An unprecedented outbreak of Ebola virus in a conflict zone.
Health workers carry the coffin of Mumbere Mboko, a victim of the Ebola virus. Kitatumba cemetery, Butembo.
Children watch the funeral of Kavira Marie-Rose and Mumbere Mboko at Kitatumba cemetery, Butembo.
Positions of Operation Sukola-1, the FARDC (Congolese National Army) units responsible for containing ADF and Mai-Mai rebels. The Ebola response in Beni territory is impeded by security issues.
Mourners at Kitatumba cemetery, Butembo.
FARDC troops in the forests surrounding Beni, the epicentre of the outbreak.
Health workers prepare to bury the body of an 11 month old child, Moises, a victim of Ebola, Beni Territory.
A crowd listens to an Ebola awareness campaign run by the United Nations in the town of Oicha, North Kivu.
Trainee nurses at Kitatumba hospital in the town of Butembo.
Health workers carry the coffin of Kakule Mbusa Désiré, an Ebola victim, at Ngongolio cemetery, North Kivu.
A health worker is sprayed with disinfectant after treating patients suspected of suffering from the Ebola virus at a transit health centre, Beni.
Mbusa Manzekele mourns at the quadruple burial of Kasereka Sahanane, Kathingu Kipura, Kasereka Kipura and Kavira Sifa at Kanzunza Cemetary, Butembo.
Jeanine Kibwana, an Ebola survivor, Beni, North Kivu.
Views of Ituri province as the virus spreads further from North Kivu.
Police escort react to disperse angry crowds who had interrupted and blockaded a burial at Kanzunza Cemetary, Butembo
Police escort clear a roadblock set to bar exit to health workers at a burial at Kanzunza Cemetary, Butembo.
Malawian Troops of the United Nations Force Intervention Brigade patrol in Beni Territory. Response to the ongoing Ebola crisis in North Kivu is hampered by rebel attacks in the region.
Final acts at the funeral of Kavira Marie-Rose and Mumbere Mboko at Kitatumba cemetery, Butembo.
Health workers fill in the grave of Kakule Desire, an Ebola victim who passed away in the Beni treatment centre.
Heri and Moises play their instruments in Beni. the epicentre of the Ebola crisis.
Life continues as normal in the epicentre; a wedding at Butembo cathedral.
A coffin is left abandoned momentarily as health workers were stoned and attacked by an angry crowd, sceptical of Ebola’s reality, Kanzunza Cemetary, Butembo.
FARDC guard in the hills surrounding Beni, North Kivu.