It's back to work for the cows of Italy's northern Trentino region, who are returning from their Alpine summer holidays. The cows spend summer eating mountain grass and herbs before farmers return them to their stables for winter when the temperature begins to drop.
Known as the "Desmalgada" (meaning "return from the alpine pasture"), the tradition has been turned into a local day of festivities and the cows receive a rapturous welcome as they return, dressed in their best cowbells, accessorised with floral headdresses – or, as local farmer Stefano Benchimol put it – "their party clothes".
