More than 1,000 men and women from dozens of countries took part in a world championship in medieval-style combat in Ukraine, beating their armored opponents with blunt swords and battle-axes.

Spectators react as knights in heavy armor battle during the four-day world championship at the annual medieval combat festival held in a medieval fortress near Kiev, Ukraine, on Saturday. Sergei ...

Modern-day knights from Israel, Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, England, Moldavia, Denmark, France, Estonia and Germany battle in medieval-style tournament in Tel Aviv Participants from around the world ...

LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine deepened Monday as Russian forces intensified their shelling and food, water, heat and medicine grew increasingly scarce, in what the country ...