Morning Flower Market Cart in Kismayo

Sunlight pierces through dramatic, heavy clouds to illuminate a wooden cart overflowing with cut flowers at a Kismayo market stall. Vibrant bouquets of white jasmine, orange marigolds, and pink hibiscus fill woven baskets and plastic trays stacked on the cart's surface. The dry season air leaves the flower petals crisp and the wooden spokes of the cart dusted with fine earth. Early morning shadows stretch long across the concrete ground, highlighting the rough texture of the cart's wheels. Stalls in the background blur into a busy rhythm of activity, while the first rays of sunrise catch the dew on green leaves. A cluster of red carnations rests against the cart's metal handle, their petals sharp against the morning light.