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Painting the town red: Thousands participate in massive food fight

WYFF4 (Hearst, Greenville) reaches for "massive" where Euronews stays flat.

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What happened Thousands of revelers gathered Wednesday for the annual La Tomatina food fight, painting a small Spanish town red with tons of overripe tomatoes.
The headline split WMUR9 (Hearst, Manchester NH) frames it as "Painting the town red: Thousands participate in massive food fight". Euronews frames it as "La Tomatina 2026: thousands turn Spanish town red in annual tomato fight".
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WMUR9 (Hearst, Manchester NH)News report · Aug 26, 8:25 PM

Painting the town red: Thousands participate in massive food fight

Thousands of revelers gathered Wednesday for the annual La Tomatina food fight, painting a small Spanish town red with tons of overripe tomatoes.

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EuronewsNews report · Aug 26, 8:16 PM

La Tomatina 2026: thousands turn Spanish town red in annual tomato fight

Thousands of revellers pelted each other with up to 165 tonnes of overripe tomatoes in the Spanish town of Buñol on Wednesday for the annual La Tomatina festival.

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Aug 26, 8:16 PM: Euronews joined the source map.

Aug 26, 8:25 PM: WMUR9 (Hearst, Manchester NH) joined the source map.

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