Snapshots: The world in 24 hours May 6, 2011

A girl in a national dress prepares for the pagan ritual Yurya celebration in the village of Pogost, some 250 km (155 miles) south of Minsk, May 5, 2011. People believe that the pagan god Yurya protects their harvest and the annual tradition is devoted to plentiful future harvests.　[Photo/Agencies]