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AP PHOTOS: Spain´s bull runs return with thrills, emotion

A man runs through the streets carrying a fake bull's head and horns that shoots out sparks in all directions, at the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) FILE - Revellers raise their arms as a band plays in the town hall square, while waiting for the launch of the 'Chupinazo' rocket, to mark the official opening of the 2022 San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona, Spain, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. Before the pandemic, the festival was last suspended in the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, File) FILE - A dead bull is dragged out of the bullring during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Saturday, July 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, File) FILE - A "banderillero" performs in the bullring during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Friday, July 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, File) FILE- People attend a bullfight during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday, July 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, File) FILE - A bullfighter performs in the bullring during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Monday, July 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, File) FILE - Bullfighter Jesus Colombo waves to revellers at the end of the bullfight during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Monday, July 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, File) FILE - Revellers attend a bullfight during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, File) FILE - A woman dances "La Alpargata" dance at the end of the first day of the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday, July 7, 2022. On the fringes there is a wealth of great restaurants and tapa bars, while street bands, spontaneous parties and shows for children all go to place it among the most popular festivals in the world. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, File) Medics attend to injured runners after the "encierro" at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Monday, July 11, 2022. The festival highlight is undoubtedly the morning "encierros," or runs, that see hundreds of people of all ages _ mostly men _ testing their agility and bravery to run like mad with six fighting bulls and their guiding steer along an 875-meter (956-yard) route to Pamplona's bullring, where later in the day the bulls are killed by professional bullfighters. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) FILE - People run through the streets with fighting bulls and steers during the first day of the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday, July 7, 2022. Pamplona's population of some 200,000 bloats to nearly a million in San Fermín. For many foreigners, especially Americans, Australians and Britons, it's a "bucket list" thing they have to do. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, File) FILE - People stand on wooden barriers to watch the running of the bulls on the first day at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday, July 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, File ) FILE - People run through the streets with fighting bulls and steers during the first day of the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday, July 7, 2022. From the start _ July 6 _ the tension and excitement was palpable as tens of thousands of people donning the customary white trousers and shirt with red sash and neckerchief packed the town hall square for the traditional "chupinazo" firework that kicks off the nine-day festival. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, File) FILE - Runners fall as another is tossed by a fighting bull during the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, Monday, July 11, 2022. Pamplona is once again a sea of red and white as the frenzied madness of the San Fermín running of the bulls festival returns with adrenaline, emotion and passion following a two-year suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos, File)
AP PHOTOS: Spain´s bull runs return with thrills, emotion