The "Pamplonesa" municipal music band performs during the "Chupinazo" (rocket launch) marking the official start of the San Fermin Festival in Plaza Consistorial outside the Town Hall of Pamplona in northern Spain on July 6, 2026. Thousands of people every year attend the week-long festival and its famous 'encierros' (bull runs) in which six bulls are released at 8:00 a.m. evey day starting July 7, to run from their corral to the bullring through the narrow streets of the old town over an 850 meters (yard) course while runners ahead of them try to stay close to the bulls without falling over or being gored. (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP via Getty Images)