Panic grips Congo as rebels advance

Children wait for food at a school being used to house displaced people near the village of Kibati, seven miles north of Goma Photograph: Karel Prinsloo/AP

Internal refugees at a camp in Kibati Photograph: Walter Astrada/AFP

An internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Kibati Photograph: Walter Astrada/AFP

UN soldiers from Uruguay head to an observation post near Kibati Photograph: Karel Prinsloo/AP

Soldiers reload a truck near Kibumba during the battle against the forces of rebel Tutsi general Laurent Nkunda Photograph: Walter Astrada/AFP

Government soldiers on patrol after inspecting damage to Rumangabo base camp, about 25 miles north of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province Photograph: Sarah Elliott/EPA

A woman and her children arrive at Goma Photograph: Walter Astrada/AFP

Displaced people march into Goma Photograph: Walter Astrada/AFP

A woman carries a child on the main road to Goma Photograph: Michael Arunga/World Vision/Reuters

Boys stand on a post as two armoured vehicles from the UN drive past the peacekeeping mission headquarters in Goma Photograph: Walter Astrada/AFP

A woman cries as displaced people march into Goma Photograph: Walter Astrada/AFP

People walk past a UN armoured vehicle in Goma Photograph: Karel Prinsloo/AP

A woman carrying her son and a mattress passes a UN armoured vehicle in Goma Photograph: Walter Astrada/AFP