This photo shot on Thursday shows snow accumulated nearly 10 meters high in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, after an unseasonable spring dump. /CFP
Farmers cleared the path between two banks of snow. /CFP
Xinjiang has endured temperatures of minus 8 to 10 degrees Celsius since late March. Locals are accustomed to the mercury resting around 20 degrees higher than that in spring. /CFP
The local agricultural weather station warned on Tuesday that the snow may affect ploughing and sowing of seeds. /CFP