Photographers working for international news agency Reuters have taken countless beautiful images of the world’s most inspiring urban areas, but this collection of striking images shows that when cloaked by mist or fog, these mighty buildings all truly deserve their evocative monikers of skyscrapers...
Buildings are seen among fog in Qingdao, Shandong province, China. Photo: Stringer/Reuters
The skyline of San Francisco appears above the evening fog as the sun sets on the Marin Headlands in Sausalito, California, US. Photo: Robert Galbraith/Reuters
A long exposure picture shows a seasonal fog illuminated by the lights of Cape Town harbour as the city prepares for the start of the southern hemisphere winter in South Africa. Photo: Mike Hutchings/Reuters
Skyscrapers Shanghai World Financial Centre (right) and Jin Mao Tower are seen during heavy rain at the financial district of Pudong in Shanghai, China. Photo: Aly Song/Reuters
Fog clears around the Houses of Parliament in central London, Britain. Photo: Olivia Harris/Reuters
Heavy fog rolls by early in the morning near the Dubai Marina, United Arab Emirates. Photo: Steve Crisp/Reuters
A cruise ship makes its way past New York’s Lower Manhattan and One World Trade Centre as steam rises from the Hudson River in the US.Photo: Gary Hershorn/Reuters
Heavy fog rolls by early in the morning near the Dubai Marina, United Arab Emirates. Photo: Steve Crisp/Reuters