Sheep stroll through Madrid’s city center during the annual parade as shepherds demand to exercise their right to use traditional migration routes for their livestock moving from northern Spain to winter grazing pasture land in the south.

A flock of sheep strolls through Madrid’s city center as people watch on during the annual parade as shepherds exercise their right to use traditional migration routes for their livestock moving from northern Spain to winter grazing pasture land in the south, in Madrid, Spain, October 19, 2025.

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