Russia’s Yakutsk city hit by an extreme cold snap

Vendor Yegor Dyachkovsky stands next to deep-frozen fish at an open-air market on a frosty day in Yakutsk, Russia, December 5, 2023. Temperatures in parts of the Sakha Republic, also known as Yakutia and located in the northeastern part of Siberia, went below minus 50 degrees Celsius (minus 58 degrees Fahrenheit) on December 5. REUTERS/Roman Kutukov