Attendees gather ahead of the arrival of Pope Francis for the mass at the N'Dolo Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on February 1, 2023. - Up to a million people are tipped to celebrate a papal mass in DR Congo's capital on February 1, 2023, on the second day of Pope Francis' visit to the conflict-torn country.
Tens of thousands of worshippers had already begun to flock to Kinshasa's N'Dolo airport on Tuesday night for a vigil held ahead of the open-air mass. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)