Photo of the Day
May 12, 2020
Wedding March
In Bilcice, Czech Republic, a newly married couple walks to the bride's home after their wedding in a country church. The picture originally appeared in a September 1993 story documenting the "velvet divorce" of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
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