This aerial view shows the view from the quay of Scibe port (Société Commerciale et Industrielle Bemba), in the Gombe district of Kinshasa, DR Congo, on March 25, 2024. In DRC, a vast country in central Africa that covers 2.3 million square kilometres (almost 900,000 square miles), reliable transport routes are rare and aeroplanes only serve a limited number of towns.
Many traders have no other choice but to traverse the river to transport their goods. (Photo by Arsene Mpiana / AFP)