The annual San Fermin festival, famed for its running of the bulls, kicked off in Pamplona, Spain, on July 6. This comes after three people were gored by bulls yesterday.
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An assistant to a Spanish mounted bullfighter waits on the…
Runners sprint alongside a Jandilla fighting bull at the entrance to the bullring.
It was the first of the eight morning runs that form the highlight of the annual festival – known as San Fermin in Spanish. The vast majority of bull run participants are men.
Another year, another insane Pamplona Bull Run.
Over the weekend, animal rights activists protested outside of the Pamplona bullring, calling for an end to the tradition claiming it harms the bulls.
A bull runs into a participant at the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, on July 7, 2015.
Jandilla fighting bulls and steers run after revelers during the…
The run lasted 2 minutes and 23 seconds. While the original festival honored Saitn Fermin, patron saint of Navarra, it has evolved into a gathering of people from around the world for a week of fun and partying.
People and children are chased by the “Toro de Fuego” (flaming bull) as it runs through the streets during the opening day of the San Fermin fiesta on July 6, 2015, in Pamplona, Spain.
Esquire promises 25 cameras placed along the route, which runs along the streets of old town Pamplona from the Santo Domingo corrals to the Plaza de Toros, to grant viewers a vantage point unlike anything before.
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Today a British man and two Americans (one who has taken part 38 times in 11 years) were gored by bulls and eight others were injured in the controversial run that lasted just over two minutes.
