Women are a tiny minority but they are increasingly joining the famous bull runs at Spain's San Fermín Festival in Pamplona.

Revelers run with bulls from La Palmosilla ranch accompanied by steers during the first day of the running of the bulls at the San Fermín fiestas in Pamplona, Spain, Sunday, July 7, 2024.

At around 13:30 local time, the folklore festival begins in the Plaza de los Fueros with performances by 14 traditional dance groups, including Amaiur, Ardantzeta, Basakaitz, and DanTXaldi.

A “recortador” (gymnastic bull jumper) jumps over a bull in the Plaza de Toros bullring during a show after the first day of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, on July 7, 2024.

Tens of thousands of revelers celebrated Pamplona's annual San Fermín bull-running festival in northern Spain. The highlight ...

The heart-pounding Running of the Bulls is back for 2023, and it is bigger than ever. Pamplona, Spain, is expected to welcome over a million revelers from across the globe as they participate and ...

The festival was made famous by Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel “The Sun Also Rises.” This year marks the 100th anniversary of Hemingway’s first visit to the festival.

Six people were taken to hospital on Sunday after the penultimate bull run at the San Fermin festival in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona.

Bull-runner Sara Puñal poses for a portrait during the San Fermín festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, on Friday, July 11, 2025. Credit: AP/Miguel Oses ...

Animal rights activists, their bodies covered in blood, take part in a protest ahead of the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, on Saturday, July 5, 2025.