Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:00:01 +0100 (Reuters) - Performers ride on a horse-drawn cart as they sing Christmas carols, locally known as "Kolyadki", in the village of Gantsevichi, about 180 km (112 miles) southeast of Minsk, January 13, 2012. Many Orthodox Belarussians mark New Year according to the Julian calendar on January 13. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko(BELARUS - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS)
A villager prepares a horse-drawn cart before celebrating the ...
Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:40:02 +0100 (Reuters) - A villager prepares a horse-drawn cart before celebrating the pagan rite called "Kolyadki" in the village of Lobcha, some 230 km (144 miles) south of Minsk, January 7, 2012. Kolyada is a pagan winter holiday, which over the centuries has merged with Orthodox Christmas celebrations in Ukraine and some parts of Belarus. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (BELARUS - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION ANIMALS)
A boy leads a buffalo-drawn carriage during "Alilo", ...
Sat, 07 Jan 2012 14:10:01 +0100 (Reuters) - A boy leads a buffalo-drawn carriage during "Alilo", a religious procession, to celebrate the Orthodox Christmas in Tbilisi January 7, 2012. Believers celebrate Christmas on January 7, according to the Julian calendar used by the country's Orthodox church. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili (GEORGIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)
Children hold up numbered balls during the first prize draw ...
Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:40:01 +0100 (Reuters) - Children hold up numbered balls during the first prize draw for Spain's Christmas Lottery "El Gordo" in Madrid December 22, 2011. The total prize money of 4 billion euros ($5.22 billion) is split into thousands of cash prizes amongst hundreds of winning numbers. REUTERS/Andrea Comas (SPAIN - Tags: SOCIETY)
Environment Minister Peter Kent announces that Canada will withdraw ...
Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:40:02 +0100 (AP) - Environment Minister Peter Kent announces that Canada will withdraw from the Kyoto accord, outside the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Monday December 12, 2011. We are invoking Canada's legal right to formally withdraw from Kyoto,' Kent said Monday outside the House of Commons. (AP Photo/ THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand)
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