TOPSHOT - -- AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2018 -- An observation point at the base of Niagara Falls is covered with ice, in Niagara Falls, Ontario is covered in ice, January 9, 2018. - A giant winter "bomb cyclone" walloped the US East Coast on January 5, 2018, with heavy snow and freezing cold that made for treacherous travel conditions and bone-chilling misery. (Photo by Geoff Robins / AFP)