Every year, thousands of people descend on a small town in the English countryside to watch a two-day game of mass street football that could easily be mistaken for a riot.

In the 826-year-old Atherstone Ball Game, there are two rules, locals say: Keep the big leather ball on the main street, and don’t kill anyone.

See 11 of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors.

This ancient form of football has a rule forbidding players from murdering each other - Royal Shrovetide goes through rivers, ...

An ancient football game in Derbyshire has finished with a victory to the Down'Ards. Thousands of players turned out again ...

At the time, to shrive meant to confess, and so the day ultimately became known as Shrove Tuesday after the past tense of the verb. This 1681 etching depicts a Shrove Tuesday procession in ...

A community beakfast will be offered 8-11 a.m. Saturday and a supper on Shrove Tuesday will be served 5-7 p.m. On the breakfast mene are sausage gravy and biscuits, bacon, sausage, eggs ...

The Tennessee Volunteers received a boost with the latest college football news ... built,” Edwards told On3.com's Steve Wiltfong on Tuesday. “Their coach Heupel has built something impressive ...

Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is a day of indulgence that marks the end of Carnival. It's immediately followed by Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Lent is a 40-day season of fasting ...

Grace Episcopal Church & Pantry in Mansfield and St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Ashland are teaming up for a Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper. The event is scheduled for 5-7 p.m. March 4 at St ...