This huge temporary city in the middle of the desert is home to around 65,000 people for one week during the annual Burning Man festival. The massive semi-circular campsite stretches for miles across the Black Rock desert in Nevada.
An aerial view of the camp at the Burning Man 2015 Carnival of Mirrors arts and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of NevadaJim Urquhart/ReutersAn aerial view of part of Black Rock CityJim Urquhart/Reuters
Black Rock City, as the campsite is known, has a cinema, temples and even its own airport – but no shops. Money is outlawed at the festival, so revellers must bring everything they will need for the week-long rave, described as "where Mad Max meets Woodstock".
The festival's site, on a dried-up lake bed, is dotted with giant sculptures that are burned each night of the festival. The event will climax on the final night with the burning of the huge wooden effigy that gives the event its name.
Reuters photographer Jim Urquhart is on hand to capture this year's festival, which has the theme Carnival of Mirrors. According to the festival's website, there is a maze at the centre of the carnival lined with masks and mirrors. "Here people will confront a shuffled deck of selves: the me they want to be (but aren't), the me they repudiate (but are), the me they can't imagine (but might be)."
Jim Urquhart/ReutersJim Urquhart/ReutersRainbow Eyes (her Playa name) climbs an art installation called MetaheartJim Urquhart/ReutersLight is reflected from the Temple of PromiseJim Urquhart/ReutersPeople walk through an art installation called Medusa MadnessJim Urquhart/ReutersShandi Trolson and Jordan Lenaburg kiss as they are married at the Burning Man 2015 Carnival of Mirrors arts and music festivalJim Urquhart/ReutersJordan Lenaburg places a ring on Shandi Trolson's finger during their wedding ceremony at Burning Man 2015Jim Urquhart/ReutersPeople play a game of flaming skee-ball at the CharcadeJim Urquhart/ReutersSamuel Coniglio controls the flames at the Charcade by dancingJim Urquhart/ReutersThe USS Nevada, a Mutant Vehicle, carries participants on the PlayaJim Urquhart/ReutersA Mutant Vehicle in the shape of a polar bear is driven through the dustJim Urquhart/ReutersPeople look at the Serpent Mother art installationJim Urquhart/ReutersA dust storm blows across the PlayaJim Urquhart/ReutersJim Urquhart/ReutersJim Urquhart/ReutersJim Urquhart/ReutersJim Urquhart/ReutersRevellers gather at the base of the ManJim Urquhart/ReutersJim Urquhart/ReutersPeople gather at the Totem of ConfessionsJim Urquhart/ReutersPeople ride past the Black Rock Bijou, a cinema far out on the PlayaJim Urquhart/ReutersJim Urquhart/ReutersJim Urquhart/ReutersJim Urquhart/ReutersWilf Griese interacts with an art installation called Compound EyeJim Urquhart/Reuters
