Thousands Gather in Spain for the Running of the Bulls

How It Begins
Tens of thousands of people pack out Pamplona's main square in 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. 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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