The first bull run in three years took place on Thursday at the San FermÃn festival in the Spanish city of Pamplona. No one was gored, but several runners took knocks and hard falls as tens of thousands people revelled in the return of one of Europe's most famous traditional events.
Six bulls guided by six tame oxen charged through Pamplona's streets for around two minutes and 35 seconds without provoking too much carnage among the thousands of observers and participants cramming the course.
Several runners were stomped, trampled or shoved to the cobblestone pavement. A animal's horn smacked at least two men in the head, but neither suffered a skewering.