Every year, participants in the Burning Man Festival descend on the playa of Nevada's Black Rock Desert to form a temporary city – a self-reliant community populated by performers, artists, free spirits, and more. Last week, an estimated 68,000 people came to Burning Man 2013 from all over the world to dance, express themselves, and take in the spectacle. Gathered below are some of the sights from the festival, which lasted a week and came to its conclusion yesterday

Cracks are seen on one of the shrines at Swoyambhunath Stupa, a UNESCO world heritage site, after Saturday's earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal April 28, 2015. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)

A Rohingya migrant woman, who arrived in Indonesia by boat, carries a bottle of drinking water inside a temporary compound for refugees in Kuala Cangkoi village in Lhoksukon, Indonesia's Aceh Province May 17, 2015. (Photo by Reuters/Beawiharta)

A woman takes a photo of a mural by Berlin-based street artist Eme Freethinker featuring the likeness of US actor Will Smith (R) slapping US comedian Chris Rock during the Oscars ceremony, in Berlin on March 30, 2022. (Photo by John MacDougall/AFP Photo)

One of the busiest areas in Birmingham, United Kingdom last night was Ludgate Hill in the city's Jewellery Quarter. Brits enjoying the hottest August day for almost 20 years spilled out of packed pubs on August 7, 2020 after sunbathing on beaches around the country as the mercury rose to 36.4C. (Photo by SnapperSK/The Sun)

A woman enjoys the sun at Plaka beach on the Aegean island of Naxos, Greece, Friday, May 14, 2021. Greece launched its tourism season Friday amid a competitive scramble across the Mediterranean to lure vacationers emerging from lockdowns. (Photo by Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Photo)

Mariam Emad from Parkour Egypt “PKE” practices her parkour skills around buildings on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt on July 20, 2018. A group of Egyptian women gather at an abandoned park in a Cairo suburb once a week, climbing walls and jumping around in the strenuous physical discipline known as Parkour, while also challenging the country's conservative social norms. (Photo by Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters)

Activists from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) demonstrate with slogans in protest of the designers use of fur, during the Paris Fashion Week, in front of the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, France, September 25, 2018. Placards read: “For a Fashion Week without fur”. (Photo by Benoit Tessier/Reuters)