People offload a shipment of more than 15 tons of supplies donated by UNICEF as part of the response to the Ebola virus outbreak at Bunia National Airport in Bunia, Congo, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
Aid efforts intensified in eastern Congo to curb the growing outbreak of a rare type of Ebola that the World Health Organization said could last for months. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
People offload a shipment of more than 15 tons of supplies donated by UNICEF as part of the response to the Ebola virus outbreak at Bunia National Airport in Bunia, Congo, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)Hela Skhiri, right, UNICEF Country Representative in Ituri Province, arrives at Bunia National Airport to inspect supplies as part of the response to the Ebola virus in Bunia, Congo, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)People wait in a UNICEF vehicle at Bunia National Airport ahead of the arrival of supplies as part of the response to the Ebola outbreak in Bunia, Congo, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)Aid workers set up an Ebola treatment center in Bunia, Congo, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne)A man sprays a tent at an Ebola treatment center in Bunia, Congo, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne)People in protective masks wait in the corridor of a hospital in Bunia, Congo, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne)A woman wearing a protective mask stands in the corridor of a hospital in Bunia, Congo, Sunday, May 17, 2026. (AP Photo/ Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne)People wait near an ambulance at a hospital in Bunia, Congo, Sunday, May 17, 2026. (AP Photo/ Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne)A woman sanitises her hands in front of Kibuli Muslim Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, Saturday, May 16, 2026. (AP Photo/ Hajarah Nalwadda)A health official uses a thermometer to screen people in front of Kibuli Muslim Hospital in Kampala, Uganda, Saturday, May 16, 2026. (AP Photo/ Hajarah Nalwadda)
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