A gravedigger has lost his job of 40 years after a photograph of him standing half-naked in a burial plot was deemed offensive and provoked outcry among local newspaper readers.

19 individually themed and hand crafted art suites have been newly designed by creatives from across the world – from a swedish artist who made a giant snow elephant in the room, to a french team who fused snow, ice and disco into a groovy sleeping experience. Each year, the hotel creates a new series of artist-designed accommodation spaces that add to the existing landscape of private rooms. (Photo by Icehotel.com/Exclusivepix Media)

People take part in a half naked Santa run in downtown Budapest, Hungary, December 9, 2018. The partakers danced, ran, walked and laughed on the streets of Budapest, while others opted to simply raise money for the chosen charity. Many people had the names of their charities written on their bellies, while others were dressed in full Santa outfits. (Photo by Bernadett Szabo/Reuters)

A half-naked shrine parishioner using a wooden tub pours cold water onto himself during an annual cold-endurance festival at the Kanda Myojin Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Saturday, January 10, 2015. Pouring cold water on their bodies is believed to purify their souls. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)

Settled snow is seen covering houses and Cecil Peak on New Zealand's lower South Island on November 4, 2011 in Queenstown, New Zealand. The unseasonal weather is not expected to clear until tomorrow, with snow continuing to fall. (Photo by Teaukura Moetaua/Getty Images)

A snowman is seen by the side of a road as snow falls on the hills around the Bay Area while a massive winter storm passes along the west coast, delivering some snow, freezing rains, and gusty winds around, near San Jose, California, U.S., February 23, 2023. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)

A Kashmiri man cover his head with plastic bag as it snows in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, November 7, 2019. The region received its first snow on Wednesday, bringing temperatures down drastically and affecting air and vehicular traffic. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)

Snow falls as a woman walks her dog in the village of Podolye, 70 kilometers (43 miles) east of St. Petersburg, Russia, early Thursday, May 11, 2017. North winds brought snow to the east of the St. Petersburg region. (Photo by Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)