Participants, wearing traditional red bandanas, celebrate during the 'Chupinazo' in Pamplona, to mark the start at noon sharp of the San Fermin festivalPhotograph: Pedro Armestre/AFP/Getty ImagesA regional music band wearing red berets, the traditional colour for the festival, tries to march through the crowd as some thousands revellers enjoy the celebrationsPhotograph: Alvaro Barrientos/APA garlic seller looks out from his stall during the start of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona Photograph: Vincent West/Reuters
A man celebrates under Pamplona city hall's balcony as several thousand people crowd together to attend the traditional 'Chupinazo'. A rocket fired from the balcony marks the beginning of San Fermin festivalPhotograph: Villar Lopez/EPAParticipants, wearing traditional red bandanas, celebrate during the 'Chupinazo' in PamplonaPhotograph: A. Arrizurieta/AFP/Getty ImagesPeople wearing red scarves celebrate during the 'Chupinazo' in PamplonaPhotograph: Pedro Armestre/AFP/Getty ImagesRevellers celebrate in front of the town hallPhotograph: Pedro Armestre/AFP/Getty ImagesPeople celebrate with red scarves in front of the town hallPhotograph: Pedro Armestre/AFP/Getty ImagesRevellers hold up a woman during the opening of the 2009 San Fermin festivalPhotograph: Alvaro Barrientos/APRevellers are showered with waterPhotograph: Vincent West/ReutersPeople wearing red scarves celebrate during the 'Chupinazo'Photograph: Pedro Armestre/AFP/Getty ImagesMore than one million people are expected to attend the festival Photograph: A. Arrizurieta/AFP/Getty ImagesA tourist jumps in celebration during the 'Chupinazo' in PamplonaPhotograph: Pedro Armestre/AFP/Getty ImagesTourists celebrate during the 'Chupinazo' in PamplonaPhotograph: Pedro Armestre/AFP/Getty ImagesCelebrations continue in front of the town hallPhotograph: Javier Soriano/AFP/Getty ImagesStreet sellers from Senegal prepare their goods during the start of the San Fermin festival in PamplonaPhotograph: Vincent West/Reuters
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