Austria

Exceptionally high levels of snow have closed roads and ski resorts, triggered avalanches, and cut off villages across southern Germany and much of Austria.

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Visitors stand on a suspended bridge, 12 meters above the ground, to take a closer look at paintings by Austrian painter Gustav Klimt during the "Stairway to Klimt" exhibition at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. The exhibition, marking the centenary of the death of Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), allows visitors to access 13 paintings commissioned by Emperor Franz Joseph.

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Visitors stand on a suspended bridge to take a closer look at paintings by Austrian painter Gustav Klimt at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.

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Kentucky public school teachers sit outside the House chamber as they rally for a "day of action" at the Kentucky State Capitol to try to pressure legislators to override Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin's recent veto of the state's tax and budget bills on April 13th, 2018, in Frankfort, Kentucky.

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Martina Hoffinger of Arte Aurelia gilding company restores letters on the Soviet Memorial at Schwarzenberg square, in Vienna, Austria, on April 11th, 2018.

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Opposition leader Raila Odinga speaks to the crowd gathered at a rally at the Ogango Grounds on October 20th, 2017, in Kisumu, Kenya. Tensions are high as Kenya awaits a new presidential election after it annulled the results of the first vote in August.

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Sebastian Kurz (R), Austrian foreign minister and leader of the conservative Austrian People's Party, speaks to supporters after initial results give the party a first place finish and 31.4 percent of the vote in Austrian parliamentary elections on October 15th, 2017, in Vienna, Austria.

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Sebastian Kurzm Austrian foreign minister and leader of the conservative Austrian People's Party, speaks to supporters after Austrian parliamentary elections on October 15th, 2017.