Traders cautiously resume displaying their wares along a street in Goma on February 1, 2025. The Rwandan-backed M23 group was pushing south in mineral-rich eastern DR Congo as the United Nations warned the escalating conflict had killed at least 700 people in less than a week. The M23 took vital eastern trade hub Goma after intense fighting this week and has vowed to march all the way to the Democratic Republic of Congo capital. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP) (Photo by TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty Images)