Thousands of thrill seekers took part in the first running of the bulls at the San Fermín festival in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona.
Several runners took knocks and hard falls in the 8 a.m. event but no one was gored by the beasts, a frequent feature of the spectacle.
Friday’s run was the first of eight scheduled. The rest of day usually includes massive sessions of drinking, eating and attending cultural events. Revellers sing a song before running with La Palmosilla’s fighting bulls during the first day of the running of the bulls at the San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona, northern Spain, Friday, July 7, 2023.
Bullfighter Fernando Robleno is gored by a bull during second bullfighter at the San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona, Spain, Saturday, July 8, 2023. A reveller concentrates before running with La Palmosilla’s fighting bulls during the first day of the running of the bulls during the San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona, Spain, Friday, July 7, 2023.
A reveler with a tattoo of a bull, reading in basque language Iruna, the name of Pamplona city, during the San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona, Spain, Sunday, July 9, 2023.
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