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Participants take cover during the “Beehive Firecrackers” festival at the Yanshui district in Tainan, Taiwan on March 1, 2018. Located in Yanshui District, it’s ranked as the fifth most dangerous festival in the world as participants are geared up with motorcycle helmets, fire-retardant clothing and thick gloves, with hundreds of thousands of firecrackers going off at the same time. According to Taiwan's Tourism Bureau, the “beehive” festival started in the late 1885 as a request to the gods to spare Yanshui from a cholera outbreak which was making its way through the villages. Future generations followed this tradition as this year 40 Beehive firecrackers are placed around the city, each firing 600,000 shots, as the Taiwanese believe the “baptism of fireworks” gets rid of calamity and troubles while bringing good fortune in the new year. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)
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