Paris in the snow – in pictures

The Eiffel tower after snow fell overnight Photograph: Mehdi Fedouach/AFP/Getty Images

A snow-covered Notre-Dame cathedral Photograph: Mehdi Fedouach/AFP/Getty Images

Snow covers a Metro sign and tree branches Photograph: John Schults/Reuters

Snow covers paths alongside the Canal Saint-Martin Photograph: Yoan Valat/EPA

A love message to the French capital is written into the snow covering a car's rear window Photograph: Yoan Valat/EPA

A snow-covered fountain at the Place de la Concorde Photograph: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images

Padlocks (locks of love) are covered with snow on the Pont des Arts Photograph: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images

People walk on the snow covered Esplanade du Trocadéro near the Eiffel tower Photograph: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images

A sculpture appears to be frozen mid-leap Photograph: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images

Place de la Concorde, in central Paris Photograph: Ian Langsdon/EPA

People walk past the snow-covered Sacré Coeur basilica in the Montmartre district Photograph: Zacharie Scheurer/AP

Snow blankets statues on the Alexander III bridge, as the landmark Eiffel Tower disappears into low cloud cover Photograph: Ian Langsdon/EPA

Tourists and Parisians walk around the Tuileries Garden Photograph: Remy de la Mauviniere/AP

People leaving a Metro station in Paris under heavy snowfall Photograph: Zacharie Scheurer/AP

People walk in the snow-covered Champs-Elysées avenue Photograph: Mehdi Fedouach/AFP/Getty Images