This picture taken on November 18, 2015 shows young participants preparing to release a hot-air balloon during the Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival at Taunggyi in Myanmar's northeastern Shan State. Every year in November as the full moon approaches, tens of thousands of people from all over the country gather in Taunggyi for the colourful hot-air balloons festival during which balloons lift fireworks or lanterns which illuminate the sky at night while balloons of all shapes are flown during the day. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu/AFP Photo)





People light traditional home-made paper lanterns during the annual Tazaungdaing balloon festival in Taunggyi November 19, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





People light traditional home-made paper lanterns before releasing them into the sky, during the annual Tazaungdaing balloon festival in Taunggyi November 19, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





People light traditional home-made paper lanterns before releasing them into the sky, during the annual Tazaungdaing balloon festival in Taunggyi, Myanmar November 19, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





People light traditional home-made paper lanterns during the annual Tazaungdaing balloon festival in Taunggyi, Myanmar November 19, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A girl carries candles for lighting traditional home-made paper lanterns during the annual Tazaungdaing balloon festival in Taunggyi, Myanmar November 19, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





People light traditional home-made paper lanterns during the annual Tazaungdaing ballon festival in Taunggyi, Myanmar November 19, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





People light candles before releasing a traditional home-made paper balloon into the sky during the annual Tazaungdaing festival in Taunggyi, Myanmar November 19, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Large lit traditional home-made balloons are seen during the annual Tazaungdaing balloon festival in Taunggyi, Myanmar November 19, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





People look at lit traditional home-made balloons during the annual Tazaungdaing balloon festival in Taunggyi, Myanmar November 19, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





People light candles for lighting traditional home-made paper lanterns and balloons during the annual Tazaungdaing balloon festival in Taunggyi, Myanmar November 19, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





A lit traditional home-made paper balloon is released into the sky during the annual Tazaungdaing balloon festival in Taunggyi, Myanmar November 19, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





People light and release into the sky traditional home-made paper lanterns during the annual Tazaungdaing balloon festival in Taunggyi, Myanmar November 19, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





People light candles before releasing a traditional home-made paper balloon into the sky during the annual Tazaungdaing festival in Taunggyi, Myanmar November 19, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





People light candles before releasing a traditional home-made paper balloon into the sky during the annual Tazaungdaing festival in Taunggyi, Myanmar November 19, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





People light a traditional home-made paper balloon before releasing it into the sky during the annual Tazaungdaing festival in Taunggyi, Myanmar November 19, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





People gesture as a lit traditional home-made paper balloon is released into the sky during the annual Tazaungdaing festival in Taunggyi, Myanmar November 19, 2015. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)