Watch stream of world's biggest food fight as thousands turn out for messy festivities

Over 40,000 people are expected to turn out to hurl a whopping 150,000 tomatoes at each other in what has to be the messiest food fight in history

 

Ever fancied seeing tens of thousands of people hurl hundreds of thousands of tomatoes at each other?
Then you've definitely come to the right place.
Our live stream is capturing all the action as revellers surge into the streets armed with their squashy red fruit - ready to create a mess like you've never seen before.

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Saucy: A reveller bites into a tomato as he lies in a pile of the squashed fruits

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Messy: A group of girls head home after being soaked in tomato juice

But what exactly is La Tomatina, also known as the world's biggest food fight?
La Tomatina festival sees around 40,000 people pack the streets of the Spanish town of Buñol to hurl 40 TONNES of tomatoes at each other.
The event, which is in its 70th year, takes place annually on the last Wednesday of August and lasts for exactly one hour, from 10am to 11am.

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Covered: The festival goers get well and truly covered

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Packed: 40,000 people are expected to turn out for the festivities

Around 150,000 tomatoes are hurled during the fight. The tomatoes come from Extremadura, where they are less expensive and of inferior taste.
And even Google is getting in on the fun this year, creating a Doodle especially to celebrate the food fight's 70th anniversary.
The festival is believed to have originated in 1945 when a group of young men staged a protest in the town's main square during the parade of gigantes y cabezudos.

Splash: One man gets stuck into the spirit of the festival