A supporter of President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and leader of the Union of Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) party, Felix Tshisekedi, closes he eyes curing a prayer at a campaign rally at Sainte Therese in the Ndjili district of Kinshasa on December 18, 2023. Forty-four million people are registered to vote in the presidential, parliamentary, provincial and municipal elections scheduled for December 20, 2023 in the central African nation of about 100 million people. (Photo by JOHN WESSELS / AFP)