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Spanish matador Jose Maria Manzanares gives a capote pass to a Nunez de Cubillo bull during a bullfight of the San Antolin festivities at the Palencia bullring, on September 2, 2009.

I'll bet this is part of what it feels like when you're in an arena with a bull. Every time we publish a bullfighting image, we get mail from folks asking how we can endorse such an activity. For the record, we're not endorsing bullfighting any more than we're endorsing roadside bombings when we publish those images.

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