The bell tolls - eight chimes. A fuse is lit and a rocket takes off. The pen doors open and out burst 12 behemoths - six bulls and six steers - working their pace up to a gallop, hooves thundering on the cobbled streets. On cue, throngs of white-clad runners begin to sprint. They glance back, ready to dodge the charging beasts' piked horns with balletic moves defying a gory demise. Enraptured onlookers cheer on from balconies above. Thousands of revelers pack the Consistorial square as they wait for the rocket launch (Chupinazo) that announces the opening of the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, Spain, July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Susana Vera It's the feast of St Fermin, the famed bull-running festival that engulfs downtown Pamplona every July when revellers from around the globe descend...
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