Falconers are competing for millions of dollars at a falconry festival in Saudi Arabia. Falconry, the raising and training of falcons for hunting, was once a desert survival skill for Arab nomads and remains a prized tradition across the Gulf. | Reuters

Falconers have gathered at Saudi Arabia’s King Abdulaziz Falconry Festival, where lure racing and falcon beauty contests celebrate a tradition rooted in desert survival and Gulf heritage, with total prize money of up to 38 million Saudi riyals. | Al Arabiya English