Boryeong Mud Festival
![About 2 to 3 million domestic and international tourists visit the beach during the annual festival.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/ab/c773b3b326e44a8b9ccb5d9178152a/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "About 2 to 3 million domestic and international tourists visit the beach during the annual festival. (Reuters)")
![Not the eyes]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/ac/1fdf8bc68f124df9d4d205e694de/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Not the eyes (Reuters)")
![This was the 15th Boryeong mud festival.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/23/d8a752848726261a11eb439839a3a/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "This was the 15th Boryeong mud festival. (Getty Images)")
![The festival aims to encourage the use of mud for cosmetic skin-care and to promote tourism in the region.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/30/c8d2f38be5f4e9ea85793ec634797/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "The festival aims to encourage the use of mud for cosmetic skin-care and to promote tourism in the region. (Getty Images)")
![Sloppy]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/e8/40701b24850e2c1371012a37a289/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Sloppy (Reuters)")
![Gloop]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/ac/bb8139195b699276922cf8f850a8/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Gloop (Reuters)")
![Exfoliating]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/9a/c13bcd3d199389368d56d0554946/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Exfoliating (Getty Images)")
![Refreshing?]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/62/69f32f7f56d5fe9011af2dd3d527/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Refreshing? (Reuters)")
![Good for dipping]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/50/2396f2bb6d7fbecc6d6bf4e05f7433/_h353_w628_m6_ofalse_lfalse.jpg"}} "Good for dipping (Reuters)")
![A runner tries to escape from a bull during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/85/84cc82fd5e6fe24137fed10fd4b8/_h86_w115_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"}} "A runner tries to escape from a bull during the San Fermin festival in Pamplona (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)")
![All 20,000 fireworks lit the sky in 15 seconds when they were accidentally set off prematurely by a computer glitch at the San Diego Independence Day show. The explosives were launched from four barges in San Diego Bay and from a pier. The fireworks, all 20,000 of them, went off five minutes before the show was supposed to begin and thousands of disappointed spectators were told the display was over.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/f6/e4d9f8dae445522f97deda32dbde64/_h86_w115_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"}} "All 20,000 fireworks lit the sky in 15 seconds when they were accidentally set off prematurely by a computer glitch at the San Diego Independence Day show. The explosives were launched from four barges in San Diego Bay and from a pier. The fireworks, all 20,000 of them, went off five minutes before the show was supposed to begin and thousands of disappointed spectators were told the display was over. (Reuters)")
![1. Aerial view of the Olympic Park, in Stratford, east London, showing the Olympic Stadium and a view of Canary Wharf]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"http://db2.stb.s-msn.com/i/a1/efe32467ab2d31d2845d27bfe3555c/_h86_w115_m6_utrue_otrue_lfalse.jpg"}} "1. Aerial view of the Olympic Park, in Stratford, east London, showing the Olympic Stadium and a view of Canary Wharf (Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)")
Splash
This weekend tourists played in a pool of mud during the 15th Boryeong mud festival at Daecheon swimming beach, South Korea. The annual festival which runs from July 14-24 aims to encourage the use of mud for cosmetic skin-care. See gallery
A tourist plays with mud during the opening day of the Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon beach in South Korea.
Slip
About 2 to 3 million domestic and international tourists visit the beach during the annual festival.
Not the eyes
Wrestle
This was the 15th Boryeong mud festival.
Good for your hair?
The festival aims to encourage the use of mud for cosmetic skin-care and to promote tourism in the region.
Sloppy
Gloop
Exfoliating
Refreshing?
Good for dipping
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