The image captures an outdoor scene in Shimbi Masho, Tanzania, set within a densely vegetated area featuring large-leafed plants, including banana trees, and exposed brown earth

The image captures an outdoor scene in Shimbi Masho, Tanzania, set within a densely vegetated area featuring large-leafed plants, including banana trees, and exposed brown earth. A single adult male, dressed in a dark jacket, dark trousers, and sandals, stands adjacent to a trench or pit. This trench, estimated to be 1 to 1.5 meters deep, contains a substantial pile of refuse actively undergoing combustion. Visible components of the burning refuse include paper, various plastic items, and crumpled aluminum cans, emitting prominent orange and yellow flames and dense grey-white smoke. The male subject holds a long, slender metal rod in his right hand, which extends into the burning material, indicating an action of tending or stoking the fire. His left hand is placed in his pocket, and he is looking forward.