Residents cover their faces from the smell of decomposition as members of the Congolese Red Cross carry body bags containing human remains during a mass burial for victims of the clashes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo at Musigiko cemetery in Bukavu on February 20, 2025. The army of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on February 20, 2025 urged on local airwaves the soldiers fleeing in the eastern province of North Kivu to rejoin their units and continue the fight to counter the advance of the M23 rebels. In Lubero, a town towards which the M23 is advancing, 250 km north of the provincial capital Goma, taken on January 28, terrified residents reported to AFP Congolese soldiers in disarray shooting in the town and engaging in looting. (Photo by Luis Tato/AFP Photo)
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