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  • 14
    Jul
    2012
    10:16pm, EDT

    Revelers mark the end of the San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona

    Alvaro Barrientos / AP

    Revelers gather to mark the end of the San Fermin fiestas, in Pamplona northern Spain, Saturday, July 14. The festival of San Fermin will end at midnight Saturday, with revelers singing ''Pobre de Mi," a song which can be translated as "woe is me."

    Susana Vera / Reuters

    "Gigantes" (Giants) dance during a farewell ceremony on the last day of San Fermin festival's "Comparsa de gigantes y cabezudos" (Parade of the giants and the big heads) in Pamplona July 14. Enormous puppets accompanied by brass bands parade daily through the city during the nine-day-long festival made popular by U.S. writer Ernest Hemingway.

    Pedro Armestrepedro / AFP via Getty Images

    Spanish matador Daniel Luque performs a pass with a cape next to a Torrehandilla bull during the last corrida of the San Fermin Festival, on July 14, in the Northern Spanish city of Pamplona. The festival is a symbol of Spanish culture that attracts thousands of tourists to watch the bull runs despite heavy condemnation from animal rights groups.

    Eloy Alonso / Reuters

    Revellers sleep it off at the Plaza Consistorial on the final day of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 14. Hundreds of thousands of tourists come from around the world every year to the San Fermin festival, depicted in Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises", to 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. Sixteen people have died in the bull run since 1925. This is followed by processions of giant traditional figures, concerts, firebulls,
    fireworks, and large doses of eating, drinking, dancing and late nights.

     

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    58 comments

    I hope the Bulls kill all the matadors.

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  • 12
    Jul
    2012
    8:02pm, EDT

    Susana Vera / Reuters

    A combination photo, top to bottom and left to right, shows Reuters photographer Joseba Etxaburu being knocked down by a bull during festivities in the bullring following the sixth running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona on July 12, 2012. Etxaburu suffered some scratches on his right elbow but was able to continue shooting afterwards.

    Photojournalist brushes with bull

    Photojournalist Robert Capa once said "If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough."

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    That's "BULL" .... "LOL"

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  • 10
    Jul
    2012
    7:43pm, EDT

    San Fermin festival continues in Pamplona, Spain

    Daniel Ochoa De Olza / AP

    Bullfighter David Mora, center, adjusts his cape before a bullfight during the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain on July 10, 2012.

    The San Fermin festival celebrates Pamplona’s patron St. Fermin. The festival involves the running of the bulls and the Comparsa de gigantes y cabezudos “Parade of the giants and the big heads” through the historic heart of Pamplona. San Fermin became famous by Ernest Hemmingway’s 1926 novel “The Sun Also Rises.”

    See more photos from Pamplona on PhotoBlog

    Daniel Ochoa De Olza / AP

    Bullfighter Matias Tejela performs during the San Fermin festival.

    Pablo Blazquez Dominguez / Getty Images Contributor

    A Kiliki hits a boy with a foam truncheon during the Kiliki parade.

    Eloy Alonso / Reuters

    Performers dressed as oversized traditional figures dance during the San Fermin festival.

    Pablo Blazquez Dominguez / Getty Images

    An infant is held by bigheaded Caravinagre 'Vinegar face' during the Kiliki parade on the fourth day of the San Fermin festival.

    Jesus Diges / EPA

    A man looks out the mouth of a figure during the Kiliki parade on the fourth day of the San Fermin festival.

    Susana Vera / Reuters

    Revelers are showered with sparks from the "Fire Bull", a man carrying a metal structure loaded with fireworks, during the San Fermin festival.

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    2 comments

    does anyone care that this child is f'n terrified?

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  • 9
    Jul
    2012
    10:21am, EDT

    Bulls and booze get the better of revelers in Pamplona

    Jasper Juinen / Getty Images

    Revelers run beside a Cebada Gago ranch fighting bull along Estafeta street on the third day of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain.

    Daniel Fernandez / EPA

    A latecomer bull tries to gore a runner, known as 'mozos', during the third bull run of the Sanfermines, in Pamplona, Spain, July 9. The third bull run has been the longest and the roughest, with seven injured people.

    Alvaro Barrientos / AP

    A reveler is tossed by a cow in the bull ring, at the end of third running of the bulls at the San Fermin fiestas, in Pamplona northern Spain, July 9.

    Pablo Blazquez Dominguez / Getty Images

    Revelers sleep on the ground during the early hours on the third day of the San Fermin running of the bulls on July 9 in Pamplona, Spain. Pamplona's famous Fiesta de San Fermin, which involves the running of the bulls through the historic heart of Pamplona for eight days starting July 7th, was made famous by the 1926 novel of U.S. writer Ernest Hemmingway called 'The Sun Also Rises.'

     See more photos from Pamplona on PhotoBlog

    An American was among three people gored during today's running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown reports.

    4 comments

    Idiots!!! Why not fight each other and leave the animals alone. Geez!!!

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  • 7
    Jul
    2012
    11:07am, EDT

    Mad dash! The annual running of the bulls begins in Pamplona

    Jesus Diges / EPA

    A general view of Estafeta street crowded with runners or 'mozos', prior to the first bull run of the Sanfermines 2012 in Pamplona, northern Spain, July 7. Sanfermines is a week-long festival celebrated to honor San Fermin, the town's patron saint.

    Daniel Ochoa De Olza / AP

    A reveler is tossed by a Dolores Aguirre Yabarra ranch fighting bull during the running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona Spain, July 7.

    Joseba Etxaburu / Reuters

    Revellers taunt a fighting cow in the Plaza de Toros following the first running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 7.

    Joseba Etxaburu / Reuters

    A fighting cow leaps over bull runners in the Plaza de Toros following the first running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 7. After the bull run, runners remain in the bullring and small fighting cows are released.

    Daniel Ochoa De Olza / AP

    Revelers kiss in the early morning, during the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona Spain, July 7.

    The San Fermin running of the bulls festival became world famous with the publication of Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises." It is also known around the world for its wild all-night street parties which commemorate the city's patron saint. Today was the first running of the bulls for this year's festivities and six people were injured in a race that lasted 2 minutes, 53 seconds.

    See more photos from Pamplona on PhotoBlog.

    The annual event for daring thrill-seekers began Saturday in Pamplona, Spain.

    81 comments

    I definetly root for the Bulls

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  • 6
    Jul
    2012
    12:15pm, EDT

    Showers of wine kick off Pamplona's San Fermin festival

    Jesus Diges / EPA

    Thousands of people celebrate the start of the San Fermin Festival 2012 raising their red scarfs after the opening ceremony 'Chupinazo,' which starts, as every year, at midday in the Plaza Consistorial outside the City Hall in Pamplona, Navarra, Spain, on July 6. The fiesta of Sanfermines runs from 06 to 14 July. The festival commemorates St. Fermin, Pamplona's patron saint.

    Rafa Rivas / AFP - Getty Images

    Participants gather to celebrate the 'Chupinazo' to mark the start at noon sharp of the San Fermin Festival on July 6, in front of the Town Hall of Pamplona, northern Spain. Tens of thousands of people packed Pamplona's streets for a drunken kick-off to Spain's best-known fiesta: the nine-day San Fermin bull-running festival.

    Alvaro Barrientos / AP

    Australian revelers enjoy as they drink from a small wineskin, in Pamplona, northern Spain, on July 6, to celebrate the start of Spain's most famous bull-running festival with the annual launch of the "chupinazo" rocket. Perhaps best glorified by Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises," the San Fermin festival is known around the world for the daily running of the bulls.

    Eloy Alonso / Reuters

    Revellers celebrate at the start of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona on July 6.The annual festival, best known for its daily running of the bulls, kicked off on Friday with the traditional "Chupinazo" rocket launch and will run until July 14.

    Daniel Ochoa de Olza / AP

    Revelers take part on the 'Chupinazo', the official opening of the 2012 San Fermin fiestas, Friday, July 6, in Pamplona, Spain. Revelers from around the world kick off the San Fermin festival with a messy party in the Pamplona town square, one day before the first of eight days of the running of the bulls.

    AP reports -- PAMPLONA, Spain - Tens of thousands of revelers showered each other with sparkling wine and waved red kerchiefs Friday as the blast of a small rocket signaled the start of this year's running of the bulls.

    Spain's most famous summer festival kicked off in the jam-packed and cobblestoned main square of the northern town of Pamplona. People from around the world, many wearing the traditional red kerchief and white shirt and pants, roared their approval as an official on a city hall balcony declared the San Fermin festival under way. He then lit the rocket, its boom echoing through the plaza.

     Revelers sprayed each other with white wine, water and other liquids, and pelted each other with flour, making for a pasty but merry mess. Huge plastic balls used to advertise products and services bounced atop the crowd.

    Read the full story.

    Daniel Ochoa de Olza / AP

    Revelers are sprayed with water after the 'Chupinazo', the official opening of the 2012 San Fermin fiestas, on July 6, in Pamplona, Spain. Revelers from around the world kick off the San Fermin festival with a messy party in the Pamplona town square, one day before the first of eight days of the running of the bulls.

    Ivan Aguinaga / AP

    Revelers celebrate during the 'Chupinazo', the official opening of the 2012 San Fermin fiestas, Friday, July 6, in Pamplona, Spain. Revelers from around the world kick off the San Fermin festival with a messy party in the Pamplona town square, one day before the first of eight days of the running of the bulls.

    Susana Vera / Reuters

    Revelers hold up their red scarves during the start of the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, on July 6. The annual festival, best known for its daily running of the bulls, kicked off on Friday with the traditional "Chupinazo" rocket launch and will run until July 14.

    Ivan Aguinaga) / AP

    A musical band march during the 'Chupinazo', the official opening of the 2012 San Fermin fiestas, on July 6, in Pamplona, Spain. Revelers from around the world kick off the San Fermin festival with a messy party in the Pamplona town square, one day before the first of eight days of the running of the bulls.

     

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    I am rooting for the bulls.

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  • 14
    Jul
    2011
    9:23pm, EDT

    Final celebration marking the end of Pamplona's San Fermin festival

    Pablo Blazquez Dominguez / Getty Images

    People raise scarves and candles as they sing the 'Pobre de Mi' song, marking the end of the San Fermin festival on July 14 in Pamplona, Spain. Pamplona's famous Fiesta de San Fermin involves fighting bulls running through the historic heart of Pamplona.

    Pedro Armestre / AFP - Getty Images

    Revellers raise red scarves and candles as they sing the 'Pobre de Mi' song, early in the morning on July 15.

    Villar López / EPA

    A man prays a prayer next to the candles at Pamplona Council Square on July 14.

    Related links: 
    • Running of the Bulls slideshow
    • Latest Spain coverage on PhotoBlog

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  • 14
    Jul
    2011
    12:17pm, EDT

    Final day of San Fermin Festival in Pamplona

    Susana Vera / Reuters

    "Gigantes" (Giants) dance during a farewell ceremony on the last day of San Fermin festival's "Comparsa de gigantes y cabezudos" (Parade of the giants and the big heads) in Pamplona July 14.

    Susana Vera / Reuters

    A child kisses a "Gigante" (Giant) during a farewell ceremony on the last day of San Fermin festival's "Comparsa de gigantes y cabezudos" (Parade of the giants and the big heads) in Pamplona on Thursday, July 14. Enormous puppets accompanied by brass bands parade daily through the city during the nine-day-long festival made popular by U.S. writer Ernest Hemingway.

    Susana Vera / Reuters

    "Cabezudos" (Big Heads) mingle with revellers during a farewell ceremony on the last day of San Fermin festival's "Comparsa de gigantes y cabezudos" (Parade of the giants and the big heads) in Pamplona on Thursday.

    Related links:

    • Running of the Bulls slideshow
    • Latest Spain coverage on PhotoBlog

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  • 11
    Jul
    2011
    12:56pm, EDT

    Josu Santesteban / EPA

    A runner is tossed by one of the young bulls released into the bullring following the day's running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, on Monday, July 11.

    Legs flying at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona

    Related content:

    • Slideshow: Pamplona's running of the bulls
    • Slideshow: The Week in Sports Pictures

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  • 7
    Jul
    2011
    4:13pm, EDT

    Ander Gillenea / AFP - Getty Images

    Mexican matador Arturo Saldivar is trampled by a Torrestrella bull during a bullfight of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona on July 7, in Pamplona, northern Spain.

    Bull gets revenge on bullfighter in Pamplona, Spain

    By Jim Seida

    Ow.

    9 comments

    This sport MUST stop. 

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  • 7
    Jul
    2011
    7:42am, EDT

    And they're off! Running of the bulls begins in Pamplona, Spain

    Daniel Ochoa De Olza / AP

    Revelers are surprised by an angry leading ox, used to drive the fighting bulls during the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain on July 7.

    Jesus Caso / EPA

    A 'mozo' or runner is turned round by a young bull at Pamplona's bullring after finishing the first run of the 2011 San Fermines festival on July 7.

    See more great images of the San Fermin festival in our slideshow.

    Two people sustained minor injuries in the annual festival, which takes place in the Spanish city every July. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.

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    That @!$%# just doesn't get old.

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  • 6
    Jul
    2011
    10:18am, EDT

    Thousands pack the main square in Pamplona, Spain for the annual 'running of the bulls' festival

    Alvaro Barrientos / AP

    Revelers hold up traditional red neckties as tens of thousands of people packed Pamplona's main square in Pamplona, Spain, Wednesday, July 6, 2011, to celebrate the start of Spain's most famous bull-running festival with the annual launch of the "chupinazo" rocket. Perhaps best glorified by Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises," the San Fermin festival is known around the world for the daily running of the bulls.

    Alvaro Barrientos / AP

    Revelers react as water is thrown from a balcony during the 'Chupinazo', the official opening of the San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona, July 6, 2011. The fiestas 'Los San Fermines' held since 1591, attracts tens of thousands of foreign visitors each year for nine days of revelry, morning bull-runs and afternoon bullfights.

    By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News

     Later today, we'll publish more images in a slideshow from the events.

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    1591... and we have not learned a thing over the years other than our ancestors were just as crazy...

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