An instructor of the Pasturs Voluntaris programme, or Voluntary Shepherds in the region's Romansh language, shows volunteers how to mow with a scythe during a training in the practical skills to help sheep and goat farmers protect their flocks by keeping wolves away, in Segnas, Switzerland May 22, 2021. Picture taken May 22, 2021. Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann

Scythe blades are seen in the middle of a deforested area of the Yari plains, in Caqueta, Colombia March 3, 2021. Picture taken March 3, 2021. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

A man, from the group which raised the anti-farmers slogan, shouts as he holds a scythe, at a site of the protest against farm laws at Singhu border near New Delhi, India January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

A protester dressed as the Grim Reaper holds a scythe with a Kinder Morgan sign attached prior to Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses the crowd during a town hall meeting at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, February 2, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Light

Palestinian man Louy Al-Najar holds a scythe as he prepares to harvest wheat at a field in an area adjacent to the border with Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

A man harvests barley with a scythe during the Harvest Festival in Hosszuheteny, Hungary, July 9, 2016. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

A man sharpens his scythe during the Harvest Festival in Hosszuheteny, Hungary, July 9, 2016. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

A man holds his scythe during the Harvest Festival in Hosszuheteny, Hungary, July 9, 2016. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

A man harvests barley with a scythe during the Harvest Festival in Hosszuheteny, Hungary, July 9, 2016. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

A man harvests barley with a scythe during the Harvest Festival in Husszuheteny, Hungary, July 9, 2016. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

A Palestinian farmer uses scythe to pick thyme plants (Zatar) to be sold at West Bank and Arab countries markets, in the West Bank village of Falamyeh near Qalqilya September 17, 2015. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini

Palestinian farmers use scythes to pick thyme plants (Zatar) to be sold at West Bank and Arab countries markets, in the West Bank village of Falamyeh near Qalqilya September 17, 2015. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini

Palestinian farmers use scythes to pick thyme plants (Zatar) to be sold at West Bank and Arab countries markets, in the West Bank village of Falamyeh near Qalqilya September 17, 2015. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini

Palestinian farmers use scythes to pick thyme plants (Zatar) to be sold at West Bank and Arab countries markets, in the West Bank village of Falamyeh near Qalqilya September 17, 2015. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini

Participant hold a sign depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin as he attends an anti-war rally at Independence Square in Kiev March 23, 2014. Russia's defence ministry said on Sunday that it was complying with international troop limits near its border with Ukraine, after NATO's top military commander voiced concern over what he said was a large Russian force on Ukraine's eastern border. The text on the scythe reads: "Putin, I have come for you". REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A pro-European integration supporter takes part in a performance as Interior Ministry members stand guard during a rally near the residence of Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovich located outside Kiev, December 29, 2013. Police in Ukraine on Friday accused five suspects detained over the savage beating of a reporter of links to the opposition, an allegation the opposition condemned as an attempt to deflect suspicions of government complicity. The text on the scythe reads: "The government, I have come for you". REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

A man cuts grass on the roof of his house on Margalla Hill in Islamabad November 6, 2013. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (PAKISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY)

A woman holds up a scythe during the International Wheat Harvest Festival in Opalyi, eastern Hungary July 13, 2013. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh (HUNGARY - Tags: AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENT)

A woman harvests wheat with a scythe during the International Wheat Harvest Festival in Opalyi, eastern Hungary July 13, 2013. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh (HUNGARY - Tags: AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)

A San Francisco Giants fan holds a stuffed tiger toy on a sickle during a victory parade for the World Series champions in San Francisco, California October 31, 2012. Thousands of fans resplendent in orange and black choked downtown San Francisco's largest thoroughfare on Wednesday, noisily celebrating the Giants' second World Series baseball title in three years. REUTERS/Stephen Lam (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL)

Two scythes for wild haying lie in the hay on a steep hillside on the mountain Rophaien in the Swiss village of Flueelen, some 75 km (47 miles) south of Zurich August 20, 2012. The tradition of wild haying in Central Switzerland dates back around two hundred years and is practiced from mid July until mid September on higher grounds with steep hillsides which cannot or only hardly be reached with animals. Picture taken August 20, 2012. REUTERS/Michael Buholzer (SWITZERLAND - Tags: AGRICULTURE SOCIETY)

A firefighter holds a mock scythe during a protest by firefighters and police officers against government austerity measures in Valencia July 23, 2012. REUTERS/Heino Kalis (SPAIN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS BUSINESS)

A scythe rests in the wall of a window near Combat Outpost Nangalam in the Pech River Valley of Afghanistan's Kunar Province July 1, 2012. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY)

A men dressed as the Grim Reaper wears a sign which reads 'Don't buy today. Strike' as he holds a scythe with the word 'Salaries' in front of a department store in central Madrid during Spain's general strike, March 29, 2012. Spanish unions said a high turnout for a general strike to protest government budget cuts and reforms on Thursday had almost brought heavy industry to a halt while the government said the day was proceeding normally. REUTERS/Paul Hanna (SPAIN - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

A men dressed as the Grim Reaper wears a sign which reads 'Don't buy today. Strike' as he holds a scythe with the word 'Salaries' in front of a department store in central Madrid during Spain's general strike, March 29, 2012. Spanish unions said a high turnout for a general strike to protest government budget cuts and reforms on Thursday had almost brought heavy industry to a halt while the government said the day was proceeding normally. REUTERS/Paul Hanna (SPAIN - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

A statue of "Saint Death" is seen in Mexico City March 7, 2012. Known as "Santa Muerte" in Spanish, the saint is often depicted as a skeletal "grim reaper" draped in white satin robes, beaded necklaces and carrying a scythe. Followers leave offerings of tequila, rum, beer, cigarettes, cash, flowers and candy at altars adorned with rosaries and candles. The Catholic Church frowns on the cult, whose origins may trace back to Aztec and Mayan death-gods or to ancient European traditions, but many devotees call themselves Catholics. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (MEXICO - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)

A man walks past of a statue of "Saint Death" in Mexico City March 7, 2012. Known as "Santa Muerte" in Spanish, the saint is often depicted as a skeletal "grim reaper" draped in white satin robes, beaded necklaces and carrying a scythe. Followers leave offerings of tequila, rum, beer, cigarettes, cash, flowers and candy at altars adorned with rosaries and candles. The Catholic Church frowns on the cult, whose origins may trace back to Aztec and Mayan death-gods or to ancient European traditions, but many devotees call themselves Catholics. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (MEXICO - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)

A man walks in front of a statue of "Saint Death" on Jesus Maria Street in Mexico City March 7, 2012. Known as "Santa Muerte" in Spanish, the saint is often depicted as a skeletal "grim reaper" draped in white satin robes, beaded necklaces and carrying a scythe. Followers leave offerings of tequila, rum, beer, cigarettes, cash, flowers and candy at altars adorned with rosaries and candles. The Catholic Church frowns on the cult, whose origins may trace back to Aztec and Mayan death-gods or to ancient European traditions, but many devotees call themselves Catholics. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (MEXICO - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)

An anti-nuclear demonstrator wearing a mask takes part in a protest action in Berlin, March 26, 2011. Tens of thousands of people are expected nationwide at today's anti-nuclear demonstrations organized in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Cologne. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (GERMANY - Tags: CONFLICT)

A worker stacks cotton at a cotton purchase station in Wuhu, Anhui province October 1, 2010. China, the world's biggest consumer, cut its 2010 cotton output estimate to 6.7 million tonnes on Wednesday from a previous estimate of 6.96 million tonnes, as a result of heavy floods. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A demonstrator dressed as the Grim Reaper protests as Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown gives evidence to the Iraq Inquiry at the Queen Elizabeth II conference centre in London March 5, 2010. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY CRIME LAW)

A car with an image of the "Saint Death", an unofficial cult that worships a scythe-wielding skeletal figure not recognized by the Catholic Church, is seen outside the police headquarters of the municipality of Garcia, on the outskirts of Monterrey November 5, 2009. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo (MEXICO)

Followers of "Saint Death", an unofficial cult that worships a scythe-wielding skeletal figure not recognized by the Catholic Church, protest in Mexico City April 5, 2009, after authorities destroyed a shrine to the "saint" in the violent border town of Nuevo Laredo. Church officials and police say "Santa Muerte" is revered by drug traffickers and criminals who pray to the image for miracles and the cult is booming in popularity in neighborhoods in the capital notorious for selling contraband and border cities wracked with drug violence. More than 6,300 people were killed in Mexico last year as violent drug cartels fight each other and the government. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar (MEXICO RELIGION POLITICS CONFLICT)

A follower of "Saint Death", an unofficial cult that worships a scythe-wielding skeletal figure not recognized by the Catholic Church, takes part in a protest in Mexico City April 5, 2009, after authorities destroyed a shrine to the "saint" in the violent border town of Nuevo Laredo. Church officials and police say "Santa Muerte" is revered by drug traffickers and criminals who pray to the image for miracles and the cult is booming in popularity in neighborhoods in the capital notorious for selling contraband and border cities wracked with drug violence. More than 6,300 people were killed in Mexico last year as violent drug cartels fight each other and the government. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar (MEXICO RELIGION POLITICS CONFLICT)

A follower of "Saint Death", an unofficial cult that worships a scythe-wielding skeletal figure not recognized by the Catholic Church, take part in a protest in Mexico City April 5, 2009, after authorities destroyed a shrine to the "saint" in the violent border town of Nuevo Laredo. Church officials and police say "Santa Muerte" is revered by drug traffickers and criminals who pray to the image for miracles and the cult is booming in popularity in neighborhoods in the capital notorious for selling contraband and border cities wracked with drug violence. More than 6,300 people were killed in Mexico last year as violent drug cartels fight each other and the government. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar (MEXICO RELIGION POLITICS CONFLICT)

Followers of "Saint Death", an unofficial cult that worships a scythe-wielding skeletal figure not recognized by the Catholic Church, protest in front of Mexico City's cathedral April 5, 2009, after authorities destroyed a shrine to the "saint" in the violent border town of Nuevo Laredo. Church officials and police say "Santa Muerte" is revered by drug traffickers and criminals who pray to the image for miracles and the cult is booming in popularity in neighborhoods in the capital notorious for selling contraband and border cities wracked with drug violence. More than 6,300 people were killed in Mexico last year as violent drug cartels fight each other and the government. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar (MEXICO RELIGION POLITICS CONFLICT)

Followers of "Saint Death", an unofficial cult that worships a scythe-wielding skeletal figure not recognized by the Catholic Church, protest in Mexico City April 5, 2009, after authorities destroyed a shrine to the "saint" in the violent border town of Nuevo Laredo. Church officials and police say "Santa Muerte" is revered by drug traffickers and criminals who pray to the image for miracles and the cult is booming in popularity in neighborhoods, in the capital notorious for selling contraband and border cities wracked with drug violence. More than 6,300 people were killed in Mexico last year as violent drug cartels fight each other and the government. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar (MEXICO RELIGION POLITICS CONFLICT)

A follower of "Saint Death", an unofficial cult that worships a scythe-wielding skeletal figure not recognized by the Catholic Church, takes part in a protest in Mexico City April 5, 2009, after authorities destroyed a shrine to the "saint" in the violent border town of Nuevo Laredo. Church officials and police say "Santa Muerte" is revered by drug traffickers and criminals who pray to the image for miracles and the cult is booming in popularity in neighborhoods, in the capital notorious for selling contraband and border cities wracked with drug violence. More than 6,300 people were killed in Mexico last year as violent drug cartels fight each other and the government. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar (MEXICO RELIGION POLITICS CONFLICT IMAGE OF THE DAY TOP PICTURE)

Followers of "Saint Death", an unofficial cult that worships a scythe-wielding skeletal figure not recognized by the Catholic Church, protest in front of Mexico City's cathedral April 5, 2009, after authorities destroyed a shrine to the "saint" in the violent border town of Nuevo Laredo. Church officials and police say "Santa Muerte" is revered by drug traffickers and criminals who pray to the image for miracles and the cult is booming in popularity in neighborhoods in the capital notorious for selling contraband and border cities wracked with drug violence. More than 6,300 people were killed in Mexico last year as violent drug cartels fight each other and the government. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar (MEXICO RELIGION POLITICS CONFLICT)

A man holds a scythe in Teniet El-Hed, some 200 km (124 miles) west of Algiers, June 6, 2008. Inhabitants of this squatter settlement have been waiting to be relocated to proper public housing by the state since 1984. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (ALGERIA)

A man sharpens a scythe in Teniet El-Hed, some 200 km (124 miles) west of Algiers, June 6, 2008. Inhabitants of this squatter settlement have been waiting to be relocated to proper public housing by the state since 1984. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (ALGERIA)

A farmer harvests unripened wheat by hand in a field in the Nile Delta town of Mansoura city, 210 km (130 miles) north of Cairo, March 23, 2008. Some Egyptian farmers are selling their unripened wheat crops for export to produce bio-ethanol in the United States and Europe. Bio-ethanol is sold as a blend component in fuel as it increases octane production while giving cleaner emissions. Egypt is one of the world's leading wheat importers, usually buying more than 6 million tons a year. REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT)

A landless peasant holds a homemade scythe as he stands with several hundred other members of Brazil's Landless Movement (MST) during a protest outside an office of the government land reform agency INCRA in Curitiba, southern Brazil, September 25, 2007. The MST is holding nationwide protests this week against the government's proposed land reform. REUTERS/Cesar Ferrari (BRAZIL)

Emilija Bankova participates in a grass cutting competition in Kalsnava, 140 km (87 miles) from the capital Riga, July 7, 2007. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (LATVIA)

A woman holds a scythe during a grass cutting competition in Kalsnava, 140 km (87 miles) from the capital Riga, July 7, 2007. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (LATVIA)

Women participate in a grass cutting competition in Kalsnava, 140 km (87 miles) from the capital Riga, July 7, 2007. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (LATVIA)

Man prepares his scythe for a grass cutting competition in Kalsnava, 140 km (87 miles) from Riga July 7, 2007. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins (LATVIA)

German protestors take to the streets during a rally of around 35,000 people hosted by the German DGB trade union confederation in Berlin February 11, 2006. The EU legislature is due to vote next week on a first reading of the controversial bill, known as the 'Bolkestein directive', after months of protests by trade unions and the left over a perceived threat to west European social standards. The banner reads: 'I am Bolkestein the Grim Reaper, I scythe all I get'. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz

A Belarussian slaughterman checks the sharpness of his scythe before slaughtering a bull in front of a mosque in a small town of Ivie, January 11, 2006. Belarussian Muslims celebrated the second day of their major religious festival, Eid al-Adha, on Wednesday. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

Brazilian slave laborer, Francisco Borges de Souza, cuts down forest
with his scythe on the Bom Jesus farm in the Amazon basin, some 1,600
kilometers north of Brasilia, where he has been illegally exploited for
the past six months along with 21 other workers, September 22, 2003. As
teams of government inspectors and federal police step up their quest
to free an estimated 25,000 slave laborers, there is no doubt that
Brazil's feudal slavery traditions are still alive and well in pockets
of its hardscrabble northeast, more than a century after the practice
was abolished. REUTERS/Rickey Rogers PP03100003

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Brazilian slave laborer, Francisco Borges de Souza, uses a scythe in
his gnarled hands to cut down forest on the Bom Jesus farm in the
Amazon basin, some 1,600 kilometers north of Brasilia, where he has
been illegally exploited for the past six months along with 21 other
workers, September 22, 2003. As teams of government inspectors and
federal police step up their quest to free an estimated 25,000 slave
laborers, there is no doubt that Brazil's feudal slavery traditions are
still alive and well in pockets of its hardscrabble northeast, more
than a century after the practice was abolished. REUTERS/Rickey Rogers
PP03100003

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Brazilian slaver laborer Francisco Borges de Souza bleeds from the side of
his nose as he cuts down forest with his scythe on the Bom Jesus farm in the
Amazon basin, some 1,600 kilometers (994 miles) north of Brasilia, where
they have been illegally exploited for the past six months, September 22,
2003. As teams of government inspectors and federal police step up their
quest to free an estimated 25,000 slave laborers, there is no doubt that
Brazil's feudal slavery traditions are still alive and well in pockets of
its hardscrabble northeast, more than a century after the practice was
abolished. PP031000003 REUTERS/Rickey
Rogers/FEATURE/BRAZIL-SLAVERY

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Brazilian slave laborer, Francisco Borges de Souza, bleeds from the
side of his nose as he cuts down forest with his scythe on the Bom
Jesus farm in the Amazon basin, some 1,600 kilometers north of
Brasilia, where he has been illegally exploited for the past six months
along with 21 other workers, September 22, 2003. As teams of government
inspectors and federal police step up their quest to free an estimated
25,000 slave laborers, there is no doubt that Brazil's feudal slavery
traditions are still alive and well in pockets of its hardscrabble
northeast, more than a century after the practice was abolished.
REUTERS/Rickey Rogers PP03100003

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U.S. soldiers from the Charlie company 11th Engineers give first aid to an unidentified Iraqi youth suffering from burns after an explosion in the Zaafaraniya neighbourhood in the outskirts of Baghdad April 26, 2003. Many Iraqi civilians were believed killed on Saturday when an arms dump exploded outside Baghdad sending rockets scything into nearby housing, and residents blamed U.S. troops for the tragedy.

U.S. soldiers from the Charlie company 11th Engineers give first aid to an unidentified Iraqi youth suffering from burns after an explosion in the Zaafaraniya neighbourhood in the outskirts of Baghdad April 26, 2003. Many Iraqi civilians were believed killed on Saturday when an arms dump exploded outside Baghdad sending rockets scything into nearby housing, and residents blamed U.S. troops for the tragedy.

Iraqis try to remove the debris of a collapsed house to search for victims after an explosion near the Zaafaraniya neighbourhood in the outskirts of Baghdad, April 26, 2003. Many Iraqi civilians were feared killed on Saturday when an arms dump exploded on the edge of Baghdad, sending rockets scything into nearby housing. Residents blamed U.S. troops for the tragedy.

A wounded Iraqi man views his destroyed former home after an explosion in the Baghdad suburb of Zaafaraniya April 26, 2003. Many Iraqi civilians were believed killed on Saturday when an arms dump exploded outside Baghdad sending rockets scything into nearby housing, and residents blamed U.S. troops for the tragedy.

A U.S. soldier removes the debris of a collapsed house with a bulldozer
after an arms dump explosion near the Zaafaraniya neighbourhood in the
outskirts of Baghdad, April 26, 2003. Many Iraqi civilians were feared
killed on Saturday when an arms dump exploded on the edge of Baghdad,
sending rockets scything into nearby housing. Residents blamed U.S. troops
for the tragedy. REUTERS/Petr Josek PP03040073

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An Iraqi man looks up on a hole caused by an arms dump explosion near the
Zaafaraniya neighbourhood in the outskirts of Baghdad, April 26, 2003. Many
Iraqi civilians were feared killed on Saturday when an arms dump exploded on
the edge of Baghdad, sending rockets scything into nearby housing. Residents
blamed U.S. troops for the tragedy. REUTERS/Petr Josek PP03040073

PJ/CRB

Iraqis try to remove the debris of a collapsed house to search for
victims after an explosion near the Zaafaraniya neighbourhood in the
outskirts of Baghdad, April 26, 2003. Many Iraqi civilians were feared
killed on Saturday when an arms dump exploded on the edge of Baghdad,
sending rockets scything into nearby housing. Residents blamed U.S.
troops for the tragedy. REUTERS/Petr Josek

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