Mosca, Federazione Russa

(AP Photo/ Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Pigeon flie over a frozen pond outside Novodevichi (New Maden’s ) Convent, background, in Moscow, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. A vicious frost held Moscow in its grip on Tuesday as record warm weather at the start of December gave way to temperatures of minus 25 degrees Celsius (-13 degrees Fahrenheit).