Kahambu Pilipili Neiema, a mother of 11, who lost nine members of her extended family, including both her parents and her husband to ebola. Her neighbours and former friends will have nothing to do wi...

A member of staff comforts a patient on a ward at the Panzi Hospital which was founded by Congolese gynaecologist Dr Denis Mukwege in 1999. Mukwege specialises in treating women who are victims of rap...

Patients on a ward at the Panzi Hospital which was founded by Congolese gynaecologist Dr Denis Mukwege in 1999. Mukwege specialises in treating women who are victims of rape as a weapon of war. He h...

UNHCR tents at the Kigonze IDP Camp. There are at least 5.5 million internally displaced people (IDPs) in the DRC, mostly in the eastern provinces. In Ituri province alone there are 1.7 million IDPs,...

Commuters in downtown Ouagadougou. Once considered 'safe', Burkina Faso (meaning 'land of the upright man') is suffering from increasing instability as a result of attacks from jihadist groups now ac...

Nobel peace laureate Denis Mukwege at the Panzi Hospital. The Congolese gynaecologist founded the Panzi Hospital in 1999. He specialises in treating women who are victims of rape as a weapon of war....

On the day of the 2018 referendum legalising abortion in Ireland, a street mural was painted depicting Savita Halappanavar who died in a Galway hospital in 2012 after being denied an abortion while mi...

A crowd at Dublin Castle, gathered to celebrate the 'yes' result of the 2018 referendum on legalising abortion in the country.

Nobel peace laureate Denis Mukwege at the Panzi Hospital. The Congolese gynaecologist founded the Panzi Hospital in 1999. He specialises in treating women who are victims of rape as a weapon of war....

Pro-choice activists march past a sign errected by the anti-abortion lobby. Two days before the 2018 referendum on abortion was held in Ireland, a feminist group named Rosa organised an artistic perfo...

Lucy Watmough (25) had to go to England for an abortion, travelling to Liverpool alone and returning the same day. She almost collapsed on the train and says she felt like a criminal. She says that it...

Ebola survivor Edwige Mate (24) in the recovery isolation ward at the Butembo Ebola Treatment Centre. Her son Aristote has been brought from the centre's creche to see her by a so-called 'lullaby sing...

A patient on a ward at the Panzi Hospital which was founded by Congolese gynaecologist Dr Denis Mukwege in 1999. Mukwege specialises in treating women who are victims of rape as a weapon of war. He...

A patient looks out of a window on a ward at the Panzi Hospital which was founded by Congolese gynaecologist Dr Denis Mukwege in 1999. Mukwege specialises in treating women who are victims of rape as...

Patients on a ward at the Panzi Hospital which was founded by Congolese gynaecologist Dr Denis Mukwege in 1999. Mukwege specialises in treating women who are victims of rape as a weapon of war. He h...