A tense fifth bull run at Pamplona’s San Fermín Festival on Monday left three people gored, including one American, and three others with bruises, the Navarra regional government said. It was the first run with gorings in the festival so far this year. There are three more daily runs before the festival ends Thursday. A fighting bull charges against runners during the running of the bulls at the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Monday, July 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) The regional government said a 25-year-old runner from Sunrise, Florida, was gored in the calf in the bullring. The other two gored were Spaniards, one in the ring and one on the street. None was in serious condition. Earlier festival organizers had said erroneously that the foreigner g...
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Thousands of revellers wearing white clothes and red scarves filled the streets of Spain's Pamplona on Wednesday as the bang of a firecracker kicked off the first San Fermin bull-running festival since the COVID-19 pandemic struck. A light rain did nothing to dampen the spirits of a sea of people packing the northern city's Townhall Square, their clothes already drenched with the red wine and sangria that flow freely during the eight-day festival, made famous by Ernest Hemingway's novel "The Sun Also Rises". Revellers gather during the opening of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain, July 6, 2022. REUTERS/Vincent West The annual event was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to coronavirus restrictions. Animal rights groups want it banned for good. "I've been to San Fermin man...
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