An offensive of the M23 rebel group across East Congo that displaced over 2 million civilians, culminating in the capture of the cities of Goma and Bukavu.
Displacement camps in the shadow of the Virunga volcanoes. Epidemics and sexual violence are rife, with tens of thousands of civilians eking out an existence in each site.
Families flee artillery bombardments outside the town of Sake.
A mass burial in the wake of the M23 rebel capture of the city of Bukavu, the provincial capital of South Kivu Province.
M23 rebel troops capture the city of Bukavu.
Mai Mai troops of the APCLS militia during an offensive against M23 rebels in Masisi territory.
Families run to the city of Goma during heavy fighting and air bombardments around the town of Sake.
The impact crater of a 122mm rocket strike on a displacement camp outside the city of Goma, with a death toll reported of at least 35.
A munition detonates during the forced return of displaced communities to the countryside in the wake of the fall of Goma to M23 rebels.
Families pack their possessions and leave the displacement camps of Goma. With the capture of the city, M23 rebels gave 3 days to displaced communities to return to their villages.
Mai Mai child soldiers of the APCLS milita regroup after capturing the town of Burungu from M23 rebels.
FARDC commando brigade troops patrol the hills of Masisi territory.
A girl stands on the extinct volcano craters that overlook the displacement camps around the city of Goma.
Mai Mai and Nyatura fighters rally in the town of Kitchanga during a mobilisation of militias across North Kivu province to counter M23 rebel advances.
Women in South Kivu province attend a sexual violence clinic in the wake of M23 advances in the area.
Mai Mai fighters watch a woman in the town of Burungu. Sexual violence in the region has further increased due to the conflict.
Community members mourn the loss of a mother and her 2 children to an M23 mortar strike in the town of Sake.
Destroyed shelters in the wake of an 122mm rocket strike on a displacement camp outside the city of Goma, with a death toll reported of at least 35.
Flooded tents in the Bulengo displacement camp.
Displaced children build kites to pass the time in displacement camps on the outskirts of Goma.
Congolese Army tank units rush to counterattack an M23 rebel offensive in Kibumba as motorcycle taxi riders cheer them on.
Tapestry work by Goma artist Lucie Kamusekera depicts the M23 conflict.
FARDC special forces units in the town of Sake.
Congolese air force Mi-24 gunships were used to keep M23 rebel advances at bay, despite the threat of surface to air missiles.
The Mokoto lakes of Kitchanga.
Families flee the sounds of artillery outside the town of Sake.
South Sudanese troops arrive in the city of Goma as part of a failed East African Community regional initiative for peace.
The Lushagala displacement camp in the months before the capture of the city of Goma by M23 rebels.
FARDC special forces units at defences North of the city of Goma.
A police chaplain walks past an M23 rebel during the mass capture and surrender of state forces after the fall of the city of Bukavu to the rebels.
A palm Sunday procession at the cathedral of Goma.
Red Cross workers write the names of the dead on gravestones after the M23 capture of the city of Bukavu.
A mass burial in the wake of the capture of Bukavu by M23 rebels.
Red Cross surgeons operate on a civilian victim of crossfire during the M23 capture of Bukavu.
Naomi Kabuo at the Shirika rehabilitation city after recovering from the impact of an M23 mortar.
Naomi undergoing exercises at the Shirika rehabilitation city after recovering from the impact of an M23 mortar.
A Red Cross X-Ray of a civilian victim of M23 rebels who was shot at a checkpoint in North Kivu.
Health workers conduct the mass burial of victims of an 122mm rocket strike on a displacement camp on the outskirts of the city of Goma.
Family members grieve during the mass burial of victims of a rocket strike on a displacement camp on the outskirts of Goma.
Three-hulled fishing boats between Kalehe and the island of Idjwi in Lake Kivu.