Zenobia

At the height of the Islamic State group's rampage across Syria, the world watched in horror as the militants blew up an iconic arch and temple in the country's famed Roman ruins in Palmyra.

Eight years later, restoration work on the site has been held up by security issues, leftover ISIL land mines and lack of funding.

The stretch north of the Afidnes toll station on the highway connecting Athens to the central Greece city of Lamia was closed on Monday due to hazardous driving conditions amid a cold snap.

A man defies the chill and sits on a bench overlooking Faliro Bay on Athens' southern coast on Saturday. A cold weather front dubbed Zenobia after the 3rd century queen of Palmyra in Syria pushed temperatures down across Greece over the weekend and brought powerful storms, gale-force winds and snow to many parts of the country.