People assemble their dogs for a portrait ahead of the “Sanperrestre”, an annual festive dog walk version of the traditional year-end San Silvestre race, this year also dedicated to raising money for shelters affected by the deadly floods in Valencia along with raising awareness against animal abandonment and to campaign for the adoption of animals rather than their purchase, in Madrid, Spain, on December 30, 2024. (Photo by Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters)
