Photos: Spain’s Tomatina Festival

People take part in the annual “Tomatina” festivities in Bunol, near Valencia, on August 28, 2013. Twenty thousand people hurled 130 tons of squashed tomatoes at each other, drenching the streets in red in a gigantic Spanish food fight known as the Tomatina.  (GABRIEL GALLO/AFP/Getty Images)

Crowds of people take part in the annual “Tomatina” festivities in Bunol, near Valencia, on August 28, 2013. Twenty thousand people hurled 130 tons of squashed tomatoes at each other, drenching the streets in red in a gigantic Spanish food fight known as the Tomatina.  (GABRIEL GALLO/AFP/Getty Images )

People play in tomato pulp after the annual “Tomatina” (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol, near Valencia August 28, 2013. The origin of the tomato fight is disputed - everyone in Bunol seems to have a favorite story - but most agree it started around 1940, in the early years of General Francisco Franco’s dictatorship.  (Heino Kalis/Reuters)

Two women lie in tomato pulp after the annual “Tomatina” (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol, near Valencia August 28, 2013. The origin of the tomato fight is disputed - everyone in Bunol seems to have a favorite story - but most agree it started around 1940, in the early years of General Francisco Franco’s dictatorship.   (Heino Kalis/Reuters)

Women lie in tomato pulp after the annual “Tomatina” (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol, near Valencia August 28, 2013. The origin of the tomato fight is disputed - everyone in Bunol seems to have a favorite story - but most agree it started around 1940, in the early years of General Francisco Franco’s dictatorship.  (Heino Kalis/Reuters)

A man pours tomato pulp over a friend after the annual “Tomatina” (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol, near Valencia August 28, 2013. The origin of the tomato fight is disputed - everyone in Bunol seems to have a favorite story - but most agree it started around 1940, in the early years of General Francisco Franco’s dictatorship.   (Heino Kalis/Reuters)

A man pours tomato pulp over others after the annual “Tomatina” (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol, near Valencia August 28, 2013. The origin of the tomato fight is disputed - everyone in Bunol seems to have a favorite story - but most agree it started around 1940, in the early years of General Francisco Franco’s dictatorship.   (Heino Kalis/Reuters)

A man plays in tomato pulp after the annual “Tomatina” (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol, near Valencia August 28, 2013. The origin of the tomato fight is disputed - everyone in Bunol seems to have a favorite story - but most agree it started around 1940, in the early years of General Francisco Franco’s dictatorship.   (Heino Kalis/Reuters)

People pour tomato pulp over one another after the annual “Tomatina” (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol, near Valencia August 28, 2013. The origin of the tomato fight is disputed - everyone in Bunol seems to have a favorite story - but most agree it started around 1940, in the early years of General Francisco Franco’s dictatorship.   (Heino Kalis/Reuters)

People on a truck throw tomatoes into the crowd during the annual “Tomatina” (tomato fight) in the Mediterranean village of Bunol, near Valencia August 28, 2013. The origin of the tomato fight is disputed - everyone in Bunol seems to have a favorite story - but most agree it started around 1940, in the early years of General Francisco Franco’s dictatorship.  (Heino Kalis/Reuters)