18 seriously dark pictures from the Lewes Bonfire Night

The Lewes Bonfire Night is heralded as the biggest 5 November event in the world.

For one night of the year, the streets of the usually sleepy East Sussex town are overrun with giant burning effigies and flaming crucifixes.

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