A man attends a church service at Kinshasa cathedral to commemorate victims of a crackdown on a New Year’s Eve protest calling for President Kabila’s resignation. At least eight people had been killed during the security force operation on a march organized by the church.

A supporter of Martin Fayulu, leader of an opposition party, runs from police tear gas in Kinshasa, DRC.

President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo sits in the garden of his ranch in the capital Kinshasa.

Men grieve for a friend killed during a protest organized by lay leaders in the Catholic Church, calling for President Kabila to step down, in Kinshasa, DRC. Security forces fired tear gas and live rounds to disperse the protest.

Tear gas is used on supporters of Felix Tshisekedi, leader of DRC’s largest opposition party, the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS), as they rally to welcome him to Kinshasa at the start of his campaign.

UDPS opposition-party supporters gather outside party headquarters, in Kinshasa DRC. A fire that destroyed polling equipment had led to another postponement of the election, initially scheduled for 23 December.

A man rides his bicycle as smoke rises from a fire at the DRC’s national electoral commission warehouse, in Kinshasa. The blaze reportedly destroyed 80 percent of DRC’s electoral machines, and led to the election being postponed.

A young Congolese man sits in a pirogue on the Congo River.

Police and opposition supporters at a rally in Kinshasa, DRC, held to welcome Felix Tshisekedi, leader of DRC’s largest opposition party, the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) and Vital Kamerhe of the Union for the Congolese Nation (UNC), who had decided to run on a joint ticket.

A man casts his vote in Kinshasa, DRC.

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