Northern Ireland's unionists will parade in their thousands on Tuesday to celebrate the culmination of the pro-UK community's "arching season", as the restive province wrestles with political crisis.
The July 12 "Orange Order" parades, which have long been a flashpoint for sectarian tensions, come with Northern Ireland in its third month without a functioning government following May elections.
In London, the resignation as Conservative leader of Prime Minister Boris Johnson has created further instability, as candidates bidding to succeed him stake out positions on post-Brexit trading rules for the territory.
Across Northern Ireland late on Monday, more than 250 bonfires were lit in unionist communities to kick off festivities.
The fires, often created by stacking palates into towering structures, have grown in size over the decades.
Builders in the port town of Larne are hoping to set a world record with a 200-foot (60-metre) blaze.
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