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

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

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

Voodoo ceremony in Dogondoutchi, Niger, West Africa, Africa

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

View of President John F. Kennedy Gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington D.C., United States of America, North America

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

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

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

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

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

Longshan Temple, Taipei City, Taiwan, Asia

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

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

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

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

Buddhist worshipper burning incense sticks, Taoist temple, Jade Emperor pagoda (Chua Phuoc Hai), 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Log fire at night

Logs on fire

Incense, Paris, France, Europe

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

East timor slash and burn farming in oecussi-ambeno

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

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

Burning hide, nepa

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

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

Cremation at pashupati nath temple, kathmandu,nepal

Oil burning off, Lake Mareotis, near Alexandria, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

France, Normandy, Manche (50), Mont Saintmichel, St Michel Silver Statue And Burning Candles In The Church

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

Incense burning in a stone ash tray, temple of Doi Tung, Golden Triangle, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia

An integral kettle stove used for boiling water by burning old corn husks in northern China, Asia

Coal is the dirtiest of all fossil fuels the burning of which in power stations is a major contributer to climate change

CFA fire fighters tackle a roadside fire probably started by a motorist throwing a cigarette out of the window, near Shepperton, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Pine cones burning on a wood burning stove, to provide heat in a house

Workers in the offshore industry practise escaping from a smoke chamber as part of an industry training course, Billingham, Teesside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

upland management

A funeral pyre burning infected animals with Foot and Mouth Disease near Longtown in Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Cattle infected with foot and mouth disease culled and burning on a funeral pyre in North Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Cattle infected with foot and mouth disease culled and burning on a funeral pyre in North Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Snow covering the ash and mud slides at Whalers Bay inside of the caldera at Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Domestic duties in Uganda include finding wood for burning and domestic improvements. Here a group of African women are carrying the load back on their heads. Gulu Town, Uganda, East Africa

A fire is smoking in the glow of the low sunlight. The small manageable fields are like a patchwork quilt with the colours of the different crops laid out over "the land of 1000 hills". Gikongoro, Rwanda, East Africa

Tree surgeons resting by the fire, UK

Fireman with hose; Hillside on fire; Coyote Fire; Coyote Fire 1971; Filmore; California

Global warming is leading to increasingly frequent forest fires, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Cattle infected with foot and mouth disease culled and burning on a funeral pyre in North Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Snow covering the old barrel staves at Whalers Bay inside of the caldera at Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

CFA fire fighters tackle a roadside fire probably started by a motorist throwing a cigarette out of the window, near Shepperton, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Cattle infected with foot and mouth disease culled and burning on a funeral pyre in Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Abandoned water boat at Whalers Bay inside of the caldera at Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, Southern Ocean

Arctic BBQ. Svalbard, Norway

A roadside fire probably started by a motorist throwing a cigarette out of the window, near Shepperton, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Global warming is leading to increasingly frequent forest fires, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Cattle infected with foot and mouth disease culled and burning on a funeral pyre in North Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

An energy plant that burns household waste on Teesside, England, United Kingdom, Europe