Croatian General Ante Gotovina, at the Alka in Sinj, Croatia

Retired Croatian General Ante Gotovina watches the Sinjska Alka, in the town of Sinj, Croatia (4 August 2013). Seen by many in Croatia as a national hero, Gen Gotovina was the leader of Operation Storm which retook the breakaway region of Krajina in 1995 during the Croatian War of Independence, and a former French Legionnaire. He was indicted by the Hague in 2001, but acquitted in 2012. The Alka is a knightly tournament dating back to 1715, in which riders compete to spear a small metal ring from a galloping horse. The Alka is inscribed on the Unesco list of Intangible Cultural Heritage. © Rudolf Abraham