2008: Los San Fermines festival in Pamplona, Spain
Thousands of revelers await the start of the running of the bulls during the Fiesta de San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain, on Monday. The festival, held since 1591, attracts tens of thousands of foreign visitors each year for nine days of revelry, morning bull runs and afternoon bullfights. (Alvaro Barrientos / Associated Press)
Revelers carry a statue of Saint Fermin while participating in a procession in Pamplona, Spain, on Monday. (Alvaro Barrientos / Associated Press)
Revelers chased by bulls run on the first day of the running of the bulls during the Fiestas de San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain, on Monday. The whole run took just over four minutes, which is a bit slow by the standards of the festival. (Daniel Ochoa de Olza / Associated Press)
A bull takes the curve during the running of the bulls Monday in Pamplona, Spain. Fighting bulls are run through the old part of Pamplona in this event made famous by the 1926 Ernest Hemmingway novel “The Sun Also Rises.” (Denis Doyle / Getty Images)
A bull jumps onto revelers in the bullring during the Fiestas de San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain, on Monday. The bulls are set loose in the bullring after the running of the bulls at the festival. (Villar Lopez / Associated Press)
Revelers are chased by bulls during the Fiestas de San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain, on Monday. (Alvaro Barrientos / Associated Press)
Revelers react as bulls pass by during the Fiestas de San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain, on Monday. (Alvaro Barrientos / Associated Press)
An injured reveler is carried on a stretcher by emergency staff during the first day of the running of the bulls during the Fiestas de San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain, on Monday. (Alvaro Barrientos / Associated Press)
A reveler is seen after being injured during the first day of the running of the bulls during the Fiestas de San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain, on Monday. (Victor R. Caivano / Associated Press)