Largest annual food fight

On the last Wednesday in August the town of Buñol, near Valencia, Spain, holds its annual tomato festival, the Tomatina. In 2012, at the peak of the event's popularity, an estimated 40,000 people spent one hour at this giant food fight throwing at least 40 tonnes (88,185 lb) of tomatoes at each other.

From the backs of lorries, participants dump the red fruit on to the streets for people to scoop up and throw. By the time the food fight is over, the streets and everyone on them are saturated with gloppy, tomato paste. Little rivers of tomato juice, as much as 30 cm (12 in) deep, run through the town until area fire trucks come in to hose down the streets and the people on them.

The event is believed to have started after children threw tomatoes during a religious parade in 1945.