Inside Congo's Ebola zone
A mother of a child believed to have died from Ebola cries near her child's coffin in Beni, North Kivu province, December 17. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
A woman cries next to the coffin during the funeral of a child believed to have died from Ebola in Beni, North Kivu province, December 17. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
A healthcare worker looks out of a house where is a baby suspected of dying of Ebola during the funeral in Beni, North Kivu Province, December 18. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Healthcare worker carry a coffin with a baby suspected of dying of Ebola during the funeral in Beni, North Kivu Province, December 18. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
A healthcare worker gets decontaminated after carrying a baby, suspected of dying from Ebola, in Beni, North Kivu Province, December 18. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
A healthcare worker holds a cross in front of coffin with a baby suspected of dying of Ebola during the funeral in Beni, North Kivu Province, December 18. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
The mother of a baby suspected of dying from Ebola, cries outside a hospital in Beni, North Kivu Province, December 15. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
A healthcare worker carries a coffin into a hospital where a baby is suspected of having died from Ebola, in Beni, North Kivu Province, December 15. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Healthcare workers carry a coffin with a baby, suspected of dying from Ebola, in Beni, North Kivu Province, December 15. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Healthcare workers carry the coffin of a baby believed to have died from Ebola, in Beni, North Kivu province, December 15. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
A mother of a baby suspected of dying of Ebola cries in a hospital in Beni, North Kivu Province of Democratic Republic of Congo, December 15. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
A healthcare worker cleans protective gear at a transit center in Beni, North Kivu province, December 15. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
An Ebola survivor plays with a boy suspected of being infected with Ebola in a transit centre in Beni, North Kivu Province of Democratic Republic of Congo, December 15. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Healthcare workers adjust their gear before entering a room where a baby is believed to have died from Ebola in Beni, North Kivu province, December 13. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
A healthcare worker carries a cross next to the coffin of a baby believed to have died of Ebola in Beni, North Kivu province, December 13. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
A healthcare worker sprays a room during the funeral of a person believed to have died of Ebola in Beni, North Kivu province, December 9. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Healthcare workers clean the room of an Ebola patient at a hospital in Bwana Suri, Ituri province, December 10. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
A health care worker carries a baby suspected of being infected with the Ebola virus at a hospital in Oicha, North Kivu province, December 6. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Healthcare workers disinfect gear during the funeral of a person believed to have died from Ebola in Beni, North Kivu province, December 9. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
A boy believed to be infected with the Ebola virus sits in a chair in a transit centre in Beni, North Kivu province, December 6. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
A healthcare worker sprays around the house of a man believed to be infected with Ebola, in Beni, North Kivu province, December 12. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Healthcare workers carry the coffin of a baby believed to have died of Ebola in Beni, North Kivu province, December 13. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
A healthcare worker stands next to a cross during the funeral of a person believed to have died of Ebola in Beni, North Kivu province, December 9. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Disinfected healthcare gear hangs to dry outside a hospital in Bwana Suri, Ituri province, December 10. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
A woman believed to be infected with the Ebola virus sits next to her husband in an ambulance in Beni, North Kivu province, December 12. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
A healthcare worker stands behind a boy suspected of being infected with the Ebola virus at a transit center in Oicha, North Kivu province, December 6. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
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