Wacken, Germany: Roger from Sweden, attends the Wacken Open Air heavy metal music festival.

Approximately 75,000 heavy metal fans from all over the world have descended on the north German village of 1,800 residents for the annual three-day metal fest.

Photograph: Patrick Lux/Getty Images

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