Reuters)