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This photograph, taken on May 11, 2024, shows the center of Kirumba, one of the last towns before the front line between the Congolese army and the M2...

This photograph, taken on May 11, 2024, shows the center of Kirumba, one of the last towns before the front line between the Congolese army and the M2...

This photograph shows a misty landscape in the early morning in Lubero territory, a few dozen kilometers from the front line between the Congolese arm...

This photograph shows a misty landscape in the early morning in Lubero territory, a few dozen kilometers from the front line between the Congolese arm...

Boys push a load of wood planks in Butembo, capital of Lubero territory, some 100 km north of the front line between the Congolese army and the M23 re...

This photograph, taken on May 6, 2024, shows Kirumba, one of the last towns before the front line between the Congolese army and the M23 rebellion, su...

Two trucks filled with dozens of Congolese soldiers (FARDC) head south through Lubero territory, towards the front line between the Congolese army and...

FPP/AP (Patriotic Front for Peace/People's Army) militiamen, one of the largest armed groups in North Kivu, led by self-proclaimed general Kabido, pos...

Self-proclaimed colonel Augustin Darwin (2nd L), spokesperson of the FPP/AP (Patriotic Front for Peace/People's Army), one of the largest armed groups...

FPP/AP (Patriotic Front for Peace/People's Army) militiamen, one of the largest armed groups in North Kivu, led by self-proclaimed general Kabido, sta...

Self-proclaimed Colonel Augustin Darwin (C), spokesperson of the FPP/AP (Patriotic Front for Peace/People's Army), one of the largest armed groups in...

FPP/AP (Patriotic Front for Peace/People's Army) militiamen, one of the largest armed groups in North Kivu, led by self-proclaimed general Kabido, wal...

A young FPP/AP (Patriotic Front for Peace/People's Army) militiaman, one of the largest armed groups in North Kivu, led by self-proclaimed general Kab...

A woman walks along a track leading to Mbwavinwa, headquarters of the FPP/AP (Patriotic Front for Peace/People's Army) militiaman, one of the largest...

Two men ride a motorcycle along a track leading to Mbwavinwa, headquarters of the FPP/AP (Patriotic Front for Peace/People's Army) militiaman, one of...

A boy rides a tchukudu (locally-made wooden scooter) in Kanyabayonga, the last town before the front line between the Congolese army and the M23 rebel...

An official from the Kanyabayonga town hall displays shrapnel from an artillery projectile that fell around the town, in southern Lubero territory, No...

Innocent Kasereka, 30, stands in a hospital in Kanyabayonga, southern Lubero territory, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on...

Innocent Kasereka, 30, sits in a hospital in Kanyabayonga, southern Lubero territory, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on Ma...

This photograph, taken on May 4, 2024, shows Kanyabayonga, the last town before the front line between the Congolese army and the M23 rebellion, suppo...

Innocent Kasereka, 30, sits in a hospital in Kanyabayonga, southern Lubero territory, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on Ma...

Innocent Kasereka, 30, stands in a corridor of a hospital in Kanyabayonga, southern Lubero territory, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic...

Innocent Kasereka, 30, sits in a hospital in Kanyabayonga, southern Lubero territory, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on Ma...

EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / The director of a hospital in Kanyabayonga shows on his phone the neck wounds of Innocent Kasereka, 30, on May 4, 2024...

Children watch wounded pro-government militiamen walk in the courtyard of a hospital in Kanyabayonga, southern Lubero territory, North Kivu province,...

Two pro-government militiamen, one wounded, stand in a hospital in Kanyabayonga, southern Lubero territory, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Re...

A wounded pro-government militiaman undresses in a hospital in Kanyabayonga, southern Lubero territory, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republ...

A wounded pro-government militiaman sits in a hospital in Kanyabayonga, southern Lubero territory, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of...

A wounded pro-government militiaman sits in a hospital in Kanyabayonga, southern Lubero territory, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of...

A pro-government militiaman shouts in a hospital in Kanyabayonga, southern Lubero territory, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo...

A wounded pro-government militiaman stands in a hospital in Kanyabayonga, southern Lubero territory, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic...

A wounded pro-government militiaman walks in a hospital in Kanyabayonga, southern Lubero territory, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic o...

A wounded pro-government militiaman stands in a hospital in Kanyabayonga, southern Lubero territory, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic...

A wounded pro-government militiaman (3rd L) stands amongst other patients in front of a hospital in Kanyabayonga, southern Lubero territory, North Kiv...

This photograph, taken on May 3, 2024, shows a village close to the front line between the Congolese army and the M23 rebellion, supported by the Rwan...

This photograph, taken on May 3, 2024, shows the last hills and villages before the front line between the Congolese army and the M23 rebellion, suppo...