The image depicts an urban scene at dusk or dawn, centered on a male individual on a sidewalk in front of the Damascus Opera House in Al-Qanawat Municipality, Syria

The image depicts an urban scene at dusk or dawn, centered on a male individual on a sidewalk in front of the Damascus Opera House in Al-Qanawat Municipality, Syria. The sky exhibits a gradient from a luminous yellow-orange near the horizon to a pale grey-yellow overhead. In the mid-ground, a male figure, dressed in dark long-sleeved attire and dark pants, stands facing right with his right hand near his waist. Adjacent to him on the concrete sidewalk are two plastic bags: one large, clear bag filled with various colorful packaged items, and a smaller white bag. A blue plastic water bottle and a red cup rest on the sidewalk next to the bags. The sidewalk borders a dark asphalt road. Behind the individual and the sidewalk, a row of green bushes and small trees partially obscures the lower section of a massive concrete building. This structure, the Damascus Opera House, features a distinctive, partially exposed or unfinished concrete framework forming a large, multi-level domed shape. Sunlight intensely backlights the building, streaming through its internal openings and the gaps in its structural elements.