Tens of thousands of revellers from around the world have pelted each other with tonnes of tomatoes in a mushy festival in the eastern Spanish town of Bunol.

The one-hour bloodless battle, known as the Tomatina, left the town awash with tomato pulp.

The town council brought in some 100 tonnes of ripe tomatoes on trucks for the estimated 40,000 tourists who descended on the town of just 9000 inhabitants for the annual festival, which has taken place for more than 60 years.

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