amphitheatre and monument, Verona, Italy, Europe

Fantasia for the moussem, El Jadida, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Boy (6-8) on sunlounger holding water pistol

Jet d'eau (water fountain), Geneva, Switzerland, Europe

Mrauk U, firing a rocket at a monk's coffin at Dung Bwe Festival, Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Brick workers firing a kiln near Antsirabe, Vakinankaratra Region, Madagascar, Africa

Thangamale wildlife sanctuary sign, Haputale, Badulla District, Uva Province, Sri Lanka, Asia

Iban tribeswoman raking through drying rice crop on sacking laid on bamboo longhouse verandah, Lemanak River, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Marigolds tied up in cloth and sacking ready for sale, flower market, Bari Chaupar, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Bingding Kiln, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China

Black and white image of a gun firing at a pheasant flying overhead, United Kingdom, Europe

Gun standing in a wood firing at a pheasant flying overhead at sunset, United Kingdom, Europe

Gun on a hillside shooting at pheasants flying overhead, United Kingdom, Europe

Handmade bricks made from roadside clay and left to dry in the sun before firing, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Woman buying marigolds tied up in cloth and sacking, flower market, Bari Chaupar, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

The Saluting Battery, Valletta, Malta

Marigolds tied up in sacking ready for sale, flower market, Bari Chaupar, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, Asia

The wall between blocks 10 and 11 where thousands of prisoners were executed by firing squad, Auschwitz concentration camp, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Oswiecim, near Krakow (Cracow), Poland, Europe

Riders in the Fantasia pour le moussen de Moulay Abdallah, El Jadida, Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Civil War re-enactment by the Sealed Knot, near site of Edgehill, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Confederate artillery unit cannon action during Thunder on the Roanoke Civil War reenactment in Plymouth, North Carolina, United States of America, North America

Member of the foot regiment of the sealed knot society firing a musket in the isle of man

Brick workers firing a kiln near Antsirabe, Vakinankaratra Region, Madagascar, Africa

Barrels for sherry, Jerez, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

Firing cannon in Barracca Gardens, Valletta, Malta, Europe

Target practice, War Games, Colchester, Essex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Union soldiers at the Thunder on the Roanoke Civil War reenactment in Plymouth, North Carolina, United States of America, North America

Firing range, Cu Chi Tunnels, southern Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia

The wall between blocks 10 and 11 where thousands of prisoners were executed by firing squad, Auschwitz concentration camp, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Oswiecim, near Krakow (Cracow), Poland, Europe

Union soldiers at the Thunder on the Roanoke Civil War reenactment in Plymouth, North Carolina, United States of America, North America

Union soldiers at the Thunder on the Roanoke Civil War reenactment in Plymouth, North Carolina, United States of America, North America

Union soldiers at the Thunder on the Roanoke Civil War reenactment in Plymouth, North Carolina, United States of America, North America

Black Jack Battlefield, Civil War Re-enactment, near Baldwin City, Kansas, United States of America, North America

Lines of bricks drying in the sun, ready for firing, Orissa state, India, Asia

Confederate soldiers at the Thunder on the Roanoke Civil War reenactment in Plymouth, North Carolina, United States of America, North America

Black Jack Battlefield, Civil War Re-enactment, near Baldwin City, Kansas, United States of America, North America

Morocco, Marrakech, Fantasia (Traditional Show Of Riders Firing Their Guns)

Morocco, Marrakech, Festival Fantasia (Men Riding Horses Galloping And Firing Antique Guns)

The noon gun firing in Cape Town. The daily noon gun is Cape Town’s oldest living tradition and the two cannons used are the oldest guns in daily use in the world. They have marked the midday hour in the mother city in this distinctive, albeit noisy manner since early 1806. The cannons were cast in Britain in 1794 and still bear the royal crest of King George the third. The firing of the cannon was originally to give ships in the bay a means of re-setting their clocks accurately.

View of one of the two noon guns at Lion Battery on Signal Hill in Cape Town. The daily noon gun is Cape Town’s oldest living tradition and the two cannons used are the oldest guns in daily use in the world. They have marked the midday hour in the mother city in this distinctive, albeit noisy manner since early 1806. The cannons were cast in Britain in 1794 and still bear the royal crest of King George the third. The firing of the cannon was originally to give ships in the bay a means of re-setting their clocks accurately.

Chief Petty Officer Dudley Malgas using a wooden ram rod to push the charge into the muzzle of the noon gun cannon in Cape Town. The daily noon gun is Cape Town’s oldest living tradition and the two cannons used are the oldest guns in daily use in the world. They have marked the midday hour in the mother city in this distinctive, albeit noisy manner since early 1806. The cannons were cast in Britain in 1794 and still bear the royal crest of King George the third. The firing of the cannon was originally to give ships in the bay a means of re-setting their clocks accurately.

Chief Petty Officer Dudley Malgas of the South African Navy posing alongside the noon gun cannon in Cape Town. CPO Malgas has been in charge of firing the canon since 1995. The daily noon gun is Cape Town’s oldest living tradition and the two cannons used are the oldest guns in daily use in the world. They have marked the midday hour in the mother city in this distinctive, albeit noisy manner since early 1806. The cannons were cast in Britain in 1794 and still bear the royal crest of King George the third. The firing of the cannon was originally to give ships in the bay a means of re-setting their clocks accurately.

Colourful hot air balloon being inflated at dusk, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, North America

Morocco, Marrakech, Fantasia (Men Galloping On Horses And Firing Old Guns)

Fort Snelling State Historic Park, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America, North America

Smiling Caucasian woman placing cup in pottery kiln

Underwater shot of Asian girl swimming

Girls of the municipal court of honor child weeps heartbreaking after the burning of the municipal Falla infantil

Crema, burning, Falla of Plaza del Ayuntamiento and fireworks,Fallas festival,Valencia,Spain

Girls of the municipal court of honor child watching the burning of municipal Infantil Falla

Girls of the municipal court of honor child weeps heartbreaking after the burning of the municipal Falla infantil

Crema, burning, Falla of Plaza del Ayuntamiento,Fallas festival,Valencia,Spain

Falla of Plaza del Ayuntamiento ,Fallas festival,Valencia,Spain

Falla of Plaza del Ayuntamiento ,Fallas festival,Valencia,Spain

`Mascleta´ firecrackers and falla in Plaza del Ayuntamiento,Fallas festival,Valencia,Spain

Girls of the municipal court of honor child watching the burning of municipal Infantil Falla

Crema, burning, Falla of Plaza del Ayuntamiento and fireworks,Fallas festival,Valencia,Spain

Falla of Plaza del Ayuntamiento ,Fallas festival,Valencia,Spain

Girls of the municipal court of honor child weeps heartbreaking after the burning of the municipal Falla infantil

5 minutes before `Mascleta´, in Plaza del Ayuntamiento,Fallas festival,Valencia,Spain

Crema, burning, Falla of Plaza del Ayuntamiento and fireworks,Fallas festival,Valencia,Spain

Crema, burning, Falla of Plaza del Ayuntamiento,Fallas festival,Valencia,Spain

A cloisonne vase partially filled with enamel after the first firing in a cloisonne workshop in Beijing, China.

`Trabucaires´ (men armed with blunderbuss) at Bisbe street during La Merce Festival. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain

An artisan works on a cloissone vase before the first firing in a workshop in Beijing, China.

Firing up the Kiln at a Marginea Black Pottery and Ceramics workshop, Bukovina, Romania

Firing Room no. 2 in the Launch Control Center

Firing historic cannons at Fort Henry Historic Site and Museum of Living History with uniformed performers known as the Fort Henry Guard performing British military life demonstrations and tours for visitors, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, North America

Firing historic cannons at Fort Henry Historic Site and Museum of Living History with uniformed performers known as the Fort Henry Guard performing British military life demonstrations and tours for visitors, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, North America

Five people standing at the firing range, Trap worldcup, Suhl, Thuringia, Germany

Demonstration of the geothermal energy in the National park Timanfaya, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain

Teapot on the fire, Wadi Rum, Jordan

Laotian pi mai New Year festival, launch of a rocket, bang fai rocket firing, policeman with a peaked cap, Phongsali, Laos, Southeast Asia, Asia

Festival, rocket firing, bang fai, launch and explosion of a rocket on the launch pad, monks in orange robes looking on, Muang Xai, Oudomxay province, Laos, Southeast Asia, Asia

A memorial to Mexican priests who were martyred during the Cristero rebellion in Mexico in the late 1920s, the memorial depicts a wall used by a firing squad, with busts of the martyrs on the hillside above, San Luis, Colorado, USA

The shooting of the gun, Castle of Morro (Castillo del Morro), Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Handmade Black Pottery Before Firing, Zhongdian, Yunnan, China

Handmade Black Pottery Before Firing, Zhongdian, Yunnan, China

Men piling bricks for firing in Antsokay, Toliara Province, Madagascar