'Burning Man' attracts hordes to Nevada desert

Burning Man participants ride an art car. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
Burning Man participants ride an art car. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
The sun sets above the Nevada desert festival site. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
The sun sets above the Nevada desert festival site. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
A skydiver descends to the Playa. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
A skydiver descends to the Playa. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
Festival-goers watch flames from El Pulpo Mecanico. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
Festival-goers watch flames from El Pulpo Mecanico. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
A man of the playa name 'Shaft' rides his bicycle in the Unicorn Stampede. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
A man of the playa name 'Shaft' rides his bicycle in the Unicorn Stampede. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
A woman of the playa name 'Indigo' participates in a drinking game. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
A woman of the playa name 'Indigo' participates in a drinking game. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
Aerialist Indie-Lou performs during the festival. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
Aerialist Indie-Lou performs during the festival. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart

More than 60,000 people have gatherred in Nevada's Black Rock Desert for this year's Burning Man "Fertility 2.0" arts and music festival.

Festival-goers have come from all over the world for the sold-out event, which is celebrating its 26th year.

People head to the festival spend a week in the remote desert cut off from much of the outside world to experience art, music and the unique community that develops there.

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