Thousands of people attend Spain’s annual La Tomatina tomato food fight in the town of Bunol, filling streets for a large, coordinated throwing event. Multiple outlets describe the festival as messy and highly anticipated, with participants descending on the town for the yearly celebration.
Photos and reporting note that preparations begin in advance, including covering buildings with tarps. One outlet reports the scale in terms of participation and materials, saying about 20,000 participants throw roughly 165 tonnes of tomatoes. Other coverage focuses more generally on the crowd size and the spectacle rather than exact figures.
Across the sources, the core details align: La Tomatina returns for another year, the tomato battle takes place in Bunol’s streets, and the town ends up painted red by the end of the event. Several articles also describe the throwing lasting for more than an hour, emphasizing the length of the festivities and the extent of the mess.
