A black cat with amber eyes, exhibiting a slightly squinted appearance, rests on a reddish-brown wooden surface in Veintisiete de Abril, Costa Rica

A black cat with amber eyes, exhibiting a slightly squinted appearance, rests on a reddish-brown wooden surface in Veintisiete de Abril, Costa Rica. An adult human hand, appearing masculine, is gently petting the cat behind its left ear and head. The cat's front paws hang over a dark, horizontal wooden or metallic edge, resting above a second, lighter, and more worn wooden surface. The cat's tail extends along the upper wooden surface to its left. The scene is illuminated by an artificial light source, casting subtle highlights on the cat's fur and the wood grain. Sparse, blurred green foliage is faintly visible in the upper right background.