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Painting the town red: Thousands participate in massive food fight

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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.
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WDSU New Orleans (Hearst)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: WDSU New Orleans (Hearst) joined the source map.

Now: score hidden until the source match is cleaner. Story health is developing · 12 sources · 1 bucket.