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The Zoroastrian community has given the world Freddie Mercury, produced some of India’s richest businessmen and practice one of the world’s oldest religions. Yet the community faces the danger of dying out - there are less than 200,000 Zoroastrians left worldwide.

Shazneen is one of them. She’s 31, lives in London and is on the lookout for someone to settle down with. The problem? Members of her small community traditionally only marry other Zoroastrians. Marriage to a non-Zoroastrian isn’t typically encouraged and unlike a lot of other faiths, conversion to the religion often isn’t recognised.

Now, some young people are questioning these rules – but for many, like Shazneen, going to the World Zoroastrian Youth Congress, held every four years, is her best chance of finding a partner from the same faith.

As well as the formalities of religious debates, hundreds of Zoroastrians will come together to spend a week in Los Angeles taking in the sun, sea and sand.

With the future of the Zoroastrian religion at stake, followers hope its younger members, like Shazneen, can emulate Freddie Mercury and find ‘somebody to love’. But will she succeed?