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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 Robert Capa once said "If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough."
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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.”
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Bullfighter Matias Tejela performs during the San Fermin festival.
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A Kiliki hits a boy with a foam truncheon during the Kiliki parade.
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Performers dressed as oversized traditional figures dance during the San Fermin festival.
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An infant is held by bigheaded Caravinagre 'Vinegar face' during the Kiliki parade on the fourth day of the San Fermin festival.
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A man looks out the mouth of a figure during the Kiliki parade on the fourth day of the San Fermin festival.
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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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Revelers run beside a Cebada Gago ranch fighting bull along Estafeta street on the third day of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain.
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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.
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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.
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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.'
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An American was among three people gored during today's running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown reports.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Running of the Bulls participants get out of the way of a bull Oct. 15, in Cave Creek, Ariz. Over 1,000 thrill seekers experienced an adrenaline rush of a life time by running a quarter mile in front of forty 1,500 lbs. raging bulls during the 4th Running of the Bulls in America.
From The New York Times:
Here is what not to do at a bull run: Pull the tail of one of the bulls. Stop to pick up a fallen cellphone as the crowd — and the bulls — bears down on you. Wear a costume that makes it hard to see the oncoming animals.
Participants in Running of the Bulls USA, held Friday and Saturday on a quarter-mile dirt track at a ranch in this town just north of Phoenix, broke all those rules and more. But because the Arizona animals were tamer than their Spanish counterparts, injuries were kept to a minimum.
Read more here.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
Later today, we'll publish more images in a slideshow from the events.
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A calf jumps over revelers after the fifth run of the bulls in the bullring during the San Fermin fiesta in Pamplona, Spain, on Sunday, July 11.
Is running with the bulls on your list of must-do things? See more pictures from the San Fermin festival here.
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Revelers throw a woman into the air during the 'Chupinazo', the official opening of the San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona, northern Spain, on Tuesday, July 6.
The fiestas, held since 1591, attracts tens of thousands of visitors each year for nine days of revelry, morning bull-runs and afternoon bullfights.
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