Photos: The Running Of The Bulls – San Fermin Festival In Pamplona, Spain
July 11, 2013
Spanish bullfighter Alberto Aguilar performs with a Valdefresco fighting bull during a bullfight of the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona northern Spain on Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Revelers from around the world come to participate in the street partying festival, which became world famous with the 1926 publication of Ernest Hemingway's novel "The Sun Also Rises." (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) ( Spain San Fermin )
Torrestrella ranch fighting bulls and revelers run during the running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain, Wednesday, July 10, 2013. Revelers from around the world arrive to Pamplona every year to take part on some of the eight days of the running of the bulls. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) ( Spain San Fermin )
PAMPLONA, SPAIN - JULY 09: Revellers run with Valdefresno's ranch fighting bulls at Calle Estafeta during the fourth day of the San Fermin Running Of The Bulls festival, on July 9, 2013 in Pamplona, Spain. The annual Fiesta de San Fermin, made famous by the 1926 novel of US writer Ernest Hemmingway 'The Sun Also Rises', involves the running of the bulls through the historic heart of Pamplona, this year for nine days from July 6-14. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images) ( 173166529 )
Traditional giant figures perform a dance on the sixth day of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 11, 2013. REUTERS/Joseba Etxaburu ( SPAIN/ )
Torrestrella fighting bulls take the Estafeta curve during the fifth running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 11, 2013. No serious injuries were reported in a run that lasted two minutes and forty five seconds, according to local media. REUTERS/Susana Vera ( SPAIN/ )
Revellers run with Valdefresno's ranch fighting bulls at Calle Estafeta during the fourth day of the San Fermin Running Of The Bulls festival, on July 9, 2013 in Pamplona, Spain. The annual Fiesta de San Fermin, made famous by the 1926 novel of US writer Ernest Hemmingway 'The Sun Also Rises', involves the running of the bulls through the historic heart of Pamplona, this year for nine days from July 6-14. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images) ( 173166533 )
Bull herders, also known as pastores, try to remove a dead steer (above C) from the bull ring as runners get trapped next to other steers at the entrance to the bull ring during the third running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 9, 2013. The steer died after crashing against a wooden post upon entering the bull ring in a run that lasted two minutes and twenty seven seconds, according to local media. REUTERS/Susana Vera ( SPAIN/ )
A runner gets gored by a bull on Estafeta street during the sixth running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 12, 2013. Four runners were gored in a run that lasted four minutes and fifty seven seconds, according to local media. REUTERS/Susana Vera ( SPAIN/ )
A runner is knocked down by Valdefresno fighting bulls at the entrance to the bullring during the third running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 9, 2013. Two runners were treated in hospital for bruising following the run that lasted two minutes and twenty seven seconds, according to local media. REUTERS/Joseba Extaburu ( SPAIN/ )
A runner is gored by an "El Pilar" fighting bull during the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain, Friday, July 12, 2013. An American and two Spaniards were gored Friday during a danger-filled sixth bull run of Spainís San Fermin festival, with one loose bull causing panic in the packed streets of Pamplona city. (AP Photo) ( Spain San Fermin )
Revelers are chased by a Victoriano del Rio ranch fighting bull during the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain, Wednesday, July 10, 2013. Revelers from around the world arrive to Pamplona every year to take part in some of the eight days of the running of the bulls glorified by Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises." (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) ( Spain San Fermin )
Revelers are chased by a Victoriano del Rio ranch fighting bull during the running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain, Wednesday, July 10, 2013. Revelers from around the world arrive to Pamplona every year to take part in some of the eight days of the running of the bulls glorified by Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises." (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) ( Spain San Fermin )
An 'El Pilar' fighting bull gores a reveler during the running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain, Friday, July 12, 2013. Revelers from around the world arrive to Pamplona every year to take part on some of the eight days of the running of the bulls.(AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) ( APTOPIX Spain San Fermin )
A reveler flees from a bull during the fifth run of the famed San Fermin festival, in Pamplona northern Spain on Thursday, July 11, 2013. One person has been hospitalized after several thousand people tested their speed and bravery by dashing with six fighting bulls through the streets of the northern Spanish city of Pamplona. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) ( Spain Running of the Bulls )
A reveler flees from a Torrestrella' ranch bull during the fifth running of the bulls at the San Fermin fiestas, in Pamplona northern Spain on Thursday, July 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) ( Spain San Fermin )
A Torrestrella fighting bull heads towards a runner as it takes the Estafeta curve during the fifth running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 11, 2013. No serious injuries were reported in a run that lasted two minutes and forty five seconds, according to local media. REUTERS/Susana Vera ( SPAIN/ )
A runner falls next to a Torrestrella fighting bull at the entrance to the bull ring during the fifth running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 11, 2013. No serious injuries were reported in a run that lasted two minutes and forty five seconds, according to local media. REUTERS/Joseba Etxaburu ( SPAIN/ )
Runners are chased by a Torrestrella fighting bull at the entrance to the bull ring during the fifth running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 11, 2013. No serious injuries were reported in a run that lasted two minutes and forty five seconds, according to local media. REUTERS/Eloy Alonso ( SPAIN/ )
Runners are chased by Torrestrella fighting bulls at the entrance to the bull ring during the fifth running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 11, 2013. No serious injuries were reported in a run that lasted two minutes and forty five seconds, according to local media. REUTERS/Eloy Alonso ( SPAIN/ )
A fighting cow leaps over revelers into the bull ring after the fourth running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 10, 2013. REUTERS/Joseba Etxaburu ( SPAIN/ )
AP10ThingsToSee - A bull jumps over revelers at the end of the fifth run of the famed San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain on Thursday, July 11, 2013. One person has been hospitalized after several thousand people tested their speed and bravery by dashing with six fighting bulls through the streets of the northern Spanish city of Pamplona. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) ( AP10ThingsToSee Spain Running of the Bulls )
A cow jumps over revelers lying down on the bull ring as one of them is pushed by the animal, top center, at the end of the fifth run of the famed San Fermin festival, in Pamplona northern Spain on Thursday, July 11, 2013. One person has been hospitalized after several thousand people tested their speed and bravery by dashing with six fighting bulls through the streets of the northern Spanish city of Pamplona. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) ( Spain Running of the Bulls )
Runners make their way through the street with "El Pilar" fighting bulls watched by people from their balconies during the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain, Friday, July 12, 2013. Revelers from around the world arrive to Pamplona every year to take part in some of the eight days of the running of the bulls glorified by Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises." (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) ( Spain San Fermin )
PAMPLONA, SPAIN - JULY 10: Revellers dance while musicians from Oberena play traditional Basque Country music in the street after having lunch on the fifth day of the San Fermin Running Of The Bulls festival on July 10, 2013 in Pamplona, Spain. The annual Fiesta de San Fermin, made famous by the 1926 novel of US writer Ernest Hemmingway 'The Sun Also Rises', involves the running of the bulls through the historic heart of Pamplona, this year for nine days from July 6-14. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images) ( 173232249 )
A man dressed in traditional San Fermin attire walks a mural of two deers made out of grass in Pamplona July 11, 2013. REUTERS/Susana Vera ( SPAIN/ )
A couple kisses while they wait next to the bull run fence before the fifth running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain, Wednesday, July 10, 2013. Revelers from around the world arrive to Pamplona every year to take part on some of the eight days of the running of the bulls. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) ( Spain San Fermin )
Revellers smile as sparks from the "Fire Bull", a man carrying a metal structure loaded with fireworks, fly on the fourth day of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 9, 2013. Visitors to the nine-day festival, depicted in Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises", take part in activities including The Running Of The Bulls, an early morning half mile dash from the corral to the bullring alongside six bulls destined to die in the afternoon's corrida. This is followed by processions of giant traditional figures, concerts, firebulls, fireworks, and large doses of eating, drinking, dancing and late nights. REUTERS/ Vincent West ( SPAIN/ )
PAMPLONA, SPAIN - JULY 11: A detail view of a portion of 'churros' at Churreria Manueta in the early morning during the sixth day of the San Fermin Running Of The Bulls festival on July 11, 2013 in Pamplona, Spain. Churreria de la Manueta has been making 'churros' since 1872 in a traditional way. The annual Fiesta de San Fermin, made famous by the 1926 novel of US writer Ernest Hemmingway 'The Sun Also Rises', involves the running of the bulls through the historic heart of Pamplona, this year for nine days from July 6-14. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images) ( 173265260 )
PAMPLONA, SPAIN - JULY 11: A man makes 'churros' at Churreria Manueta in the early morning during the sixth day of the San Fermin Running Of The Bulls festival on July 11, 2013 in Pamplona, Spain. Churreria de la Manueta has been making 'churros' since 1872 in a traditional way. The annual Fiesta de San Fermin, made famous by the 1926 novel of US writer Ernest Hemmingway 'The Sun Also Rises', involves the running of the bulls through the historic heart of Pamplona, this year for nine days from July 6-14. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images) ( 173265253 )
PAMPLONA, SPAIN - JULY 11: A man makes 'churros' at Churreria Manueta in the early morning during the sixth day of the San Fermin Running Of The Bulls festival on July 11, 2013 in Pamplona, Spain. Churreria de la Manueta has been making 'churros' since 1872 in a traditional way. The annual Fiesta de San Fermin, made famous by the 1926 novel of US writer Ernest Hemmingway 'The Sun Also Rises', involves the running of the bulls through the historic heart of Pamplona, this year for nine days from July 6-14. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images) ( 173265258 )
PAMPLONA, SPAIN - JULY 09: A Toro del Fuego (flaming bull) is run through the streets of Pamplona on the fourth day of the San Fermin Running Of The Bulls festival, on July 9, 2013 in Pamplona, Spain. The annual Fiesta de San Fermin, made famous by the 1926 novel of US writer Ernest Hemmingway 'The Sun Also Rises', involves the running of the bulls through the historic heart of Pamplona, this year for nine days from July 6-14. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images) ( 173187696 )
PAMPLONA, SPAIN - JULY 09: A Toro del Fuego (flaming bull) is run through the streets of Pamplona on the fourth day of the San Fermin Running Of The Bulls festival, on July 9, 2013 in Pamplona, Spain. The annual Fiesta de San Fermin, made famous by the 1926 novel of US writer Ernest Hemmingway 'The Sun Also Rises', involves the running of the bulls through the historic heart of Pamplona, this year for nine days from July 6-14. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images) ( 173187691 )
The "mayoral" (head of the bull herders) smokes a cigarette before the fifth bullfight of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 11, 2013. REUTERS/Susana Vera ( SPAIN/ )
Revellers embrace next to a painted mural of San Fermin, patron saint of Pamplona, before the fifth running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 11, 2013. REUTERS/Susana Vera ( SPAIN/ )
Revellers sleep at the Telefonica corner before the fourth running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 10, 2013. Several runners suffered light injuries in a run that lasted two minutes and fourteen seconds, according to local media. REUTERS/Eloy Alonso ( SPAIN/ )
A bullring worker watches a bull during the fourth bullfight of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 10, 2013. REUTERS/Joseba Etxaburu ( SPAIN/ )
The municipal band plays before the fifth running of the bulls in the bullring at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 11, 2013. No serious injuries were reported in a run that lasted two minutes and forty five seconds, according to local media. REUTERS/Eloy Alonso ( SPAIN/ )
Spanish bullfighter David Mora, left, prepares with assistants before entering the bullring at the San Fermin fiestas, in Pamplona, northern Spain on Thursday, July 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) ( Spain San Fermin )
Spanish bullfighter David Mora, left, prepares with assistants before entering the bullring at the San Fermin fiestas, in Pamplona, northern Spain on Thursday, July 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) ( Spain San Fermin )
Spanish bullfighter David Mora, right, holds his ''montera'' beside a fan before entering the bull ring at the San Fermin fiestas, in Pamplona northern Spain on Thursday, July 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) ( Spain San Fermin )
"Picadores" (mounted bullfighters) enter the bull ring at the start of the fifth bullfight of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 11, 2013. REUTERS/Susana Vera ( SPAIN/ )
An assistant walks around of the border of the bullring during Torrestrella's ranch fighting bull, at San Fermin fiestas, in Pamplona, northern Spain on Thursday, July 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) ( Spain San Fermin )
Spanish bullfighter Ivan Fandino waits for the start of the fifth bullfight of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 11, 2013. REUTERS/Susana Vera ( SPAIN/ )
Spanish bullfighter Francisco Marco, center, is congratulated after cutting the ear of a Torrestrella' ranch bull as his assistants watch him from the border of the bullring, at the San Fermin fiestas, in Pamplona, northern Spain on Thursday, July 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) ( Spain San Fermin )
An assistant falls as mules run around the bull ring, at the end of bullfight, at the San Fermin fiestas, in Pamplona northern Spain on Thursday, July 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) ( Spain San Fermin )
A Victoriano del Rio ranch fighting bull runs trough the arena during a bullfight of the the San Fermin fiestas, in Pamplona, Spain, Wednesday, July 10, 2013. Revelers from around the world come to San Fermin festival to take part on the party and on some of the eight days of the running of the bulls glorified by Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel 'The Sun Also Rises'. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) ( Spain San Fermin )
Spanish bullfighter Ivan Fandino performs in front of a Torrestrella' ranch bull, during a bullfight, at the San Fermin fiestas, in Pamplona northern Spain on Thursday, July 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) ( Spain San Fermin )
A Torrestrella' ranch looks in from the border of the bull ring during a bullfight, at the San Fermin fiestas, in Pamplona northern Spain on Thursday, July 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) ( Spain San Fermin )
Spanish bullfighter Francisco Marco, performs with a Torrestrella' ranch bull, during a bullfight, at the San Fermin fiestas, in Pamplona northern Spain on Thursday, July 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) ( APTOPIX Spain San Fermin )
Spanish bullfighter Julian Lopez 'El Juli' performs with a Victoriano del Rio ranch fighting bull during a bullfight of the the San Fermin fiestas, in Pamplona, Spain, Wednesday, July 10, 2013. Revelers from around the world come to San Fermin festival to take part on the party and on some of the eight days of the running of the bulls glorified by Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel 'The Sun Also Rises'. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) ( Spain San Fermin )
Spanish bullfighter Alejandro Talavante performs with a Victoriano del Rio ranch fighting bull during a bullfight of the the San Fermin fiestas, in Pamplona, Spain, Wednesday, July 10, 2013. Revelers from around the world come to San Fermin festival to take part on the party and on some of the eight days of the running of the bulls glorified by Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel 'The Sun Also Rises'. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) ( Spain San Fermin )
Spanish bullfighter Ivan Fandino, is gored by one Torrestrella' ranch bull, in the bull ring, at the San Fermin fiestas, in Pamplona northern Spain on Thursday, July 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) ( APTOPIX Spain San Fermin )
Spanish bullfighter Julian Lopez "El Juli" gestures during the fourth bullfight of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 10, 2013. REUTERS/Vincent West ( SPAIN/ )
A dead bull is dragged away after the fifth bullfight of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 11, 2013. REUTERS/Susana Vera ( SPAIN/ )
Spanish bullfighter David Mora is congratulated at the end of bullfight, at the San Fermin fiestas, in Pamplona northern Spain on Thursday, July 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) ( Spain San Fermin )
Spanish bullfighter David Mora is congratulated at the end of bullfight, at the San Fermin fiestas, in Pamplona northern Spain on Thursday, July 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) ( Spain San Fermin )
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