A Kyrgyz berkutchi (eagle hunter) launches his bird, a golden eagle, during the hunting festival “Salburun” in the village of Tuura-Suu, near Issyk-Kule lake, some 280 kilometers from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on February 23, 2021. Salburun is a traditional kind of hunt in Kyrghyzstan and in Central Asia. The festival involves four disciplines including falconry, archery and mounted archery. (Photo by Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP Photo)
