Sheep tested for "loyalty" in river-crossing competition

This shepherd is urging his sheep to cross the Buyuk Menderes River during the competition. Some 50 shepherds and their colourful herds cross the river during the eight-century-old river-crossing competition which is held to test the loyalty of sheep in Cal district, in the Turkey's Aegean province of Denizli on August 25, 2019. [Photo: VCG]