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The Congo victims displaced by fighting

United Nations troops from MONUC pass the body of a Government soldier killed in fighting between Government forces and National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP) rebels
United Nations troops pass the body of a government soldier killed in fighting between government forces and National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP) rebels Photograph: Sean Smith/Guardian
Displaced people run under a rope barrier, during a handout off emergency food rations in Kibati camp
People run under a rope barrier during a handout of emergency food rations in Kibati Photograph: Stephen Morrison/EPA
Bora Kaboko, a girl who was separated from her family while they fled from violence at their town
Bora Kaboko, a girl who was separated from her family while they fled from violence in their town Photograph: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP
Rebel soldiers loyal to Laurent Nkunda run towards Mai Mai militia, near the village Kiwanja
Rebel soldiers loyal to Laurent Nkunda head towards Mai Mai militia Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP
A woman and children seek refuge near the UN base in the village of Kiwanja
A woman and children seek refuge near the UN base in Kiwanja Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP
A fighter from the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP) during a military exercise at one of their camp high up in the mountains of North Kivu
A CNDP fighter during a military exercise in the mountains of North Kivu Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP
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Two women look at a soldier who lies dead on the road from Goma to Kibumba Photograph: Walter Astrada/AFP
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Men atop a wall at a USAID help centre on the outskirts of Goma, in the North Kivu region Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP
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A boy looks out from an emergency food box outside an Internally Displaced People (IDP) camp Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP
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A boy drinks water from a common source in the IDP camp in Kibati, north of Goma Photograph: Walter Astrada/AFP
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Congolese children look on in a camp outside Goma Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty
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A Congolese woman carries wood to the camp Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty
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Congolese leave Kibati for their villages to the north, Kibumba and Rugari. Several thousand displaced people returned home on Sunday as a ceasefire held Photograph: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP
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A Congolese girl looks on in an IDP camp Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty
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An elderly woman heads back to her home village where she says at least there is food just outside Kibati Photograph: Stephen Morrison/EPA
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A young Goma resident plays a guitar as others sing along during a mass Photograph: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP
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A woman argues with Red Cross workers about the identities of the children accompanying her for registration at a camp in Kibati Photograph: Karel Prinsloo/AP
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A child suffering from diarrhoea receives care at a Mercy Corps clinic Photograph: Walter Astrada/AFP
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Congolese children gather inside a church at an IDP camp in Kibati Photograph: Walter Astrada/AFP
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The British foreign secretary, David Miliband, visits the Kibati camp. Foreign envoys converged on Congo on Saturday as pressure mounted for a regional summit to secure an end to the country's worst violence in years Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP
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