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The child refugees of Congo

Children of Goma: Congo humanitarian crisis
A girl stands in a refugee camp at Kibati in eastern Congo Photograph: Finbarr O'reilly/REUTERS
Children of Goma: Congo humanitarian crisis
A newborn baby lies on the ground as people distribute flour they received from the Red Cross Photograph: KAREL PRINSLOO/AP
Children of Goma: Congo humanitarian crisis
A woman baths her baby next to laundry set out to dry on lava rock Photograph: Karel Prinsloo/AP
Children of Goma: Congo humanitarian crisis
Refugees leave Kibati heading north to the villages of Kibumba and Rugari Photograph: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images
Children of Goma: Congo humanitarian crisis
A mother carries her girl through the Kibati camp Photograph: Stephen Morrison/EPA
Children of Goma: Congo humanitarian crisis
Congolese children stand in a refugee camp outside Goma Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images
Children of Goma: Congo humanitarian crisis
Two-year-old Elia lies on a hospital bed in Rutshuru with a gunshot wound to his arm. Elia, who does not know what happened to his parents, has not spoken since arriving at the hospital Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images
Children of Goma: Congo humanitarian crisis
A Congolese girl suffering of cholera lies at a Medecins Sans Frontier tent clinic at the Kibati refugee camp Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images
Children of Goma: Congo humanitarian crisis
The coffin of eight-month-old Alexandrine Kabitsebangumi, who died from cholera, is lowered into a grave in a banana grove Photograph: Finbarr O'reilly/REUTERS
Children of Goma: Congo humanitarian crisis
Refugees wait near their shelters in the village of Tongo, in North Kivu province Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images
Children of Goma: Congo humanitarian crisis
Congolese children approach UN troops from Uruguay Photograph: Sarah Elliott/EPA
Children of Goma: Congo humanitarian crisis
A girl washes her head in a muddy puddle of water Photograph: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images
Children of Goma: Congo humanitarian crisis
Children of the eastern Congo village of Ngungu collect water Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP
Children of Goma: Congo humanitarian crisis
A Congolese soldier, carrying a mortar launcher, passes a family Photograph: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images
Children of Goma: Congo humanitarian crisis
Congolese school children attend class outdoors on a lava flow because their school is being used by refugees Photograph: Stephen Morrison/EPA
Children of Goma: Congo humanitarian crisis
An aid workers' van is surrounded as they hand out emergency biscuits to children in Kibati Photograph: Stephen Morrison/EPA
Children of Goma: Congo humanitarian crisis
Rahati Mugishu, 6, smiles as he plays with his younger brother, moments after he was reunified with his family in the Kibati refugee camp Photograph: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images
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