Spain's cancelled bull-running fiesta leaves streets empty, feelings mixed

A view of an empty Pamplona's bullring as the San Fermin festival has been cancelled for the second year in a row due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Pamplona, Spain July 7, 2021. REUTERS/Susana Vera

PAMPLONA, Spain (Reuters) - In a normal year, the streets of Pamplona would have been packed on Wednesday, with white clad revellers celebrating Spain's San Fermin bull-running festival.

But they were quiet, after authorities cancelled the fiesta for the second year in a row - the first such occurrence since Spain's civil war in the 1930s - over COVID-19 concerns.