May 22, 2013

May 22 Photo Brief: Thousands attend Belz Hasidic Dynasty wedding, giant bird cages, tea harvest, ceremonial Senegal

Thousands attend Belz Hasidic Dynasty wedding, giant bird cages in China, tea harvest in Japan, ceremonial Senegal and more in today’s daily brief.

: A dancer performs on a watery stage suspended above the audience during a dress rehearsal of the Fuerza Bruta (Brute Force) theatre group’s stage production “Wayra” in Buenos Aires. (Marcos Brindicci/Reuters)

: 80-year-old Japanese woman Yaeko Asada (L) and Shigeharu Asada harvest fresh green tea leaves at a tea farm in the hills of Ujitawara in Japan. Green tea is cultivated in various regions of Japan, the second largest green tea producer in the world . The Uji area is one of the most famous tea field growing regions in Western Japan and is now in the heavest season. (Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

: A woman walks past an installation of giant bird cages on a square in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. Six giant bird cages containing artificial trees and birds were installed by the shopping mall which owns the square to promote environmental friendly concepts to the public, according to local media. (Reuters)

: Tens of thousands of Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Belz Hasidic Dynasty take part in the wedding ceremony of Rabbi Shalom Rokach, the Grandson of the Belz Rabbi to Hana Batya Pener. in Jerusalem, Israel. Some 25,000 Ultra-Orthodox Jews participated in one of the biggest weddings of the of Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in the past few years. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women walk with Hannah Batya Penet, the bride of Shalom Rokeach, grandson of the Chief Rabbi of Belz, during a wedding ceremony in Jerusalem. Some 25,000 people gathered on Tuesday to celebrate the wedding of Rokeach, the eldest grandson of the current leader of the Belz Hasidic dynasty Yissachar Dov Rokeach, who heads one of the largest Hasidic movements in the world, according to local media. (Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)

: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish boys look at preparations for the wedding of the Chief Rabbi of Belz, Yissachar Dov Rokeach’s grandson, in Jerusalem. Local media said some 25 thousand people gathered on Tuesday to celebrate the wedding of the first grandson of the current leader of the Belz Hasidic dynasty, which is one of the largest Hasidic movements in the world. (Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)

: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish bride Hannah Batya Penet dances with her relative during a wedding ceremony in Jerusalem. Some 25,000 people gathered to celebrate the wedding of Penet to Shalom Rokeach, the eldest grandson of the Chief Rabbi of Belz, Yissachar Dov Rokeach, according to local media. The Belz Hasidic dynasty is one of the largest Hasidic movements in the world. (Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)

: A man rows a boat near a house built on a rock on the river Drina near the western Serbian town of Bajina Basta, about 160km (99 miles) from the capital Belgrade. The house was built in 1968 by a group of young men who decided that the rock on the river was an ideal place for a tiny shelter, according to the house’s co-owner, who was among those involved in its construction. (Marko Djurica/Reuters)

: A Free Syrian Army fighter carrying his weapon walks along a street piled with rubble near damaged buildings in Deraa.

: Sarah Dick reads a Doctor Suess book to her three-year-old daughter Jadyn at the driveway of her tornado-destroyed house in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Rescue workers with sniffer dogs picked through the ruins on Wednesday to ensure no survivors remained buried after a deadly tornado left thousands homeless and trying to salvage what was left of their belongings. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)

: Intact homes (upper left) stand next to totally destroyed dwellings showing the path of the May 20 tornado in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Rescue workers with sniffer dogs picked through the ruins on Wednesday to ensure no survivors remained buried after a deadly tornado left thousands homeless and trying to salvage what was left of their belongings. Curvature of horizon in the photo is due to an ultra-wide angle lens. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)

: A police forensics officer investigates a crime scene where one man was killed in Woolwich, southeast London. British Prime Minister David Cameron has called a meeting of his government’s emergency Cobra security committee after the killing of a man in south London, his office said on Wednesday. (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters)

: Cast member Souleymane Deme (C) performs on the red carpet as he arrives with director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (L) and cast member Anais Monory for the screening of the film “Grigris” in competition during the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes. (Jean-Paul Pelissier/Reuters)

: Bineta Ndiaye, 22, looks at herself in the mirror as her friend Coumba Faye, 19, fixes her hair in Faye’s house in the village of Ndande. Every year, inhabitants of the village take part in a Sufi Muslim ceremony called Gamou-Ndande. The ceremony combines nights of praying and chanting as well as traditionally animist ceremonies. (Joe Penney/Reuters)

: People watch a traditional ceremony taking place in a large former well in the village of Ndande, Senegal. Every year, inhabitants of the village take part in a Sufi Muslim ceremony called Gamou-Ndande. The ceremony combines nights of praying and chanting as well as traditionally animist ceremonies. The well, called Kalom, was the site of historic battles in Senegalese history. According to local historian Baye Niass, the well dates back to the 16th century. Today there is no water in the former well and it is used for ceremonial purposes. Niass says the well measure 36 meters in depth an 11m in diameter. (Joe Penney/Reuters)

: A man ascends by bungee cords from a large former well during a traditional ceremony in the village of Ndande. Every year, inhabitants of the village take part in a Sufi Muslim ceremony called Gamou-Ndande. The ceremony combines nights of praying and chanting as well as traditionally animist ceremonies. The well, called Kalom, was the site of historic battles in Senegalese history. According to local historian Baye Niass, the well dates back to the 16th century. Today there is no water in the former well and it is used for ceremonial purposes. Niass says the well measure 36 meters in depth an 11m in diameter. (Joe Penney/Reuters)

: A worker carries noodles or mie lethek after the steaming process at mie lethek factory in Srandakan village, Bantul in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Yasir Feri Ismatrada took on the family business of mie lethek production founded by his late grandfather. A one-ton stone cylinder is rotated by cows in order to grind the flour, a technique rarely seen today. Yasir puts great importance on the fair treatment of his 40 employees with management profits capped at 10%, prioritizing the interests of the staff. Mie lethek are sold for Rp 8,000 or US$80 cents per kilogram. (Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

: U.S. first lady Michelle Obama reacts with school children from Willow Springs Elementary School in Fairfax, Virginia, as they participate in a play about the emancipation of slaves during Abraham Lincoln’s presidency, at historic Decatur House in Washington. Michelle Obama visited to site where some of the last slaves in Washington lived, and where a one-million dollar grant was announced on Wednesday to help preserve the building. (Jason Reed/Reuters)