Burning Man Arts Event in Desert Canceled Due to Coronavirus
- Virtual Burning Man is scheduled to take place online
- U.S. deaths from virus exceed 2,000 for first time in a day
The Burning Man festival, Nevada.
Photographer: Jim Rankin/Toronto Star via Getty Images
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Organizers of the Burning Man arts festival, which takes place every year in the Nevada desert in the U.S., have canceled the gathering, joining a string of other cultural and sporting events to be sidelined because of the coronavirus outbreak.