<p>Smoke fills the sky as Kenyan rangers stand guard over the world's largest-ever ivory burn.</p>

Smoke fills the sky as Kenyan rangers stand guard over the world's largest-ever ivory burn.

Photograph by Charlie Hamilton James, National Geographic

Kenya Sets Ablaze 105 Tons of Ivory

The record-setting burn is meant to send a message to the world that ivory has no value and that its trade should be banned.

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