Shukri Osman Muse, Mogadishu's first female equestrian, rides her horse through a busy street in Mogadishu on January 17, 2025. A strange sight appears on the streets of Mogadishu: a figure dressed all in black, including a cowboy hat, riding a horse through the beeping traffic of tuk-tuks and motorbikes. Stranger still in conservative Somalia, the rider is a woman.
Shukri Osman Muse, 25, said she is "delighted to be the first female equestrian in the country -- it was a dream of mine for many years". (Photo by Hassan Ali Elmi / AFP)