Pamplona

Spain's bull-running festival paints Pamplona red as animal rights activists protest

Thousands of revellers wearing red and white sprayed each other with red wine in Pamplona's main square on Wednesday for the start of Spain's famed San Fermin bull-running festival.

Maneka Gandhi urges Obama to skip 'Running of the Bulls' event in Spain

Union Minister Maneka Gandhi has urged Barack Obama to skip the annual 'Running of the Bulls' spectacle during the San Fermín festival in Pamplona, when he travels to Spain later this month.

Photos: The annual San Fermin bull-running festival in Pamplona, Spain

A fighting bull gored two Australians and a Spaniard, spreading panic in a hair-raising final running of the bulls at Spain's San Fermin festival Monday. Hundreds of people dashed alongside the six half-ton beasts and their accompanying steer through the cobblestone streets of Pamplona in the eighth run. Dozens of people are injured each year in the "encierros," as the runs are called in Spanish, most of them in falls.

Spain's bull run begins in Pamplona amid protests

The first bull run, which traditionally draws the largest number of participants, is on Monday. A run takes on average just under four minutes.

Two hurt, no one gored, in first Pamplona bull run

Several thousand thrill-seekers have tested their bravery by dashing alongside six fighting bulls through the streets of the northern Spanish city of Pamplona on the first day of the running of the bulls at the annual San Fermin festival

Spain Bull run 2012 sees two injured but no one gored

While many runners suffered minor cuts and bruises, only two persons received medical treatment, one for a bruised back and another for facial contusions.