PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — Tens of thousands of revelers celebrated Pamplona's annual San Fermín bull-running festival in northern Spain. The highlight of the nine-day festival is the early morning bull runs, when thousands of runners sprint to avoid six bulls charging along a winding cobblestoned route to the city’s bullring.
A tiny minority of those who run with bulls are women, and while goring is not rare, more get injured in falls and pileups. Medics rush in to treat the injured and take the seriously hurt to a hospital.
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Revelers gather during a performance by a troupe of giants and bigheads at the San Fermín festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Monday, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
Spanish bullfighter Rafaelillo grimaces in pain after being gored by a bull during a bullfight at the San Fermín festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
A municipal music band makes its way through the crowd as revelers pack the main square during the start of nine days of uninterrupted partying in Pamplona's famed running-of-the-bulls festival in Pamplona, Spain, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
Spanish bullfighter Rafaelillo is gored during a bullfight at the San FermÌn festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
Members of the matadores' entourage gather outside the bullring during the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
French bullfighter Sébastien Castella performs during a bullfight at the San Fermín Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday, July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
A bull from the Victoriano del Río ranch charges into the bullring during the San Fermín Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday, July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
Spanish bullfighter Fernando Adrián performs during a bullfight at the San Fermín festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
Animal rights activists, their bodies covered in blood, take part in a protest ahead of the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, on Saturday, July 5, 2025. The activist dressed as the Virgin Mary holds a placard reading ''Bullfighting is a sin''. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
Peruvian bullfighter Andres Roca Rey pauses before entering the bullring during a bullfight at the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Friday, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
Revelers run alongside José Escolar Gil's fighting bulls during the sixth running of the bulls at the San Fermín Festival in Pamplona, Spain, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
Revelers run alongside Jandilla's fighting bulls during the fifth running of the bulls at the San Fermín Festival in Pamplona, Spain, Friday, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
A cow leaps over a group of revelers lying on the ground at the entrance to the bullring during the running of the bulls on the fifth day of the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, on Friday, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
A runner who was injured during the running of the bulls is carried on a stretcher by a medical team at the San Fermín Festival in Pamplona, Spain, Thursday, July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
Revelers run with bulls from Cebada Gago ranch during the second day of the running of the bulls at the San FermÌn fiestas in Pamplona, Spain, Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
Revelers run with bulls from Cebada Gago ranch during the second day of the running of the bulls at the San FermÌn fiestas in Pamplona, Spain, Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
Revelers run alongside José Escolar Gil's fighting bulls during the sixth running of the bulls at the San Fermín Festival in Pamplona, Spain, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
This is a photo gallery featuring some of the best photos from the week’s event, curated by Associated Press photographer Bernat Armangue, based in Spain.
Revelers gather during a performance by a troupe of giants and bigheads at the San Fermín festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Monday, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
Spanish bullfighter Rafaelillo grimaces in pain after being gored by a bull during a bullfight at the San Fermín festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
A municipal music band makes its way through the crowd as revelers pack the main square during the start of nine days of uninterrupted partying in Pamplona's famed running-of-the-bulls festival in Pamplona, Spain, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
Spanish bullfighter Rafaelillo is gored during a bullfight at the San FermÌn festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
Members of the matadores' entourage gather outside the bullring during the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
French bullfighter Sébastien Castella performs during a bullfight at the San Fermín Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday, July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
A bull from the Victoriano del Río ranch charges into the bullring during the San Fermín Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday, July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
Spanish bullfighter Fernando Adrián performs during a bullfight at the San Fermín festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
Animal rights activists, their bodies covered in blood, take part in a protest ahead of the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, on Saturday, July 5, 2025. The activist dressed as the Virgin Mary holds a placard reading ''Bullfighting is a sin''. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
Peruvian bullfighter Andres Roca Rey pauses before entering the bullring during a bullfight at the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Friday, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
Revelers run alongside José Escolar Gil's fighting bulls during the sixth running of the bulls at the San Fermín Festival in Pamplona, Spain, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
Revelers run alongside Jandilla's fighting bulls during the fifth running of the bulls at the San Fermín Festival in Pamplona, Spain, Friday, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
A cow leaps over a group of revelers lying on the ground at the entrance to the bullring during the running of the bulls on the fifth day of the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, on Friday, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
A runner who was injured during the running of the bulls is carried on a stretcher by a medical team at the San Fermín Festival in Pamplona, Spain, Thursday, July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
Revelers run with bulls from Cebada Gago ranch during the second day of the running of the bulls at the San FermÌn fiestas in Pamplona, Spain, Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
Revelers run with bulls from Cebada Gago ranch during the second day of the running of the bulls at the San FermÌn fiestas in Pamplona, Spain, Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
Revelers run alongside José Escolar Gil's fighting bulls during the sixth running of the bulls at the San Fermín Festival in Pamplona, Spain, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)
