Photos: Spain’s annual Tomatina festival
Two men fall to the ground as they participate in the traditional annual tomato fight, known as “Tomatina,” in Bunol, Spain, on Aug. 31, 2016.
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Thousands of people pelted one another with tons of ripe tomatoes, creating a red, mushy mess in the annual “Tomatina” street battle in Spain on Aug. 31, 2016. At the fiesta in Bunol, 160 tons of tomatoes were offloaded from six trucks into the crowd packing the town’s streets for the hour-long battle that attracts many foreigners.
People throw tomatoes at one another, during the annual “Tomatina” tomato fight in the village of Bunol, Spain, on Aug. 31, 2016. At the annual fiesta in Bunol, trucks dumped 160 tons of tomatoes for some 20,000 participants, many from abroad, to throw during the hour-long festivities.
(Alberto Saiz / AP)A woman is covered in tomato as she takes part during the traditional annual tomato fight, known as “Tomatina” in Bunol, Spain, on Aug. 31, 2016.
(Kai Foersterling / EPA)A truck carrying revelers moves amid the thousands taking part in the traditional annual tomato fight, known as “Tomatina,” in Bunol, Spain, on Aug. 31, 2016.
(Kai Foersterling / EPA)A man lies in a puddle of squashed tomatoes as people throw tomatoes at one another during the annual “Tomatina” tomato fight in the village of Bunol, Spain, on Aug. 31, 2016.
(Alberto Saiz / AP)Scores of people take park in the traditional annual tomato fight, known as “Tomatina,” in Bunol, Spain, on Aug. 31, 2016.
(Kai Foersterling / EPA)People throw tomatoes at one another during the annual “Tomatina” tomato fight in the village of Bunol, Spain, on Aug. 31, 2016.
(Alberto Saiz / AP)A person is pelted with tomato pulp during the annual “Tomatina” fight in the village of Bunol, Spain, on Aug. 31, 2016.
(Biel Alino / AFP/Getty Images)A truck unloads tomatoes as crowds of people throw them at one another during the annual “Tomatina” tomato fight in the village of Bunol, Spain, on Aug. 31, 2016.
(Alberto Saiz / AP)People throw tomatoes at one another during the annual “Tomatina” tomato fight in the village of Bunol, Spain, on Aug. 31, 2016.
(Alberto Saiz / AP)People covered in smashed tomatoes pelt one another as they participate in the traditional annual tomato fight, known as “Tomatina,” in Bunol, Spain, on Aug. 31, 2016.
(Kai Foersterling / EPA)People throw tomatoes at one another during the annual “Tomatina” tomato fight in the village of Bunol, Spain, on Aug. 31, 2016.
(Alberto Saiz / AP)People throw tomatoes at one another during the annual “Tomatina” tomato fight in the village of Bunol, Spain, on Aug. 31, 2016.
(Alberto Saiz / AP)A man falls to the ground as he takes part in the traditional tomato fight, known as “Tomatina,” in Bunol, Spain, on Aug. 31, 2016.
(Kai Foersterling / EPA)People covered in tomato participate in the annual “Tomatina” fight in the village of Bunol, Spain, on Aug. 31, 2016.
(Biel Alino / AFP/Getty Images)People throw tomatoes at one another during the annual “Tomatina” tomato fight in the village of Bunol, Spain, on Aug. 31, 2016.
(Biel Alino / AFP/Getty Images)People covered in tomato pulp are hosed down during the annual “Tomatina” fight in the village of Bunol, Spain, on Aug. 31, 2016.
(Biel Alino / AFP/Getty Images)A resident looks at a wall pelted with tomato pulp during the annual “Tomatina” fight in the village of Bunol, Spain, on Aug. 31, 2016.
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