• A man poses for a picture next to a snowman outside a forest in Sidi Al Hamri, in Libya’s Jebel Akhdar region, about 200 kilometres east of Benghazi. AFP
    A man poses for a picture next to a snowman outside a forest in Sidi Al Hamri, in Libya’s Jebel Akhdar region, about 200 kilometres east of Benghazi. AFP
  • People walk in the snow outside a forest in Sidi Al Hamri, Jebel Akhdar, a mountainous region in eastern Libya. AFP
    People walk in the snow outside a forest in Sidi Al Hamri, Jebel Akhdar, a mountainous region in eastern Libya. AFP
  • Vehicles drive along an icy road after snowfall in Sidi Al Hamri, Jebel Akhdar, a mountainous region in eastern Libya. AFP
    Vehicles drive along an icy road after snowfall in Sidi Al Hamri, Jebel Akhdar, a mountainous region in eastern Libya. AFP
  • Parked vehicles are seen in the snow outside a forest in Sidi Al Hamri, Jebel Akhdar, a mountainous region in eastern Libya. AFP
    Parked vehicles are seen in the snow outside a forest in Sidi Al Hamri, Jebel Akhdar, a mountainous region in eastern Libya. AFP
  • People fight in the snow in Sidi Al Hamri. AFP
    People fight in the snow in Sidi Al Hamri. AFP
  • People pose for a picture in the snow outside a forest in Sidi Al Hamri, Jebel Akhdar, a mountainous region in eastern Libya. AFP
    People pose for a picture in the snow outside a forest in Sidi Al Hamri, Jebel Akhdar, a mountainous region in eastern Libya. AFP
  • People walk in the snow in Sidi Al Hamri, Jebel Akhdar, or Green Mountain, in eastern Libya. AFP
    People walk in the snow in Sidi Al Hamri, Jebel Akhdar, or Green Mountain, in eastern Libya. AFP
  • People walk in the snow outside a forest in Sidi Al Hamri, Libya. AFP
    People walk in the snow outside a forest in Sidi Al Hamri, Libya. AFP
  • Snow carpets a forest in Sidi Al Hamri, eastern Libya. AFP
    Snow carpets a forest in Sidi Al Hamri, eastern Libya. AFP
  • Vehicles are driven along a road after snowfall in Sidi Al Hamri, eastern Libya. AFP
    Vehicles are driven along a road after snowfall in Sidi Al Hamri, eastern Libya. AFP

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Libya enjoys first snowfall in 15 years - in pictures

Libyans celebrate the unusual weather by holding snowball fights

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February 17, 2021

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