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

A single image captures the grim task facing those who needed to find space for the dead after a spasm of violence in Central ...

The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured a major city in eastern Congo have sought to reassure its residents about their safety.

Officials and residents say Rwanda-backed rebels have gained ground in eastern Congo despite the unilateral ceasefire they ...

Rwanda-backed rebels claimed they captured eastern Congo’s strategic city of Goma, the hub of a region containing trillions ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels claimed ... in mineral wealth that remains largely untapped. Analysts said the M23 fighters aimed to control the city of about 2 million people and ...

DRC and Rwanda together supply around half the world's coltan, the metallic ore that is vital in making phones and laptops.

In photos shared with the statement ... who was under permanent threat by Congolese officials," Nduhungirehe said. The M23 ...

A man rides a motorcycle past a fire during a protest in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Tuesday, against the M23 rebels’ advances into Goma. Photo: AP “Had a productive conversation ...

(AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa) Mariam Nasibu stands by her 10-year-old daughter Deborah, who was wounded in the fighting between M23 rebels and Congolese armed forces, in Goma, Democratic Republic of ...

In photos shared with the statement ... who was under permanent threat by Congolese officials,” Nduhungirehe said. The M23 took Goma once before in 2012, withdrawing after considerable ...