Photos of horses leaping through flames in centuries-old Spanish tradition

SAN BARTOLOME DE PINARES, Spain (AP) — Horses galloped through towering flames on Friday in a centuries-old annual tradition in the Spanish village of San Bartolome de Pinares to honor St. Anthony the Abbott, the patron saint of animals.

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