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Revellers ran with Puerto de San Lorenzo's fighting bulls before entering the bullring during the second day of the San Fermin Running of the Bulls festival on Sunday in Pamplona, Spain.Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images/Getty Images

The annual San Fermin Festival involves the daily running of the bulls through the historic heart of Pamplona, Spain, to the bull ring. On each day of the festival six bulls are released to run from their corral through the narrow, cobbled streets of the old town over an 850 meter course. Ahead of them are the runners, who try to stay close to the bulls without falling over or being gored.

Revellers enjoyed the atmosphere Saturday, during the opening day of the festival. The event was made famous by the 1926 novel of US writer Ernest Hemmingway entitled “The Sun Also Rises.”Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images/Getty Images
People celebrated the official opening of the festival on Saturday.Alvaro Barrientos/Associated Press/Associated Press
Participants ran on the second bullrun of the San Fermin festival on Monday.ANDER GILLENEA/AFP/Getty Images/AFP/Getty Images
Revellers ran next to fighting bulls from Cebada Gago ranch on Monday.Alvaro Barrientos/Assoiciatd Press/Associated Press
Demonstrators protested against bullfighting in front of Pamplona’s City Hall on Friday, a day before the start of the festival. Alvaro Barrientos/Assoiciatd Press/Associated Press
Revellers ran next to fighting bulls during the running of the bulls on Sunday.Alvaro Barrientos/Associated Press/Associated Press
A participant was tossed by a heifer bull Sunday during the first bullrun of the festival. JAIME REINA/AFP/Getty Images/AFP/Getty Images
Revellers ran next to fighting bulls from Cebada Gago ranch on Monday. Alvaro Barrientos/Associated Press/Associated Press
Revellers celebrated Saturday during the “Chupinazo” (start rocket) to mark the kickoff of the festival.PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU/AFP/Getty Images/AFP/Getty Images
A reveller was tossed by a heifer bull during the first run on Sunday. JAIME REINA/AFP/Getty Images/AFP/Getty Images
Revellers ran next to fighting bulls on Monday.Alvaro Barrientos/Associated Press/Associated Press
A reveller reacted ahead of Sunday’s bullrun.Alvaro Barrientos/Associated Press/Associated Press
Revellers ran with Cebada Gagos's fighting bulls on Monday, during the third day of the festival.Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images/Getty Images
Participants ran next to a Puerto de San Lorenzo fighting bull during Sunday’s bullrun.JAIME REINA/AFP/Getty Images/AFP/Getty Images
A participant received medical assistance Sunday during the first bullrun.ANDER GILLENEA/AFP/Getty Images/AFP/Getty Images
A bulljumped in the water during the traditional running of bulls "Bous a la mar" (Bull in the sea) at Denia's harbour near Alicante on Monday.JOSE JORDAN/AFP/Getty Images/AFP/Getty Images
Participants ran next to a Cebada Gago fighting bull during the second bullrun on Monday.ANDER GILLENEA/AFP/Getty Images/AFP/Getty Images
People looked at the procession of Pamplona´s patron Saint Fermin on the first day of the festival. ANDER GILLENEA/AFP/Getty Images/AFP/Getty Images
People dressed in white and red clothes took part in a procession on Sunday.Alvaro Barrientos/Associated Press/Associated Press
Members of San Fermin Comparsa Parade took part in a procession Sunday. Alvaro Barrientos/Associated Press/Associated Press
Participants ran next to a Puerto de San Lorenzo fighting bull during Sunday’s bullrun. JAIME REINA/AFP/Getty Images/AFP/Getty Images
Participants ran next to Puerto de San Lorenzo fighting bulls during the bullrun on Sunday.ANDER GILLENEA/AFP/Getty Images/AFP/Getty Images
A heifer bull jumped over participants in the bullring after Monday’s bullrun.ANDER GILLENEA/AFP/Getty Images/AFP/Getty Images
A reveller slept Sunday in the early hours during the second day of the festival. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images/Getty Images
A heifer bull jumped over revellers in the bullring after Monday’s bullrun.ANDER GILLENEA/AFP/Getty Images/AFP/Getty Images