The image depicts an urban street scene in Cotonou, Benin, under an overcast sky

The image depicts an urban street scene in Cotonou, Benin, under an overcast sky. In the foreground, a woman is walking away from the viewer on a road paved with gray interlocking concrete blocks. She wears a long dress featuring green, purple, and yellow spiral patterns, with a dark brown fabric wrapped around her waist, and pink open-toed sandals. A dark-colored basin, covered with a fabric printed with various human hairstyles, is balanced on her head. Her right arm is raised and slightly bent at the elbow, hand open. The road continues into the middle ground, where it appears to intersect or curve. To the left, a dark-colored sedan is visible, followed by a yellow motorbike and its rider. Behind these vehicles, multiple multi-story buildings with light-colored walls and a taller structure with a brown roof are present. To the right, a series of single-story commercial structures includes a reddish-brown building with yellow clothing displayed externally, and an adjacent smaller, rustic-looking building. Several individuals and parked motorbikes are visible near these structures. Tall, slender utility poles punctuate the scene, and overhead wires are faintly visible against the sky.