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Black clouds of carbon hang in the air, illuminated by the glow of dozens of orange torches. The musty scent of kerosene perfumes the crowd dodging drips of fuel.

In what’s become an annual winter tradition, hundreds of people carrying torches set fire to a giant wooden beetle effigy in Custer, South Dakota, to raise awareness of the destructive impact of the mountain pine beetle on Black Hills forest land

The annual Burning Beetle fest in South Dakota aims to raise awareness of the destructive impact of the mountain pine beetle on forest land in the Black Hills.

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In what has become an annual winter tradition, hundreds of people carrying torches set fire to a giant wooden beetle effigy in Custer, South Dakota, to raise awareness of the destructive impact of the mountain pine beetle on forest land in the Black Hills.

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Benito the giraffe leaves extreme weather at Mexicos border and heads to a more congenial home