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Image: Day 2 - San Fermin Running of the Bulls 2018

In Focus

Bulls chase daredevils through Pamplona's narrow streets

For eight consecutive mornings, runners dodge bulls as they race through Pamplona's old city.

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Image: San Fermin festival in Pamplona

A reveller is thrown into the air during the opening the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain, on July 6, 2018. 

Participants drank and sprayed sangria ahead of the opening of the festival which draws tourists from around the world for its daily bull runs in the city's narrow streets.

— Susana Vera / Reuters
Image: Fiesta de San Fermin in Pamplona

Runners dodge bulls during the second bull run of the festival on July 8.

— Jesus Diges / EPA
Image: Day 2 - San Fermin Running of the Bulls 2018

The 930-yard course leads to the city's bullring, where the bullfights, or corridas, are held.  

 

— Pablo Blazquez Dominguez / Getty Images
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Runners and bulls enter the ring on July 10.

 

— Alvaro Barrientos / AP
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Revellers protect themselves as a calf jumps over them in the bullring on July 10.

— Alvaro Barrientos / AP
Image: Revellers dodge a \"Kiliki\" ready to hit with his sponge during San Fermin festival's \"Comparsa de gigantes y cabezudos\" (Parade of the Giants and Big Heads) in Pamplona

Revellers dodge a "Kiliki" ready to hit with his sponge during the festival's "Comparsa de gigantes y cabezudos" (Parade of the Giants and Big Heads) on July 8.

— Susana Vera / Reuters
Image: Fiesta de San Fermin in Pamplona

The festival was immortalized by Ernest Hemingway in his 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises," and draws around one million visitors annually.

— J.P. Urdiroz / EPA
Image: Runners sprint in front of bulls during the fourth running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona

A runner stumbles in front of bulls on July 10.

Four Americans and three Spaniards survived last year after they were gored by bulls, while dozens other suffered injuries and bruises, mostly due to falls during the race.

— Joseba Etxaburu / Reuters
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Bullfighter Octavio Cachon prepares to enter the bullring on July 9.

— Rodrigo Jimenez / EPA
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A bull stumbles on July 9.

— Rodrigo Jimenez / EPA
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Runners, or "mozos," are chased by bulls on July 9.

— J.P. Urdiroz / EPA
Image: Runners pray before the bull run on the fourth day of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona

Runners pray before the bull run on July 9.

— Vincent West / Reuters
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Owners of private balconies overlooking the action charge spectators to view the bulls and the runners careening down the town's ancient streets.

— Susana Vera / Reuters
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A runner receives medical attention on July 9.

— Ander Gillenea / AFP - Getty Images
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Spanish bullfighter Jose Garrido is tossed by a bull on July 7.

Bullfights are protected under Spain's constitution as part of the country's cultural heritage.

— Jesus Diges / EPA
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