Devotees light oil lamps on the auspicious juncture of the day during the worship of Hindu goddess Durga on third day, in Kolkata, India, Friday, October 11, 2024. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)





Members of National Guard use extinguishers as members of the opposition burn their chairs outside the parliament building, to protest against the government and the imprisonment of their colleague Ervin Salianji, in Tirana, Albania, on September 30, 2024. (Photo by Florion Goga/Reuters)





Farmers burn stubble in a rice field at a village in Karnal in the northern state of Haryana, India, on October 21, 2024. (Photo by Bhawika Chhabra/Reuters)





An effigy of former President Evo Morales burns on a road in Vila Vila, Bolivia, to block Morales supporters who are marching to the capital to protest the government of current President Luis Arce in an escalation of a political dispute between the two politicians, Tuesday, September 17, 2024. (Photo by Juan Karita/AP Photo)





People dance as revelers hold fireworks as they take part in a “Correfoc”, or run with fire, party in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday September 14, 2024. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)





High priests hold crosses as they sing in front of a bonfire during celebrations of the Ethiopian Orthodox holiday of Meskel, in Addis Ababa, on September 26, 2024. The Ethiopian Meskel celebration is an annual religious holiday in the Ethiopian Orthodox church that commemorates the discovery of the True Cross in the fourth century by the Roman Empress Helena. (Photo by Michele Spatari/AFP Photo)





Flames rise as a wildfire burns next to the village of Ano Loutro, near Corinth, Greece, on September 29, 2024. (Photo by Vassilis Psomas/Reuters)





A resident watches fires burning in a forested area in the Guapulo neighborhood of Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, September 24, 2024. (Photo by Carlos Noriega/AP Photo)





A demonstrator spits fire next to burning puppets representing politicians as she joins Indigenous people and environmental activists in a climate protest in Sao Paulo, Sunday, September 22, 2024. (Photo by Andre Penner/AP Photo)





Heather Holliday performs a fire-swallowing routine at the photocall for the 20th anniversary of “La Clique” at Sydney Opera House on October 10, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Don Arnold/WireImage)





A fire breather performs during a slum party in Oworonshoki district of Lagos, Nigeria, 24 September, 2024. The slum party is a yearly artistic dance festival initiated by Ennovate Dance House. It highlights the positive sides of the slum community and brings hope to the inhabitants. (Photo by Emmanuel Adegboye/EPA/EFE)





A member of the London Fire Spinners, a performance collective, makes sparks fly from burning steel wool at Gabriel’s Wharf along the River Thames on September 23, 2024. The picture was taken with an eight-second exposure. (Photo by Kevin Jay/Picture Exclusive)





A transit agent rides a motorcycle as a wildfire burns, in Quito, Ecuador on September 24, 2024. (Photo by Karen Toro/Reuters)





An artist performs a fire kettle show during the Mid-Autumn Festival at a night market in Beijing, Tuesday, September 17, 2024. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Ethiopian Orthodox faithful stand next to a bonfire during the Meskel festival, a celebration that commemorates the discovery of the True Cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on September 26, 2024. (Photo by Tiksa Negeri/Reuters)