Men practising a traditional Buzkashi game, Yaklawang, Afghanistan, Asia

Men practising a traditional Buzkashi game, Yaklawang, Afghanistan, Asia

Men practising a traditional Buzkashi game, Yaklawang, Afghanistan, Asia

Men practising a traditional Buzkashi game, Yaklawang, Afghanistan, Asia

Men practising a traditional Buzkashi game, Yaklawang, Afghanistan, Asia

Men practising a traditional Buzkashi game, Yaklawang, Afghanistan, Asia

Aerial of a Buzkashi game, Yaklawang, Afghanistan, Asia

Aerial by drone of a Buzkashi game, Yaklawang, Afghanistan, Asia

Aerial by drone of a Buzkashi game, Yaklawang, Afghanistan, Asia

Aerial by drone of a Buzkashi game, Yaklawang, Afghanistan, Asia

Group of Kokpar players posing for the camera, national horse game, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Asia

Men practising Kokpar, national horse game, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Asia

Men practising Kokpar, national horse game, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Asia

Men practising Kokpar, national horse game, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Asia

Men practising Kokpar, national horse game, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Asia

Old man with his horse at a Buzkashi game, Yaklawang, Afghanistan, Asia

Men practising a traditional Buzkashi game, Yaklawang, Afghanistan, Asia

Young boys at a Buzkashi game, Yaklawang, Afghanistan, Asia

Men practising a traditional Buzkashi game, Yaklawang, Afghanistan, Asia

A game of polo at the Lahore Race Club in Pakistan, Asia

Buzkashi game, Yaklawang, Afghanistan, Asia

The Geeburg Polo Match, Bushmen versus Melbourne Polo Club, Australia, Pacific

Polo game, Cordoba Province, Argentina, South America

In the 13th century, the golden age of the mongol empire, a sport resembling polo became a training game for the mongolian cavalry throughout high asia. horsemen learned to bend low at speed, like acrobats to finish off fallen enemies with sabres, looting their prey on the ground by scooping up jewels that caught their eye. there are stories, too, of genghis khan knocking about an enemys head as if it were a ball. orkhon valley, central mongolia

Reportage on a home help service which provides help for isolated elderly people in the Ile-de-France area of France.

polo game, horse, Maspe, Lower Saxony, Germany

polo game, horse, Maspe, Lower Saxony, Germany

polo game, horse, Maspe, Lower Saxony, Germany

Tenge-il game, horseman catching flowers on the ground while galloping, Golden Eagle Festival, Bayan Oelgii, Altai Mountains, Mongolia, Asia

Kek Bar, game similar to the Buzkashi, Horsemen competing for a goat skin, Golden Eagle Festival, Bayan Oelgii, Altai Mountains, Mongolia, Asia

Kek Bar, game similar to the Buzkashi, horsemen competing for a goat skin, Golden Eagle Festival, Bayan Oelgii, Altai Mountains, Mongolia, Asia

Afghan men on horseback turn their horses toward the action during a game of

Woman riding horse (Equus ferus caballus) through the bush on the savanna at the Gabus Game Ranch; Otavi, Otjozondjupa, Namibia

Two women riding horses (Equus ferus caballus) on a dirt road traveling through the bush at the Gabus Game Ranch with a southern giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis) in the background; Otavi, Otjozondjupa, Namibia

View taken from behind of two women riding horses following a Southern giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis) through the bush at the Gabus Game Ranch; Otavi, Otjozondjupa, Namibia

View taken from behind of two women riding horses (Equus ferus caballus) traveling past acacia tree through the bush towards the hills at the Gabus Game Ranch at sunset; Otavi, Otjozondjupa, Namibia

Two women riding horses (Equus ferus caballus) traveling past acacia tree through the bush at the Gabus Game Ranch with mountains in the background at sunset; Otavi, Otjozondjupa, Namibia

Two women on horseback (Equus ferus caballus) smiling at the camera and standing near a dead tree in the brush on the savanna at the Gabus Game Ranch; Otavi, Otjozondjupa, Namibia

Two women riding horses (Equus ferus caballus) traveling through the grass near a hill at the Gabus Game Ranch at sunset; Otavi, Otjozondjupa, Namibia

Woman riding horse (Equus ferus caballus) on a dirt road through the bush on the savanna looking at the camera and smiling at the Gabus Game Ranch; Otavi, Otjozondjupa, Namibia

Carrera de sortija (Race of the Ring), traditional game where a Gaucho gallops under a wooden arch and tries to pass a pin through a small ring hanging from an arch, Estancia Santa Susana, Los Cardales, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Riders at a game of Kok-boru (or Ulak-tartish or Buzkachi), Central Asian equestrian games at the Noorus festival, Kotchkor, Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan

Riders at a game of Kok-boru (or Ulak-tartish or Buzkachi), Central Asian equestrian games at the Noorus festival, Kotchkor, Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan

Riders at a game of Kok-boru (or Ulak-tartish or Buzkachi), Central Asian equestrian games at the Noorus festival, Kotchkor, Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan

Riders at a game of Kok-boru (or Ulak-tartish or Buzkachi), Central Asian equestrian games at the Noorus festival, Kotchkor, Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan

Riders at a game of Kok-boru (or Ulak-tartish or Buzkachi), Central Asian equestrian games at the Noorus festival, Kotchkor, Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan

Riders at a game of Kok-boru (or Ulak-tartish or Buzkachi), Central Asian equestrian games at the Noorus festival, Kotchkor, Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan

Riders at a game of Kok-boru (or Ulak-tartish or Buzkachi), Central Asian equestrian games at the Noorus festival, Kotchkor, Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan

Riders at a game of Kok-boru (or Ulak-tartish or Buzkachi), Central Asian equestrian games at the Noorus festival, Kotchkor, Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan

Riders at a game of Kok-boru (or Ulak-tartish or Buzkachi), Central Asian equestrian games at the Noorus festival, Kotchkor, Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan

Riders at a game of Kok-boru (or Ulak-tartish or Buzkachi), Central Asian equestrian games at the Noorus festival, Kotchkor, Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan

Riders at a game of Kok-boru (or Ulak-tartish or Buzkachi), Central Asian equestrian games at the Noorus festival, Kotchkor, Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan

Riders at a game of Kok-boru (or Ulak-tartish or Buzkachi), Central Asian equestrian games at the Noorus festival, Kotchkor, Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan