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2008 In Photos: International Photos

A child runs past a U.N. helicopter that landed near a makeshift displaced persons camp outside the MONUC base in Kiwanja, 56 miles north of Goma, eastern Congo, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. More than 250,000 people were displaced by violence, triggering a major humanitarian crisis belying the volcanic region's natural beauty.

(Photo: AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)

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