Arctic cold continued to cripple the Midwest and Northeast on Thursday. Photographers captured the effects of extreme winter weather this week.

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In Minneapolis, where the wind chill was minus 38 degrees Fahrenheit, Bonnie Star went on her daily walk and had encountered another person.

Along the shore of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Wis., temperatures were well below zero and wind chill readings fell to minus 50 degrees.

As New York City firefighters worked to put out a five-alarm fire in Brooklyn, buildings in the area became covered with ice.

An emergency shelter opened in Kalamazoo, Mich., for residents seeking refuge from the cold.

Sea smoke rose from Lake Michigan in Chicago, caused by extremely cold air blowing over warmer water.

Snow continued to come down in Buffalo on Thursday, where more than 13 inches had fallen the day before.

Children in Rochester, Minn., took part in an attempt to set a record for the coldest hockey game ever played.

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