A woman infected with Mpox poses for a photograph at the Kamenge University Hospital's Mpox treatment center in Bujumbura on August 22, 2024. Burundi has confirmed 171 cases of mpox, Health Minister Polycarpe Ndayikeza said on August 22, 2024, following confirmation of the first cases in the country last month. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) serves as the focal point and epicenter of the epidemic, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to activate its highest international alert level. Formerly known as monkeypox, mpox is an infectious disease caused by a virus transmitted to humans by infected animals that can also be passed from human to human through close physical contact. (Photo by Tchandrou NITANGA / AFP)