Pilgrim with burning coal, Kalika Shakti Peeth Pavagadh Temple, Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Gujarat, India, Asia

Burning sky at dawn over the frozen Lake Champfer covered with ice flowers in winter, Engadine, Graubunden canton, Switzerland, Europe

Pilgrim with burning coal, Kalika Shakti Peeth Pavagadh Temple, Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Gujarat, India, Asia

Up Helly Aa Festival, Shetlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Burning evil at Losar (new year), Tongren, Qinghai, China, Asia

Siberians celebrate the festival of Maslenitsa signifying the end of winter with pancakes and the burning of a straw figure, Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia, Eurasia

Voodoo ceremony in Dogondoutchi, Niger, West Africa, Africa

Incense burning, Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

Laddie Timberley, burning art, Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Vision of hell, tryptych panel painted by Wilson Bigaud in 1957, Port au Prince, Haiti, West Indies, Central America

Heavenly money on fire during Pekin Street funeral, Chinatown, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

Burning ceremony, Mescal celebration, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Africa

Body burning on funeral pyre at Hindu cremation at Manikarnika crematorium Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

Body burning on funeral pyre at Hindu cremation at Manikarnika crematorium Ghat in Holy City of Varanasi, Benares, India

Worshipper burning incense at the Jade Buddha Temple, Shanghai, China

Worshipper burning incense at the Jade Buddha Temple, Shanghai, China

Worshipper burning incense at the Jade Buddha Temple, Shanghai, China

West Power Station, burning coal to make electricity, Xian, China

Worshipper burning incense at the Jade Buddha Temple, Shanghai, China

Bonfire burning timber, New Zealand

Bedouin man holding a smoking incense burner, Saudi Arabia

Incense sticks burning and smoking in joss stick pot in Taoist temple, Phuoc An Hoi Quan Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Olympic Flame burns brightly in Olympic Cauldron, Olympic Stadium, London 2012, Summer Olympic Games, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Hindu girl cooking bread in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Hindu girl cooking while her father plays musical instrument in Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Burning sugar cane on a sugar estate, Nchalo, Malawi, Africa

A burnt hill side after deforestation beside road from Pathein to Mawdin Sun, Irrawaddy Delta, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Tibetan Buddhist monks studying Buddhist scripture in Drepung Monastery, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

Portrait of a farmer burning crops in rice paddy fields, Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Incense sticks, Taoist temple, Phuoc An Hoi Quan Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Buddhist worshipper burning incense sticks, Chua On Lang Taoist Temple, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Burning incense at Po Lin Monastery, Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Easter vigil at Le Blanc Mesnil, France, Europe

Ganga Aarti Hindu ceremony at Assi Ghat at dawn, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Praying at a Hindu temple in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

Taoist temple, Emperor Jade pagoda (Chua Phuoc Hai), Buddhist worshipper burning incense sticks, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Mariamman Hindu Temple, woman burning incense sticks, Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Releasing lanterns, Yee Peng and Loy Krathong Festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Releasing lanterns, Yee Peng and Loy Krathong Festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Releasing lanterns, Yee Peng and Loy Krathong Festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Releasing lanterns, Yee Peng and Loy Krathong Festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Releasing lanterns, Yee Peng and Loy Krathong Festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

Woman lighting candles at Yuantong Buddhist Temple, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China, Asia

Man Mo Temple, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Thian Hock Keng Temple, Buddhist worshipper burning incense sticks, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

Camel herders early in the morning at the Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Camel herders at the Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Camel herders early in the morning at the Pushkar Camel Fair, Pushkar, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Morning Puja Ceremony at Vairavar Kovil Hindu Temple, Jaffna, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, Asia

Portrait of a farmer burning crops in rice paddy fields, Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Fire, burning bamboo at side of road in the south of the island, Trinidad, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Tamil Hindus celebrating a festival for Muruga (Ganesha's brother) in Paris, France, Europe

Farmer burning crops in rice paddy fields, Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Buddhist worshipper burning incense sticks, Taoist temple, Jade Emperor pagoda (Chua Phuoc Hai), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Incense sticks, Taoist temple, Phuoc An Hoi Quan Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Longshan Temple, Taipei City, Taiwan, Asia

People at cremation, island of Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Burning incense during Tet, the Vietnamese lunar New Year celebration, Thien Hau Temple, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Buddhist worshipper burning incense sticks, Chua On Lang Taoist Temple, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

The Burning Bush, Monastery of St. Catherine, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sinai, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Two maikos blessing themselves in front of burning incense at temple, Golden Pavilion, Rokuon ji temple, Kinkaku ji, Kyoto, Kansai, Honshu, Japan, Asia

People burning incense outside Wong Tai Sin Temple, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Buddhist worshipper with incense sticks, Khanh Van Nam Vien Taoist pagoda, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Log fire at night

Fire, burning bamboo at side of road in the south of the island, Trinidad, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

The Burning Bush, Monastery of St. Catherine, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sinai, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Burning the stubble, wind blown fire at sunset, Uganda, East Africa, Africa

Incense, Paris, France, Europe

Logs on fire

Valencia - Spain - Las Fallas Fiesta - Images in the flames at the burning of a small childrens ninot

Valencia - Spain - Las Fallas Fiesta - Burning of the Fallas

Valencia - Spain - Las Fallas Fiesta - Firemen on duty at the burning of the Fallas

Valencia - Spain - Las Fallas Fiesta - Firemen on duty at the burning of a falla

Valencia - Spain - Las Fallas Fiesta - A spectator captures La Crema at the burning of the Fallas

Valencia - Spain - Las Fallas Fiesta - Youths get a soaking from firemen on duty at the burning of the Fallas

European Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) final instar larva or caterpillar, feeding on Burning Bush (Dictamnus albus), a very unusual foodplant, Bulgaria

Fire ritual at chiwang monastery during the mani rimdu festival. these monks circumambulate the pyre after its ignition. one holds a long book wrapped in a felicitous scarf. the purifying fire takes the offering and raises them towards the sky in smoke. the circumambulatory ritual also recalls the way disciples showed respect for the buddhas body. solu khumbu, nepal

Burning hide, nepa

Nepal. Ritual, sonam/boom. Lobsangs cremation. Humla. traveler reached of journey! In freedom of infinite he is free from sorrow, fetters that bound thrown away, burning fever of life is no more,oesays dharmapada. Lobsang having spent whole life preparing moment of death, finds liberation on february 14, 1986. Extensive ritual follows cremation-traditionally a forty nine period, sonam lama rattles damaru. A small ritual drum to have origin in - shamanism. damaru, used as a tantric device to summon gods ward evil spirits, once made from human skull bone dreid human skin as a reminder of impermanence of body. Boom lama blows a kangling, a human thigh-bone horn. kangling is used in exorcism is capable of gods demons. Traditionally, best bones a kangling come from brahmans, particularly sixteen-year- brahman girls-or from tigers. On makeshift altar rest chhome, votive lamps filled with butter, cups of water, grains, tormas, holy food made of barley meal decorated with medallions of butter offered to gods. Alone, boom lama continues prayers of deceased

Annapurna Sanctuary with vegetation burned in the foreground, Himalayas, Nepal, Asia

Birqash, Cairo, Egypt. February 18, 2022. Garbage burning outside a shop at the Birqash Camel Market outside Cairo.

Shafts of sunlight highlight the smoke from the King Fire that burned 97,717 acres of the El Dorado National Forest in California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, wild fires are much more common. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.

The King Fire that burned 97,717 acres of the El Dorado National Forest in California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, wild fires are much more common. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.

The King Fire that burned 97,717 acres of the El Dorado National Forest in California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, wild fires are much more common. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.

The King Fire that burned 97,717 acres of the El Dorado National Forest in California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, wild fires are much more common. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.

The King Fire that burned 97,717 acres of the El Dorado National Forest in California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, wild fires are much more common. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.

Foscheck fire retardent dropped on a wild fire near Hawkins Peak above coleville in California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, wild fires are much more common. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.

The King Fire that burned 97,717 acres of the El Dorado National Forest in California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, wild fires are much more common. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.

The King Fire that burned 97,717 acres of the El Dorado National Forest in California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, wild fires are much more common. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.

Foscheck fire retardent dropped on a wild fire near Hawkins Peak above coleville in California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, wild fires are much more common. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.

The King Fire that burned 97,717 acres of the El Dorado National Forest in California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, wild fires are much more common. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.

The King Fire that burned 97,717 acres of the El Dorado National Forest in California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, wild fires are much more common. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.

A wild fire near Hawkins Peak above coleville in California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, wild fires are much more common. Most of California is in exceptional drought, the highest level of drought classification. 428,000 acres of agricultural land have been taken out of production due to lack of water, thousands of agricultural workers have lost their jobs and one third of all children in California go to bed hungry.

A fracking site being fracked near Wasco in California's Central Valley, USA. Fracking for natural gas and oil, has reduced energy prices in the US, but fracking is a water hungry industry, that competes directly with the agricultural sector for water. After a 4 year long drought water is running out. Fracking also contaminates ground water supplies from all the chemicals that are pumped underground to frack the fossil fuel bearing rocks.

A fracking site being fracked near Wasco in California's Central Valley, USA. Fracking for natural gas and oil, has reduced energy prices in the US, but fracking is a water hungry industry, that competes directly with the agricultural sector for water. After a 4 year long drought water is running out. Fracking also contaminates ground water supplies from all the chemicals that are pumped underground to frack the fossil fuel bearing rocks.

BOLIVIA Shamanist ceremony by Calixto Quispe performed at the Mission Institute of Cochabamba

Burning Bush or False Dittany (Dictamnus albus) flower spike, Bulgaria

East timor slash and burn farming in oecussi-ambeno

Annapurna Sanctuary with vegetation burned in the foreground, Himalayas, Nepal, Asia

Cremation at pashupati nath temple, kathmandu,nepal