Icicles hang off a roof in Detroit, Michigan, United States on January 8, 2014. Detroit is part of an area called the "Rust Belt" surrounding the Great Lakes. Once a leader in steel production, the area has been hit with a hard economic decline, population loss and urban decay as a result of the declining industrial sector.

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Location: Detroit, MI, USA
Photo credit: © Brett Gundlock / Alamy / Afripics
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