This nighttime image captures a large public gathering in Al-Saa'a Square, Homs, Syria, around the illuminated Clock Tower monument

This nighttime image captures a large public gathering in Al-Saa'a Square, Homs, Syria, around the illuminated Clock Tower monument. The scene features a dense crowd, primarily composed of young to middle-aged males, many actively holding up smartphones to record or photograph. Several individuals are situated on the lower tiers and base of the tall, light-colored, vertically illuminated Clock Tower. In the blurred foreground, a man with graying hair and a mustache, wearing a red shirt, faces the viewer. In the mid-ground, the back of a man wearing a gray cap with a dark bird silhouette is visible. Within the crowd, at least two Syrian revolution flags (green, white, black with three red stars) are visible on the left side, alongside a prominent large white flag featuring Arabic text and an emblem in the center-left. A dark banner, bearing white Arabic text that reads "الرحمة المهداة" (Al-Rahma Al-Mohda'a), is draped across a section of the monument's base. The environment is illuminated by the monument's lighting and other artificial light sources, with trees and a building partially visible in the dark background on the left.