Mike Goldwater / Network Photographers Medicin Sans Frontier doctor Simon Pulfrey treats Olivier, 21 months old, in the ward set aside for possible cholera victims at Goma's General hospital. Jan 2002

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When the Nyriragongo volcano erupted on 18th Jan 2002 lava flowed into Goma in Democratic Republic of Congo, destroying one third of the town and killing 45 people. The 3,469-metre Nyiragongo volcano is one of eight scattered along the borders of Rwanda, Congo and Uganda, and is only about 10 kilometres from Goma.

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Location: Goma, Goma, DRC
Photo credit: © Mike Goldwater / Alamy / Afripics
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