Photos: Revelers return for Spain's Pamplona bull run

Thousands of people every year attend the week-long festival and its famous 'encierros'

Published: July 08, 2023 20:01 AFP

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Pamplona: Six people were injured early on Friday, none of them seriously, in the first bull running race of Spain's San Fermin festival, medics said. Image Credit: AFP

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"Six people were taken to hospital" for injuries to the face or limbs from falling or being trampled during the first race of the festival in the northern city of Pamplona, Red Cross spokesman Jose Aldaba told Spain's public television. Image Credit: AFP

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The bull runs, where thousands turn out to watch or join a group of half-tonne bulls racing through narrow cobbled streets, traditionally begin on July 7 and take place every morning at 8:00 am (0600 GMT) for eight days. Image Credit: AFP

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"None of the injuries seem to be serious," Aldaba said. "For a July 7th, which is still one of the most crowded, it has been a 'clean' run." Image Credit: AFP

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Spectators watch from a balcony as participants run ahead of bulls during the "encierro" (bull-run) of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona. Image Credit: AFP

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Bull-running events are a highlight of summer festivities across Spain, with the best known being the San Fermin festival which was made famous by Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises". Image Credit: AP

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Bulls are released at 8.00am evey day to run from their corral to the bullring through the narrow streets of the old town over an 850 meters (yard) course while runners ahead of them try to stay close to the bulls without falling over or being gored. Image Credit: AFP

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Sixteen people have died in the San Fermin bull runs since 1911. The last death occurred in 2009 when a bull gored a 27-year-old Spaniard. Image Credit: AFP

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A participant holds the tail of a young cow. Image Credit: AFP

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Participants run ahead of bulls during the "encierro" (bull-run) of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, on July 8, 2023. Image Credit: AFP

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