Burning Man

Over 70,000 people come together every year in Black Rock City, a temporary city in Nevada's Black Rock Desert for a week-long festival that celebrates the arts.

Attendees travel across the playa during the annual Burning Man festival in Black Rock Desert, Nev. on Sept. 1, 2016.
Firefighters monitor an art structure as it burns on the playa during the annual Burning Man festival in Black Rock Desert, Nev. on Sept. 1, 2016.
Attendees ride their bikes on the playa during the annual Burning Man festival in Black Rock Desert, Nev. on Sept. 3, 2016.
Participants view the Man during the annual Burning Man festival in Black Rock Desert, Nev. on Aug. 28, 2017.
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Black Rock City sprawls across the Black Rock Desert of Nevada on August 31, 2016.
Participants ride their bikes across the playa during the annual Burning Man festival in Black Rock Desert, Nev. on Aug. 31, 2016.
Participants walk across the playa during the annual Burning Man festival in Black Rock Desert, Nev. on Sept. 4, 2016.
Participants kiss on a piece of art during the annual Burning Man festival in Black Rock Desert, Nev. on Sept. 1, 2016.
Participants walk across the playa in the glow of a flame during the annual Burning Man festival in Black Rock Desert, Nev. on Sept. 3, 2016.
A participant sits on an art structure during the annual Burning Man festival in Black Rock Desert, Nev. on Aug. 30, 2017.
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Participants watch a fire dancer during the annual Burning Man festival in Black Rock Desert, Nev. on Sept. 3, 2016.
Participants ride across the playa during the annual Burning Man festival in Black Rock Desert, Nev. on Sept. 4, 2016.
A participant looks out from an art piece during the annual Burning Man festival in Black Rock Desert, Nev. on Aug. 31, 2017.
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Participants ride an art car during the annual Burning Man festival in Black Rock Desert, Nev. on Aug. 31, 2017.
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Attendees interact with a piece of art during the annual Burning Man festival in Black Rock Desert, Nev. on Aug. 30, 2017.
Children watch fire dancers during the annual Burning Man festival in Black Rock Desert, Nev. on Aug. 30, 2017.
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Participants walk across the playa as a dust storm approaches the Man as approximately 70,000 people from all over the world gathered for the annual Burning Man arts and music festival in Black Rock Desert, Nev. on Aug. 30, 2017.
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Participants gather around a piece of art for the annual Burning Man arts and music festival in Black Rock Desert, Nev. on Aug. 31, 2017.
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Participants walk across a piece of art during the annual Burning Man arts and music festival in Black Rock Desert, Nev. on Aug. 30, 2017.
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A woman holds onto a piece of an art car as it drives across the playa during the annual Burning Man arts and music festival in Black Rock Desert, Nev. on Aug. 31, 2017.
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Participants wrestle in front of the Man during the annual Burning Man arts and music festival in Black Rock Desert, Nev. on Aug. 31, 2017.
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Participants walk across the playa in a dust storm during the annual Burning Man arts and music festival in Black Rock Desert, Nev. on Sept. 2, 2017.
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A participant tries on a wearable piece of art during the annual Burning Man arts and music festival in Black Rock Desert, Nev. on Aug. 31, 2017.
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Two art cars wait for the annual burning of the Man during the annual Burning Man arts and music festival in Black Rock Desert, Nev. on Sept. 2, 2017.
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A participant watches the annual burning of the Man during the annual Burning Man arts and music festival in Black Rock Desert, Nev. on Sept. 2, 2017.
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Participants watch the annual burning of the Man during the annual Burning Man arts and music festival in Black Rock Desert, Nev. on Sept. 2, 2017.
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