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Traditional “Falla” sculptures burn down on the last day of the “Fallas” festival in Valencia March 19,2013. The “Fallas”, the name for structures made of cardboard, wood or cork, are exhibited in the streets of Valencia for the duration of the festival and are set on fire on the last day of the event, as a tribute to St Joseph, patron saint of the carpenters’ guild.
Annual ‘Tomatina’ squeezes revellers between pulp and ketchup
It’s that time of the year when tomatoes are used as “weapons” and tomato fight takes over the streets of Bunol, Spain. Bunol’s town hall estimated more than 40,000 people took up arms Wednesday with 100 tons of tomatoes in the yearly tomato fight. (Photos: AP; Reuters)
Will this Pamplona bull hit the running target?
Everybody’s a target at Spain’s San Fermin running with the bulls festival in Pamplona. (Photos: AP; Reuters)
Meanwhile, in otter news…
THE OTTER HAS SPOKEN: ‘Ferret’ the otter chooses Italy to beat Spain at Sunday’s Euro 2012 final. Who is your pick?
Odd Christmas photo of the day
Clay caganers representing Prince William (L) and his wife Catherine are displayed at the Santa Llucia Christmas market in central Barcelona, December 21, 2011. Catalans hide caganers, or defecators, in Christmas Nativity scenes to let friends hunt for them during Christmas celebrations. The caganers, which symbolize defecation and fertilization of the earth, are believed to bring prosperity and luck for the coming year. (Photo: Albert Gea/Reuters)
This is what David Villa breaking his leg looks like
Barcelona’s David Villa was vying with two defenders in the 37th minute when he landed awkwardly. He fell to the ground, called for help and was carried off on a stretcher. The team said he had a broken shin bone, an injury that usually requires three-to-six months of recovery time. Will he be back for Euro 2012? Photo: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-hoon
This is the best photo of Rafael Nadal you will see … today at least. The “Integration and Sport” project aims to provide better future for children aged 6 to 18 years from Barcelona and Granada in a vulnerable situation. (Photo: JOSEP LAGO/AFP/Getty Images)
Odd Christmas photo of the day
A man dressed as Santa Claus walks under the Christmas tree set at the Puerta del Sol square in Madrid, Spain, December 2, 2011. (Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images)
Merry Christmas…?
Barcelona star Lionel Messi will be honoured by Spain’s caganer figurines this year. The figurines, a Christmas tradition in Catalonia, depict bare-bottomed celebrities defecating.
This won’t be Messi’s first appearance as a caganer. This photo shows figures of Messi and Barcelona’s Ronaldinho, Thierry Henry and coach Frank Rijkaard (L-R) on sale at the Santa Llucia Christmas market in central Barcelona December 4, 2007.
Catalans create Christmas Nativity scenes using models and hide the figures caganer or defecator in Catalan, in them before inviting friends to find the figures. Catalans believe the caganer, or defecator in Catalan, fertilizes the Earth and brings prosperity and luck for the coming year. Photo: REUTERS/Albert Gea
Photos of the day
A reveller gives the thumbs-up as he is covered with tomato pulp after the annual Tomatina (tomato fight) in the village of Bunol, Spain, Aug.31, 2011. The origin of the tomato fight is disputed - everyone in Bunol seems to have a favourite story - but most agree it started around 1940, in the early years of General Francisco Franco’s dictatorship. (Heino Kalis/Reuters)
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Alvaro Bautista of Spain and Rizla Suzuki MotoGP rides during a warm up for the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on July 24. Jeff Gross/Getty Images
A steer pushes a reveller with his horn during the first bull run of the famous running of the bulls San Fermin festival in Pamplona July 7, 2011
Photos of the Day, March 30, 2011
Spain’s Princess Letizia (L) looks on as a member of the honour guard is assisted after passing out during a parade before the arrival of Britain’s Prince Charles at the Pardo Palace outside Madrid, March 30, 2011. Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, are in Spain for an official visit. (REUTERS/Andrea Comas)
Photos of the day, March 13, 2011
Animal rights activists covered in fake blood, hold a protest calling for the abolition of bullfights in Valencia March 13, 2011. The Fallas Festival honours St Joseph and coincides with the bullfighting festival which opens the Spanish bullfight season. (REUTERS/Heino Kalis)
