“A Balinese man shows off his pride and joy, a fighting cock, while on a cigarette break after a morning’s work in nearby fields”. (Photo by Coltrane Koh/The Guardian)
The “Assignments” exhibition is an annual chance to see the top images by UK photojournalists, as chosen by the British Press Photographers’ Association. Here: Wales’s Cory McKenna dominates Micol DiSegni during their fight at Cage Warriors 97 in Cardiff, 29 September 2018. (Photo by Chris Fairweather/Huw Evans Agency)
Ukrainian artillery fires towards the frontline during heavy fighting amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Bakhmut, Ukraine on April 13, 2023. (Photo by Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)
Tamberly Conway, bottom left, takes part in a large snowball fight in Dupont Circle on Sunday January 24, 2016 in Washington, DC. The Washington, DC area was blanketed by a large snow event. (Photo by Matt McClain/The Washington Post)
Iraqi security forces ride in vehicles travelling to Mosul to fight against militants of Islamic State at an Iraqi army base in Camp Taji in Baghdad, February 21, 2016. (Photo by Ahmed Saad/Reuters)
Bulls fight during the annual Bullfighting Festival on March 17, 2010 in Cheongdo, South Korea. More than 130 bulls from South Korea and abroad charge and lock horns in the annual festival which was run March 21, 2010. The bulls are grouped into three weight categories and fight head on until one of the bulls turns its head and runs away. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)