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Voters cast their ballots at a polling station in Goma, a day after a general election marred by widespread logistical problems that saw some polling stations around the Democratic Republic of Congo, either never open or open late and then shut down early. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken expresses his concern over the Rwandan support of the DR Congo rebel group M23 during his visit to Kinshasa, DR Congo. SOUNDBITE
UN peacekeepers, as well as residents, leave the city of Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, after the local governor warned of a possible new eruption of the volcano Mount Nyiragongo. The UN had also announced it was "relocating" its non-essential international and national staff out of Goma. IMAGES
Goma, May 22 (EFE/EPA).- Residents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's main city of Goma fled for safety Saturday night under a glowing red sky as nearby Nyiragongo volcano erupted and the government issued evacuation orders.People carried their belongings through the streets of Goma, a city of around 2 million people that sits on the shore of Lake Kivu on the Rwandan border, about 20 kilometers from Nyiragongo in the Virunga National Park. (Camera: HUGH KINSELLA CUNNINGHAM). SHOT LIST: A GENERAL VIEW OF ERUPTING MOUNT NYIRAGONGO OVER GOMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.
Residents of Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, leave the city on foot with their belongings as Mount Nyiragongo volcano erupts. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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