Running with the bulls at San Fermín festival – in pictures

People attend the traditional Bull of Fire parade, featuring a mock bull, during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona

Pedestrians pass an image of San Fermín on Estafeta street before the running of the bulls in Pamplona

A woman prepares churros, a typical San Fermin’s breakfast, in a churrería shop founded in 1872

Revellers gather around a bull as it enters the bullring at the end of the fourth running of the bulls during the San Fermín fiesta in Pamplona in northern Spain

Members of the animal rights organizations AnimaNaturalis and PETA stage a protest in Pamplona

San Fermin symbols adorn a Pamplona wall

Revellers wear parade hats for the festival

Participants run ahead of the bulls while trying to stay close without falling over or being gored

Revellers stand on balconies to watch the encierro at the San Fermín festival in Pamplona

Runners are chased by the bulls of Fuente Ymbro ranch during the fourth encierro at this year’s San Fermín fiesta

Revellers have lunch on a street of the old city during the festival

A reveller cools herself with fan

Revellers sit on balconies to watch the encierro in Pamplona

A drummer takes to the street during the festival

A view of Pamplona’s streets packed with people taking part in the bull run, which commemorates San Fermín, patron saint of the city and the province of Navarra

Protesters demonstrate near the bullring in Pamplona

Flowers are left in tribute to runners who have lost their lives during past festivals