Cold wave brings snow to Beijing (1/5)

House roofs of the Palace Museum are covered by snow in Beijing, capital of China, on Nov. 4, 2012. The capital city had witnessed snowfall and sleet since Saturday night as cold current swept north China and dropped temperature. Local meteorological authorities issued an orange alert of blizzard, the second-highest level of the four-tier color-coded warning system on snowstorms. (Xinhua/Wang Jingsheng)