The annual festival, taking place in the Nevada desert, started with a dust storm and ended with the usual combination of fire and theatrics. From Burning Man that takes place at Black Rock City, a temporary city erected in the Black Rock desert in Nevada to a DJ who plays music from an elevated platform, these photos will impress you.
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Burning Man takes place at Black Rock City, a temporary city erected in the Black Rock desert in Nevada
The dusty driving conditions led to a three-hour closure on the first day
Photograph: Andy Barron/Reno Gazette-Journal via USA Today Network/Sipa USA/PA Images
Burning Man was first held in 1986 in San Francisco
Photograph: Andy Barron/Reno Gazette-Journal via USA Today Network/Sipa USA/PA Images
About 70,000 people attend Burning Man each year
Photograph: Andy Barron/Reno Gazette-Journal via USA Today Network/Sipa USA/PA Images
A multi-storey tower of destroyed vehicles juts out of the playa near Black Rock City. Some burners climb the sculpture while others watch. There are no stairway or safety rails on this sculpture, an example of the Burning Man mantra ‘safety third’
Photograph: Mike Higdon/Reno Gazette-Journal via USA Today Network/Sipa USA/PA Images
This year, 43 people have been arrested on-site for a variety of offences, including drug possession and domestic battery
Photograph: Andy Barron/Reno Gazette-Journal via USA Today Network/Sipa USA/PA Images
A sculptural airplane stands in the playa close to Black Rock City
Photograph: Mike Higdon/Reno Gazette-Journal via USA Today Network/Sipa USA/PA Images
The Burning Man effigy in the Nevada desert
Photograph: Andy Barron/Reno Gazette-Journal via USA Today Network/Sipa USA/PA Images
An inflatable sphere covered in reflective material hangs over the dusty playa of Burning Man, reflecting back the neon and LED lights scattered around the area
Photograph: Trevor Hughes-USA Today Network/Sipa USA/PA Images
A DJ plays music from an elevated platform
Photograph: Trevor Hughes-USA Today Network/Sipa USA/PA Images