Spain’s La Tomatina street tomato fight is back after a pandemic hiatus (and messy)

Revelers pelt each other with overripe tomatoes during La Tomatina in Buñol, Spain, near Valencia, in what’s billed as the world’s largest food-fight festival. It returned after a two-year suspension because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Alberto Saiz / AP)

BUÑOL, Spain — People from around the world pelted each other with tomatoes as Spain’s famed La Tomatina street tomato fight returned after a two-year suspension because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Workers on trucks unloaded 130 tons of overripe tomatoes along the main street of the town of Buñol in eastern Spain, near Valencia, on Wednesday for participants to throw at each other.