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San Fermin festival starts

San Fermin festival: San Fermin festival
Participants, wearing traditional red bandanas, celebrate during the 'Chupinazo' in Pamplona, to mark the start at noon sharp of the San Fermin festival Photograph: Pedro Armestre/AFP/Getty Images
San Fermin festival: San Fermin festival
A regional music band wearing red berets, the traditional colour for the festival, tries to march through the crowd as some thousands revellers enjoy the celebrations Photograph: Alvaro Barrientos/AP
San Fermin festival: San Fermin festival
A garlic seller looks out from his stall during the start of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona Photograph: Vincent West/Reuters
San Fermin festival: San Fermin festival
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 festival Photograph: Villar Lopez/EPA
San Fermin festival: San Fermin festival
Participants, wearing traditional red bandanas, celebrate during the 'Chupinazo' in Pamplona Photograph: A. Arrizurieta/AFP/Getty Images
San Fermin festival: San Fermin festival
People wearing red scarves celebrate during the 'Chupinazo' in Pamplona Photograph: Pedro Armestre/AFP/Getty Images
San Fermin festival: San Fermin festival
Revellers celebrate in front of the town hall Photograph: Pedro Armestre/AFP/Getty Images
San Fermin festival: San Fermin festival
People celebrate with red scarves in front of the town hall Photograph: Pedro Armestre/AFP/Getty Images
San Fermin festival: San Fermin festival
Revellers hold up a woman during the opening of the 2009 San Fermin festival Photograph: Alvaro Barrientos/AP
San Fermin festival: San Fermin festival
Revellers are showered with water Photograph: Vincent West/Reuters
San Fermin festival: San Fermin festival
People wearing red scarves celebrate during the 'Chupinazo' Photograph: Pedro Armestre/AFP/Getty Images
San Fermin festival: San Fermin festival
More than one million people are expected to attend the festival Photograph: A. Arrizurieta/AFP/Getty Images
San Fermin festival: San Fermin festival
A tourist jumps in celebration during the 'Chupinazo' in Pamplona Photograph: Pedro Armestre/AFP/Getty Images
San Fermin festival: San Fermin festival
Tourists celebrate during the 'Chupinazo' in Pamplona Photograph: Pedro Armestre/AFP/Getty Images
San Fermin festival: San Fermin festival
Celebrations continue in front of the town hall Photograph: Javier Soriano/AFP/Getty Images
San Fermin festival: San Fermin festival
Street sellers from Senegal prepare their goods during the start of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona Photograph: Vincent West/Reuters
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