Chicago, Washington, DC, NYC and Boston the blanket with snow as millions look winter weather

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Lucy Estelle Wetkin, 11, slows a jump ahead of US Capitol on Wednesday.

Lucy Estelle Wetkin, 11, slows a jump ahead of US Capitol on Wednesday. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

A number of winter storms swept across the United States this week, bringing snow, gossip and freezing rain to millions of Americans from coast to coast.

Nearly 200 million people in 40 states were under a form of winter weather counseling, according to the National Weather Service.

The first storm dumped over a foot of snow in parts of Appalachians and Mid-Atlantic, including Washington, DC, which was the blanket of over 6 inches of snowfall on Tuesday. The White House, National Mall and US Capitol were covered in white.

A view of the national monument across a snow -covered width with a trail of footprint.

Snow blankets National Mall in Washington, DC, Tuesday. (Astrid Riecken/Washington Post via Getty Images)

A person has a little snowman in front of the US Capitol on Tuesday. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

A person has a little snowman in front of the US Capitol on Tuesday. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Two people under their umbrellas go past the Congress's steps in a snow flurry.

People walk past Capitol in a blizzard in Washington, DC, Tuesday. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

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A person under an umbrella goes past a snowy lawn of the White House.

A view of the White House in Washington, DC, Tuesday. (Alex Brandon/AP)

Snow-covered shrubs in front of the White House where two flags fly.

Bushes are covered with snow in front of the White House on Wednesday. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

The Washington monument is seen from Lincoln Memorial as Snow covers National Mall in Washington, DC, Wednesday.

The Washington monument is seen from Lincoln Memorial as Snow covers National Mall in Washington, DC, Wednesday. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Snow covers the sign outside the Washington State Department, DC, Wednesday. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Snow covers the sign outside the Washington State Department, DC, Wednesday. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

The snow made for a picturesque setting in the country’s capital and other cities along the Interstate 95 corridor, where the snowfall rates were an empty an hour in some places. (It also created lots of shovel.)

A man wearing a winter jacket and a woolen hat with green and red stripes pushes a snow -covering machine over a lawn in a residential street.

A person clears snow in Howard Beach, Queens, New, Sunday. (Theodore Parisienne/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Further snow fell in the New York City area, which looked up to half a foot of snow during last weekend’s storm.

A third system was expected to bring heavy snow to Sierra Nevadas and Rockies as well as heavy rain to California before bringing the potential for more snow and ice to the plains, the midwest and the northeast.

Photographers have recorded wonderful pictures of this week’s winter weather, some of which we have collected here.

A woman goes through a snow -covered path in Centerville, Md., Wednesday.

A woman goes through a snow -covered path in Centerville, Md., Wednesday. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

Snow is reflected in Chicago's Skyport Sculpture Wednesday.

Snow is reflected in Chicago’s Skyport Sculpture Wednesday. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

A worker clears snow from a sidewalk in Chicago on Wednesday.

A worker clears snow from a sidewalk in Chicago on Wednesday. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

A pedestrian, seen from above, crosses the striped lane like a dust of snow falls.

A pedestrian crosses K Street NW in Washington DC during a snow shower Tuesday. (Robert Miller/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

A man in a thick winter jacket and goggles is trying to ride an electric bike through an inch or so snow.

When snow falls on Tuesday night in the center of Silver Spring, Md., A man tries to ride an electric bicycle on the sidewalk. (Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Two people who protect under black umbrellas pass the capital, which is hidden by snowfall.

People go through snow on the capitol on Tuesday. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

Hansen Chen, with June Liu, both in winter clothes under transparent umbrellas, pauses a rural area as Chen takes a photo with his cell phone.

Hansen Chen, Left and June Liu enjoy the snow -covered nature at Little Seneca Lake in Boyds, Md., Tuesday. (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

A carriage car comes around a bend in the rails of the snow.

The MBTA Mattapan-Ashmont wagon does it through the snow on February 9 in Boston. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

A woman carrying a shopping bag goes down the middle of a wooden -lined street flanked by snow -covered parked vehicles.

A street scene in Brooklyn, new, Saturday during a winter blizzard. (NDZ/STAR MAX)

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