Amandine Lions (L), a volunteer at the Papaye International association, carries Tchossa, a young orphaned chimpanzee aged between 3 and 4 years old, on her back during their daily walk in the forest in the Douala-Edea Natural Park in Marienberg on December 15, 2024. In the heart of Douala-Edea Natural Park, dedicated Cameroonian caretakers tend to and rehabilitate chimpanzees, victims of poaching and deforestation, at Papaye International, a sanctuary dubbed a "monkey paradise."
Founded in 2001, the association funded by 30 million friends and the Brigitte Bardot Foundation regularly receives eco-volunteers from all over the world. (Photo by Daniel Beloumou Olomo / AFP)