Pamplona running of the bulls - in pictures

Steers in the bullring during the first run Photograph: Pedro Armestre/AFP/Getty Images

A fighting cow leaps over bull runners in the Plaza de Toros Photograph: Joseba Etxaburu/Reuters

A reveller taunts a fighting cow in the Plaza de Toros Photograph: Joseba Etxaburu/Reuters

The bulls are let on to the street among the runners Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters

Revellers fall, blocking the street, during the running of the bulls Photograph: Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP

Revellers hold up a participant at the end of the first running of the bulls Photograph: Alvaro Barrientos/AP

A runner is lifted by his scarf on to the horns of a Dolores Aguirre fighting bull Photograph: Vincent West/Reuters

Emergency service staff attend to a 21-year-old Japanese man from Ikeda following the first running of the bulls. One person was gored and four others injured in a run that lasted two minutes and 52 seconds Photograph: Vincent West/Reuters

Girls play with soap bubbles during the festival Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters

People wait to see the statue of San Fermín arrive Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters

People in traditional dress lead the procession of the statue Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters

The statue of San Fermín, patron saint of the festival, is carried through the streets Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters

Crowds gather in front of the statue Photograph: Ivan Aguinaga/AP

A couple talk as revellers gather Photograph: Alvaro Barrientos/AP

A runner takes a nap while seated on a bench after the bull run Photograph: Jasper Juinen/Getty Images