Members of the Viking Jarl Squad are lit by burning torches during the annual Up Helly Aa Festival, Lerwick, Shetland Islands, on January 26, 2010. Up Helly Aa celebrates the influence of the Scandinavian vikings in the Shetland Islands and has employed this theme in the festival since 1870. The event culminates with up to 1000 'guizers' (men in costume) throwing flaming torches into a Viking longship. AFP PHOTO/Carl de Souza (Photo credit should read CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images)
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