See 12 of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors.

Nearly 3,000 people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the United Nations, after it was captured by rebels following days of fierce ...

More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire to a prison in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Volunteers buried those who died during a week of clashes in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo.Credit... Supported by By Elian Peltier Photographs by Guerchom Ndebo Reporting from Goma ...

The BBC has not been able to verify the reports. Goma, a major city of more than a million people, was captured after the Rwanda-backed M23 executed a rapid advance through eastern DR Congo.

GOMA, Congo -- Fighting last week between Congolese government forces and Rwanda-backed rebels in the major eastern city of Goma left at least 900 people dead, the U.N. health agency said Monday ...

Goma, a key hub in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, fell to the M23 rebels and Rwandan forces earlier this week after days of fierce street combat with Congolese forces in the city of over 2 ...

For those living in Goma, which has been captured by Rwanda-backed rebels, there is little water, little food and much uncertainty. Rwanda-backed rebels took control of Goma, a city on Lake Kivu.

Goma natives Justin Kabumba and Moses Sawasawa brought their deeply personal expertise to bear when Rwandan-backed M23 rebels began their push toward the eastern Congo city of Goma. Sensing a larger ...

KINSHASA - French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has arrived in Congo's capital Kinshasa, an official at the presidency said on Thursday, as Rwanda-backed rebels consolidated control of Goma in the ...