A man was found dead in a “pool of blood” at the Burning Man festival Saturday night — just as a massive human-shaped wooden effigy was being torched in the Nevada desert, according to authorities.

Britain Pool, 32, died after falling from a steep mountain trail above Juneau, the authorities said. He and a companion, who survived the fall, were cruise ship passengers. By Aishvarya Kavi A 32-year ...