DRCONGO-UNREST

Passengers wait to be fisked and to have their luggage searched by a plain clothed officer belonging to the M23 armed group as they have disembarked a ferry traveling from Bukavu to the port of Goma on February 18, 2025. Traders and travellers packed their belongings and paid their fares early on Tuesday for the long boat journey across eastern DR Congo's Lake Kivu, the first sailing between the lake's two main ports for weeks after fighting disrupted the service. Fighting between Rwanda-backed M23 fighters and government forces has raged for months in the towns, villages and cities on the DRC side of the lake, which straddles the border with Rwanda. (Photo by Jospin mwisha / AFP) (Photo by JOSPIN MWISHA/AFP via Getty Images)