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Women who run with bulls at Pamplona's San Fermín festival in minority

Out of 4,000 runners, only 6% of people who participate in the centuries-old tradition of the bull run are women, according to data from Pamplona's city hall.

13 July 2025

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San Fermín Festival opens with first bull run in Pamplona

Thousands of runners raced through the narrow, cobbled streets of Pamplona on Monday as the first bull run of Spain's San Fermín festival began.

7 July 2025

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Spain's San Fermin kicks off with a chupinazo that looks to Palestine

The nine-day festival is famed for its “encierros,” or bull runs, which, starting on Monday, will see thousands of people sprint to avoid six bulls charging along a winding cobblestoned route to the city’s bullring.

6 July 2025

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Seven runners hospitalised after traditional bull run in Pamplona

Normally, medics on the ground deal with the injured but in this case, hospitalisation was needed. The most common injuries are bruises.

13 July 2024

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Activists dressed as dinosaurs protest San Fermin bull-run festival

Two days before the opening of Pamplona's traditional San Fermin festival, animal rights activists launched a protest.

6 July 2022

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Seventh day of San Fermin bull run: five runners hospitalised

Five people were hospitalised on Saturday for injuries suffered on the seventh day of the running of the bulls at the annual San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain, the Red Cross said.

13 July 2019