"Africa the Beautiful": Images from the DRC

by Michelle . · 2008-10-31 18:42:00 UTC
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I believe it's high time for another round of images of Africa's stunning landscape, just as reminder that it's not completely overrun by death and destruction and refugees fleeing to and fro. (And two friends, in separate conversations today, mentioned that they liked the first post. I pander.) Up tonight: the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

This photo of Lake Kivu is from Create for a Cause traveler Crissie Lam, who visited the region shortly before the fighting resumed in August:

The Congo River, from National Geographic:

The Virunga Mountains:

Michelle . has been involved in various activist endeavors, including the Teach Against Genocide pilot campaigns.
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