Thousands of daredevils have run, skidded and tumbled out of the way of a stampeding group of bulls at the opening run of the San Fermín festival.

Thousands of daredevils ran, skidded and tumbled out of the way of six charging bulls at the opening run of the San Fermín festival Monday. It was the first of nine morning

The nine-day festival is famed for its “encierros,” or bull runs, which, starting on Monday, will see thousands of people sprint to avoid six bulls charging along a winding cobblestoned route to the city’s bullring.