From the Guardian’s Photo Blog:
Fireworks are lit at the crematorium to mark the beginning of the cremation of the remains of Cambodia’s late King Norodom Sihanouk, near the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh. Photograph: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images
There’s something wonderfully celebratory about this whole thing. “We’re cremating someone! Time for fireworks!” I feel as if there are lessons I could learn from this attitude to death, and apply them to my general attitude to life.