Viewfinder: An Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: Aug 24, 2018

People carry a cross for a grave on August 23rd, 2018, in Mangina, North Kivu province, DRC. — People carry a cross for a grave on August 23rd, 2018, in Mangina, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Authorities said 61 people have died in an Ebola outbreak that began August 1st in the DRC, the 10th outbreak to strike the country since 1976, when the Ebola virus was first identified.
(Photo: John Wessels/AFP/Getty Images)

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