Hugh Kinsella Cunningham, Wildfire (Ebola Amidst Conflict)
In his haunting series “Wildfire (Ebola Amidst Conflict)”, shot between May and October 2019, the British photographer (born 1994) documents the desperate battle against the renewed outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The affected communities, already traumatised by neglect and war, were even more susceptible to the virus this time around.
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Rachel, a healthcare worker, is given medical protective clothing in an Ebola transit centre.
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Health workers carry the coffin of an Ebola victim, while the family mourns at the graveyard.
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Children observe a burial at Kitatumba Cemetery, Butembo, North Kivu.
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FARDC (Congolese National Army) troops change their position in Beni Territory, in the so-called “triangle of death”, where the ADF jihadist group operates.
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A quadruple burial at Kanzunza Cemetery, Butembo, North Kivu.
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A funeral at Kitatumba Cemetery, Butembo, North Kivu.
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A FARDC (Congolese National Army) soldier escorts medical personnel to the grave of an Ebola victim.
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Health workers prepare for the burial of the body of an eleven-month-old child, who died of Ebola.
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Members of the community listen, as United Nations forces conduct an Ebola awareness campaign.
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Nursing school at Kitatumba Hospital, Butembo, North Kivu.
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A nurse organises medicines for suspected Ebola patients at a transit centre in Beni, North Kivu.
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A member of the healthcare team is disinfected, after treating presumed Ebola patients.
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A UNICEF caregiver consoles a child whose parents are receiving treatment for Ebola.
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Mourners at Kanzunza Cemetery in Butembo, North Kivu.
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FARDC (Congolese National Army) troops at Camp Kasinga.
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Ituri Province landscape, to the south of the town of Mambassa.
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A police escort reacts to disperse an angry crowd of people who interrupted and blockaded a quadruple burial.
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A funeral at Kitatumba Cemetery, Butembo, North Kivu.
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Despite the Ebola epidemic, life goes on in the Democratic Republic of Congo; seen here, guests at a wedding.
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Healthcare workers fill in the grave of an Ebola victim.
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