-- AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2024 --
A wounded pro-government militiaman sits in a hospital in Kanyabayonga, the last town before the front line 10 km to the south between the Congolese army and the M23 rebellion, in southern Lubero territory, North Kivu province, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 4, 2024.. Since late 2021, they have seized large swathes of North Kivu province and routed the Congolese army. The United States and France are urging Rwanda President Paul Kagame to withdraw his troops from Congolese soil, including the surface-to-air missile systems. (Photo by ALEXIS HUGUET / AFP) / AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2024