Cultures and traditions around the globe and throughout history share a similar concept of axis mundi, the center of the world. This concept of axis mundi is the official theme for Burning Man 2026, ...

(This story has been updated to correct Aaron Mitchell's year of death.) A man was found dead Saturday night at Burning Man in an apparent homicide, the Pershing County Sheriff's Office said Sunday. A ...

Have you ever wanted to burn a man? In June 1986, the founders of the Burning Man project and nonprofit, Larry Harvey and Jerry James, built a wooden human effigy and set it on fire on San Francisco’s ...

The devastation left at the iconic Burning Man festival by intense dust storms has been laid bare by revellers. The week-long annual gathering sees attendees build a city in Black Rock Desert, Nevada, ...

VALLEJO, Calif. -- A Bay Area resident returning home from Burning Man Sunday experienced an unusual turn of events in the past week. "Burning Man was such an experience all around. A mixed bag," said ...

The bad omens came early at this year’s Burning Man — the infamously wild, weeklong celebration of art, music, and unrestrained self-expression held at the end of every summer in Nevada’s Black Rock ...

BLACK ROCK CITY, NV ‒ Wind-whipped dust storms. Slippery mud. Massive traffic jams in rural Nevada. It's time for Burning Man again. Tens of thousands of "Burners" flocking to a remote desert area for ...

Burning Man 2025 took place from August 24 to September 1; the year’s theme was “Tomorrow Today.” Photo: Elisa Carollo for Observer If you think Burning Man is just a crowd in the desert dancing, ...

Burning Man is a counterculture community event held the last week of August each year in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada that draws upwards of 70,000 people. Photo credit: MIKE NELSON/AFP Last week ...