North Koreans dance beneath a painting of late leader Kim Il Sung during a mass folk dancing gathering in Pyongyang on April 11. The gathering marked the anniversary of the first of many titles of power given to leader Kim Jong Un after the death of his father Kim Jong Il.

Performers carry a flag at the opening of the April Spring People's Art Festival at the East Pyongyang Grand Theater on April 11. The festival opened Thursday to mark late president Kim Il Sung's birthday on April 15, known in North Korea as the Day of the Sun. In the background are portraits of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung, left, and his son, Kim Jong Il.

Performers sing about North Korea's late leader Kim Jong Il.

North Korean performers at the opening of the April Spring People's Art Festival.

Russian-speaking Israelis dance to Russian pop beats at the Soho nightclub in Tel Aviv on March 9, 2012. The club caters to the Russian-speaking immigrant community, featuring hired dancers and extravagant decorations rarely seen in informal Israel.

Russian-speaking immigrants drink vodka during a Russian folk music festival at the Gan HaShlosha national park near the northern Israeli Town of Beit Shean on May 11, 2012. About 2,000 immigrants from the former Soviet Union attended the two-day festival, singing Russian standards, barbecuing and drinking vodka.

Two immigrants from the Ural region of the former Soviet Union rinse off after bathing in the Mediterranean Sea in the early morning, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Dec. 4, 2012. Many Soviet immigrants gather at the beach for a traditional winter dip, the closest substitute to the freezing waters of the former Soviet Union.

Alexandra Bahman, who emigrated to Israel from Moldova in 2006, sits in her bedroom with her cat on July. 6, 2012. Bahman left Moldova with the carpet and photos that now decorate her bedroom walls, in Ashdod, Israel. Ashdod is heavily populated by immigrants from the former Soviet Union.

A choir practices in a government-funded elderly care facility catering to Russian-speaking immigrants in Ashdod, southern Israel, on Nov. 4, 2012. The choir sings Russian standards and Israeli folk songs translated into Russian.

Elderly immigrants from the former Soviet Union play chess in a public park in the northern Israeli city of Haifa. Chess is a popular sport in Israel's Russian-speaking community, and the world's second-best chess master, Belarusian-born Boris Gelfand, lives in Israel on Nov. 15, 2012 . Israel has one of the world's largest Russian-speaking communities outside the former Soviet Union, and the immigrants' tenacious clinging to their old way of life has transformed the Jewish state.

Gymnasts from Russian-speaking immigrant families warm up at a gymnastics competition organized for Israel's immigrant community, in the southern resort city of Eilat on Nov. 9, 2012. Most of Israel's Olympic gymnasts are immigrants from the former Soviet Union.

An employee of the Mizra pork factory poses with a pig's head in a refrigerated warehouse in Kibbutz Mizra, northern Israel, on Dec. 6, 2012. The million-strong Soviet immigrant community has increased customer demand for pork in the country, a non-kosher food rarely eaten by Israeli Jews.

Russian-speaking immigrants gather for a Russian folk music festival at the Gan HaShlosha national park near the northern Israeli Town of Beit Shean on May. 11, 2012. About 2,000 immigrants from the former Soviet Union attended the two-day festival, singing Russian standards, barbecuing and drinking vodka.

People take pictures near decorative lanterns at the Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong, Sept. 29, 2012. Red lanterns are hung as a symbol of good luck.

The moon is framed amongst decorative lights at the Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong, Sept. 29.

Children play near large decorative lanterns at the Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong, Sept. 29.

People walk through decorative lanterns at the Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong, Sept. 29.

Debutantes Maria Austin, left to right, Amelia Simmons, Sophie Bonello, Zoe Rawson, and Georgina Riddle attend a dress-fitting for Queen Charlotte's Ball in central London, July 25, 2012. Maria, 20, studies drama and theater at Royal Holloway, and would like to either become a classical actor or go into business development. She says she was attracted to partake in the London Season partly because of charity fundraising.

Debutante Ella Venables is taught to waltz by a guest in the spacious ladies' toilets at Queen Charlotte's Ball in central London, Sept. 14. Ella is anxious because she must waltz with her father but does not know how.

Kitchen staff peek at debutante Eli Miansarow as she passes by during Queen Charlotte's Ball in central London, Sept. 14.

Dress designer Dana Kruszynska examines a dress to be worn at Queen Charlotte's Ball in central London, Sept. 14.

Debutante Alice Palmer, left, is scorned for walking too fast by former debutante Patricia Woodall as she rehearses for Queen Charlotte's Ball in central London, Sept. 14. The girls make a grand entrance walking in one by one to be judged on their posture, elegance and pace.

A girl is applied with makeup before training at a summer camp organized by the Peking Opera House in Beijing, China on Aug. 14, 2012. The two-day course is held to attract public interest in the traditional Chinese performance.

A girl is applied with makeup before training at a summer camp organized by the Peking Opera House in Beijing on Aug. 14.

A kid wears a monkey mask during a summer camp organized by the Peking Opera House in Beijing on Aug. 14.

School children learn traditional Chinese Peking Opera during a summer camp organized by the Peking Opera House in Beijing on Aug. 14.

Participants watch a performer during a Peking Opera summer camp organized by the Peking Opera House in Beijing on Aug. 14.

Chinese geisha trainee Rinka, born as Zhang Xue in Shenyang, China, puts on makeup at a geisha school in the port town of Shimoda, Japan on Aug. 3, 2012.

Chinese geisha trainee Rinka affixes a wig as her 72-year-old geisha matron Kanoya assists her in the port town of Shimoda, Japan on Aug. 3.

Chinese geisha trainee Rinka lights candles before a summer festival near her geisha school building in the port town of Shimoda, Japan on Aug. 3.

An Aymara indigenous witch doctor sprays wine over offerings to Pachamama, or Mother Earth, in La Cumbre, 19 miles outside of La Paz, Bolivia on Aug. 1, 2012.

An Aymara indigenous witch doctor sprays beer over a man while making offerings to Pachamama, or Mother Earth in La Cumbre, Bolivia on Aug. 1.

People prepare to give offerings to Pachamama, or Mother Earth, in La Cumbre, Bolivia on Aug, 1.

Nepalese people prepare to burn straw effigies of Ghanta Karna, symbolic of demons, during a festival celebrated after paddy planting in Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Katmandu, Nepal on July 17, 2012. The festival is believed to ward off evil spirits, and bring peace and prosperity.

Nepalese migrant Suraj Maharjan, 14, collects donations with his face painted during the Ghanta Karna, or Gathemangal, festival in Kathmandu, Nepal on July 17, 2012. Suraj, who migrated from Palung village to the capital of Katmandu, became a symbolic demon known as 'Bhoot' to celebrate the festival. The 'Bhoot' collects donations and receives food from the community. At the end of the festival, people drag him with straw effigies to a nearby river.

Children play with straw effigies of Ghanta Karna, symbolic of demons, on the outskirts of Katmandu, Nepal on July 17, 2012.

Kanwarias carry water from the River Ganges in New Delhi, India on July 10, 2012.

Kanwarias, worshippers of Hindu God Shiva, dance to devotional songs in New Delhi.

A Kanwaria walks with others in a pilgrimage in New Delhi.

A horse rears its head as it's rounded up on the eve of the Rapa Das Bestas or "Shearing of the Beasts" festival on July 6, 2012 in Sabucedo, Spain.

A villager rounds up wild horses on the hills of Sabucedo, Spain during the Rapa das Bestas on July 6, 2012.

Participants grab a wild horse during Rapa das Bestas in Sabucedo, Spain on July 6, 2012.

A participant of Rapa das Bestas cuts off the mane of a wild horse in Sabucedo, Spain on July 6, 2012.

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.