Snow storm strikes Washington DC

A woman walks on Pennsylvania Avenue, in front of the White House Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images Mason Calhoun snowboards in Rock Creek Park Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Pedestrians walk on Wisconsin Avenue to avoid sidewalks which remained uncleared in the Georgetown neighbourhood Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images People stand on the Mall, outside the White House Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images People take part in a impromptu snowball fight at Meridian Hill Park Photograph: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Snow falls on the grounds of Capitol Hill Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/guardian.co.uk The Capitol Building Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images The National Mall Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA The Washington monument Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features Photograph: Sipa Press/guardian.co.uk The White House is blanketed in snow Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP Walkers trudge through the snow in front of Congress Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images A man takes a photo of snow-covered trees in downtown Washington Photograph: Brendan Hoffman/EPA Eugene Wilson, 82, uses a broom to dig his Lincoln Towncar out of the snow Photograph: Susan Walsh/AP Mark Monahan of Washington digs out his car in his Capitol Hill neighbourhood Photograph: Susan Walsh/AP People jog along Pennsylvania Avenue Photograph: Brendan Hoffman/EPA People sledging Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features