EditorialA kiln for making charcoal, widely used for cooking, along a Congo River tributary in Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of Congo, on March 16, 2022. (Ashley Gilbertson/The New York Times)
EditorialA kiln for making charcoal, widely used for cooking, along a Congo River tributary in Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of Congo, on March 16, 2022. (Ashley Gilbertson/The New York Times)
EditorialGracious Muteba, the cook on an industrial raft, or "radaeu," belonging to a Chinese company on the Ruki River, east of Mbandaka in the Equator province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, March 16, 2022. (Ashley Gilbertson/The New York Times)
EditorialPierre Bola, left, and Ovide Emba in a university lab where peat samples are examined and tested, in Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of Congo, Oct. 25, 2021. (Nanna Heitmann/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Super Malou Express and other boats docked along the Congo River in Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Oct. 2021. (Nanna Heitmann/The New York Times)