Giant tomato fight erupts in Spain
A man is hit with tomatoes, during the annual "La Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta in the village of Bunol, 50 kilometers outside of Valencia, Spain, Aug. 27, 2014.
The streets of the eastern Spanish town are awash with red pulp as thousands of people pelt each other with tomatoes in the annual "La Tomatina" battle that has become a major tourist attraction. At the annual fiesta in Bunol on Wednesday, trucks dumped 125 tons of ripe tomatoes for some 22,000 participants, many from abroad, to throw during the hour-long morning festivities.
World's largest tomato fight
Crowds of people throw tomatoes at each other, during the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta, in the village of Bunol, 50 kilometers outside of Valencia, Spain, Aug. 27, 2014.
World's largest tomato fight
People throw tomatoes at each other during the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta in the village of Bunol, 50 kilometers outside of Valencia, Spain, Aug. 27, 2014.
World's largest tomato fight
Crowds of people throw tomatoes at one another during the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta in the village of Bunol, 50 kilometers outside of Valencia, Spain, Aug. 27, 2014.
World's largest tomato fight
Crowds of people throw tomatoes at each other during the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta in the village of Bunol, 50 kilometers outside of Valencia, Spain, Aug. 27, 2014.
World's largest tomato fight
A man dives into a puddle of squashed tomatoes, during the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta in the village of Bunol, 50 kilometers outside of Valencia, Spain, Aug. 27, 2014.
World's largest tomato fight
A woman lays in a puddle of tomato juice during the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta in the village of Bunol, 50 kilometers outside of Valencia, Aug. 27, 2014.
World's largest tomato fight
A man lays in a puddle of squashed tomatoes during the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta in the village of Bunol, 50 kilometers outside of Valencia, Spain, Aug. 27, 2014.
World's largest tomato fight
A man attempts to clean the remains of tomatoes from outside his house after the annual "Tomatina" tomato fight fiesta in the village of Bunol, 50 kilometers outside of Valencia, Spain, Aug. 27, 2014.