What bothers me the most about this photo is that it was taken at night, so there had to be some sort of flash to light the foreground and the faces. Yet there are no natural shadows from any of the people on the ground, except for the rear of the younger boy squatting near the center and the leg of the man next to him. Must have been a powerful flash, but they aren't squinting.
Interesting point about night/flash/no shadows.
Maybe that was mentioned before, I just don’t remember. What a melange.