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Buñol, Spain, 25 August 2010: the street packed with throwers as the tomatoes start to fly.

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In Pictures: The Day Buñol Turns Red

Once a year a small town near Valencia hands out tomatoes by the truckload. Four frames from the world's biggest food fight.

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La Tomatina is held on the last Wednesday of August in Buñol, in the Valencia region of Spain. For about an hour, trucks bring tens of tonnes of overripe tomatoes into the narrow streets, and everyone throws.

Shopfronts are covered in plastic, goggles are a good idea, and by the end the whole town is red.

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