Clam diggers gather in the lower estuary of Lourizan, before starting their work day in Galicia, northern Spain, Thursday, April 20, 2023. They fan out in groups, mostly women, plodding in rain boots across the soggy wet sands of the inlet, making the most of the low tide. These are the clam diggers, or as they call themselves, "the peasant farmers of the sea." Clam collecting in the expansive inlets of Spain's northwestern region of Galicia is a deep-rooted tradition from time eternal and has been handed down from generation to generation. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)