The Wider Image: Nigeria's hyena men put maligned animals centre stage
Children scatter in panic after a small boy in a red t-shirt attempts to scare them with a snake outside Yaya Kawu's home in Rano, Kano State, Nigeria, July 23, 2021. Kawu, who lives with a hyena and several snakes says his animals are considered part of normal life in his community. His mud-brick compound regularly attracts gaggles of children eager to look at the animals, and neighbours who have just slaughtered a goat sometimes offer him a gift of meat for his hyena. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde SEARCH "HYENAS SOTUNDE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.