In this photograph taken on December 4, 2014, Afghan pigeon fancier Abas Aqa feeds his birds as some take flight on the rooftop of his residence in Herat. Aqa, 65, who owns some one hundred pigeons, has been flying pigeons – a pastime locally known as “kaftar baazi” or play of the pigeons – for the past 50 years. (Photo by Aref Karimi/AFP Photo)
