Saudi women stand together in the new Snow City at Al Othaim Mall in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia July 26, 2016. Picture taken July 26, 2016. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser
RIYADH (Reuters) - At a shopping mall in southern Riyadh, a woman shrouded in black robes and bulgy black coat throws snowballs at her young son, giggling underneath a face covering. The boy gleefully lobs snowy projectiles back in her direction.
Nearby, children in neon snow suits stand squealing under a spray of ice droplets. Others trudge up a snowy hill with parents, before cascading down ice slides in inflatable tubes.
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