More Photos from Kinshasa

These are some more photos of common scenes from the Congo. The photo above is what the streets looked like before and just after the elections and when the results of the election was to be announced. The UN presence has subsided lately. They are still here but pretty much in the background of Congolese life. Lots of these pictures were taken off the BBC web site and simply posted here. I wish I could say that I took them but can't. The pictures of the trash unfortunately is all too common and troublesome. The government needs to somehow get a handle on this problem and the conditions of the roads. The Congolese are not deserving of these unsanitary conditions. They communicate clearly how things are here in Kinshasa and hopefully some things that need to change here.