Graham Eaton / Sverd i fjell, Hafrsfjord, Stavanger, Norway, March. The three bronze swords stand 10 metres (33 ft) tall and are planted into the rock of a small hill next to the fjord. They commemorate the historic...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Men with skin coloured with sand participating in traditional dance, Bolama Island, Bijagos UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Guinea Bissau, February 2015.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Two Tuareg swords, Niamey, Niger, 2005.

Kristel Richard / Bas-reliefs with soldiers mounted on horses, decorating the ground level of the temple at Angkor Wat, Angkor, Cambodia. March 2013

Kristel Richard / Woman riding side-saddle in medieval costume, mounted on PRE Spanish horse, charging with sword in hand, Chateau du Plessis-Bourre, Loire Valley, France. 2021

Kristel Richard / Woman in medieval costume riding side-saddle on PRE Spanish horse, cutting apple with sword, Chateau du Plessis-Bourre, Loire Valley, France 2021

Kristel Richard / First Empire Military Re-enactment: Man dressed in uniform of aide-de-camp to Marechal Berthier , training during a course de tetes, Chateau du Plessis-Bourre, Maine-et-Loire, France. July 2021

Kristel Richard / First Empire Military Re-enactment: Man dressed as a Chef d'escadron of the First Regiment de chasseur a Cheval de la ligne training during a course de tetes, Chateau du Plessis-Bourre, Maine-et-L...

Kristel Richard / First Empire Military Re-enactment: Man dressed as Chef d'escadron of the First Regiment de chasseur a Cheval de la ligne (right) fighting with a Colonel of the Sixth Regiment de Hussards on Pureb...

Kristel Richard / First Empire Military Re-enactment: Person dressed in uniform on horseback: Aide de camp of Marechal Berthier charging, Chateau du Plessis-Bourre, Maine-et-Loire, France. July 2021

Kristel Richard / First Empire Military Re-enactment: Man dressed in uniform on horseback as a Colonel of the Seventh Regiment de Hussards charging, Chateau du Plessis-Bourre, Maine-et-Loire, France. July 2021