A woman feeds a cat at her house as water from the Stviga river overflows its banks during in the village of Ozerany, Belarus, on April 16, 2013.

A man paddles on a boat in his yard during a spring flood in the Belarus village of Snyadin, on April 16.

A woman feeds a pig in her yard during a spring flood in the Belarus village of Snyadin, on April 16.

A worker processes wool used to make traditional footwear at a factory in Smilovichi, Belarus, Dec. 5.

A worker processes semi-finished valenki, in Smilovichi, Belarus.

A worker moves a cart of semi-finished valenki at a factory in Smilovichi, Belarus, Dec. 5.

Workers sort semi-finished valenki at a factory in the village of Smilovichi, Dec. 5.

A worker processes semi-finished valenki, Dec. 5.

A worker checks mushroom beds at a private farm located inside hangars of a former Soviet missile base in Minoity, Belarus, Dec. 4, 2012. The farm cultivates and sells about 10 tons of oyster mushrooms, or Veshenka mushrooms, each month in Belarus and neighboring countries. The mushrooms cost 23,000 Belarusian roubles ($2.70) per kilogram.

A worker gathers mushrooms from mushroom beds at a private farm located inside hangars of a former Soviet missile base in Minoity, Belarus, Dec. 4.

A worker pulls a palette stacked with mushroom beds at a private farm located inside hangars of a former Soviet missile base in Minoity, Belarus, Dec. 4.

A worker closes the door of a hangar at a private farm in a former Soviet missile base in Minoity, Belarus, Dec. 4.

Servicemen from the Interior Ministry special unit take part in a test near the village of Gorany, Belarus, Oct. 23, 2012.

Servicemen from the Interior Ministry special unit take part in a test near the village of Gorany, Belarus, Oct. 23.

Servicemen from the Interior Ministry's special unit take part in a test near the village of Gorany, Belarus, Oct. 23.

A serviceman from a special Interior Ministry receives a red beret after his test in Minsk, Belarus, Oct. 23.

Women jump over a campfire during the Ivan Kupala festival in the town of Turov, Belarus on July 6, 2012.

A woman wears a wreath during the Ivan Kupala festival.

Belarusian girls float wreaths with candles as part of the Ivan Kupala festival.

Belarusians take part in the Kupala festival.

Belarusians take part in the Ivan Kupala festival.