A statue of San Fermin is carried through the streets. The patron saint is said to protect the hundreds of runners who participate in the running of the bullsPhotograph: Susana Vera/ReutersCabezudos, or big heads, take part in the processionPhotograph: Susana Vera/ReutersZaldikos, or horse figures, take a break during the procession to honour San FerminPhotograph: Susana Vera/Reuters
A participant stretches before the first day of the running of the bullsPhotograph: Dani Cardona/ReutersRevellers at the start of the bull runPhotograph: Daniel Ochoa de Olza/APRevellers are chased by Conde de la Corte ranch fighting bullsPhotograph: Daniel Ochoa de Olza/APParticipants run ahead of the fighting bullsPhotograph: A. Arrizurueta/AFPThe bulls trample runnersPhotograph: Eloy Alonso/ReutersA runner receives medical attention after being injuredPhotograph: Dani Cardona/ReutersParticipants are charged by the bullsPhotograph: A. Arrizurueta/AFPA fighting bull takes the curve during the chasePhotograph: Denis Doyle/GettyA runner is attended to after being injured Photograph: Eloy Alonso/ReutersA runner from New Zealand is attended to by members of the Red CrossPhotograph: Denis Doyle/GettyA reveller is knocked over in the bullring. The bulls are set loose in the bullring after the run in the streetsPhotograph: Villar Lopez/APA reveller is tossed by a heiferPhotograph: Joseba Etxaburu/ReutersA bull jumps on to revelers in the bullringPhotograph: Villar Lopez/AP
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