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July 13, 2009 |
The Festival of San Fermin, 2009
The Festival of San Fermin attracts thousands of visitors to Pamplona, Spain every year. The nine-day festival includes a carnival, bullfights and of course, the famous Running of the Bulls. Deeply traditional, it has been held since 1591, and remains a popular, if dangerous and controversial event. This year, dozens of runners and revelers have been injured, and one has been killed - a 27-year-old man who was gored in the neck, heart and lungs on Friday. Animal rights groups continue to level criticism toward the event, in which dozens of bulls run through small, packed streets toward a bullring where they will be killed during later bullfights. Collected here are some of the scenes from this year's Festival of San Fermin. (32 photos total)

Spanish bullfighter "El Fandi" performs with a Jandilla ranch fighting bull named Capuchino during the fourth bullfight of San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain on Friday, July 10, 2009. Capuchino fatally gored Spanish runner Daniel Jimeno Romero during an earlier running of the bulls. Romero was declared dead shortly after his arrival at hospital. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

A minute of silence is observed for David Jimeno Romero before the fourth bullfight of San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Friday, July 10, 2009. A bull named "Capuchino" fatally gored Spanish runner Romero during the morning running of the bulls. Romero was declared dead shortly after his arrival at hospital. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) #
More links and information
Running with the bulls, 2008 - Big Picture, last year
San Fermin - Wikipedia entry
Ten more hurt in Pamplona bull run - AFP, 7/12