Tens of thousands of IDPs are leaving and routine is tentatively returning, as residents hope for peace despite crisis.

A glimpse of life after the siege in the eastern Congolese city of Goma, as some semblance of a tenuous peace returns, as does the fear of reprisals.

See 12 of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors.

Several groups of artists gathered this Wednesday in Dakar to paint a mural and denounce the violence between the armed group ...

LIVINGSTONE: The severity of the fighting belies the beauty of Goma, which is nestled between a towering volcano and the glittering Lake Kivu, one of Africa's great lakes. These days, the lake ...

Red Cross staff load bodies onto a lorry bound for the morgue of the hospital in the north of Goma. A dinosaur discovered in ...

Surrounded by majestic lakes and a range of dormant and active volcanoes with its rich and ... through the empty battle-weary streets of Goma looting everything on sight even amidst blazing ...

There are growing international calls for Rwanda and the DRC to restart peace talks, as the Rwandan backed rebels take over a major city in the mineral rich region of eastern Congo.

In our news wrap Tuesday, a rebel group backed by Rwanda has claimed the critical Congo city of Goma, President Trump signed ...