1 / 5   This year’s World Meteorological Day begins on Friday with the theme “weather-ready, climate-smart”. The event will focus on the extreme weather and forecast of climate change. CGTN has selected several spectacular photos of some meteorological phenomena around the world. /VCG Photo

2 / 5   On January 2, 2017, a soldier in the city of Mohe, far north China’s Heilongjiang Province, threw a pot of hot water under minus 39 degrees outdoor, which immediately turned to ice. /VCG Photo

3 / 5   A magical rainbow was captured stretching across a waterfall located in the south of Iceland in 2015. /VCG Photo

4 / 5   Lightning lit up the dark and struck the silent sea in Porec, Croatia in 2017. The storm chaser sat only 100 meters away from the lightning when capturing this moment. /VCG Photo

5 / 5   On March 18, 2018, wind and ice formed a bizarre sculpture on the snowy Brocken mountain near Schierke in Harz, Germany. /VCG Photo