La Tomatina Festival in Spain

A masked man is soaked in tomato juice.   (Biel Alino / EPA)

People throw tomatoes from a large truck in the middle of town.   (Alberto Saiz / Associated Press )

Participants throw tomatoes at each other.   (Biel Alino / EPA )

A man slides around in the tomato juice.   (Alberto Saiz / Associated Press)

A couple splashes around in a pool of tomato juice.   (Alberto Saiz / Associated Press )

Two participants are showered in tomato juice.   (Alberto Saiz / Associated Press )

Buckets of crushed tomatoes are thrown into the crowd.   (Alberto Saiz / Associated Press)

A woman sits on a wall covered by tomato pulp.  (Alberto Saiz / Associated Press )

A man is almost completely submerged in tomato juice.  (Alberto Saiz / Associated Press )

A young woman gets a tomato rinse.   (Biel Alino / EPA )

A man receives a shower of tomatoes.  (Biel Alino / EPA )