Congolese people flee town of Sake as fighting breaks out - in pictures

Thousands of Congolese flee the town of Sake following fresh fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo town Photograph: Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images

Children sit on a step in Sake in front of a group of M23 rebels. The rebels were engaged in heavy gunfights on Thursday as government-allied militia tried to retake it Photograph: Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images

A woman registers at a camp for internally displaced people at Mugunga, 8km from the centre of Goma Photograph: Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images

M23 rebels run towards Sake as thousands of residents flee Photograph: Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images

A child from Goma sits on a mattress surrounded by belongings Photograph: Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images

A boy runs through Sake as gunfire erupts at the edge of the town Photograph: Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images

An M23 rebel marches towards Sake Photograph: Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images

People queue to register at the camp for displaced people Photograph: Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images

People carry their possessions as they flee the town following fresh fighting Photograph: Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images

Girls carry jerry cans of water through the camp Photograph: Phil Moore/AFP/Getty Images