Melissa Hamuli, 30, whose legs were paralyzed during a bombardment, amid armed conflict between M23 rebels and the Congolese army, reacts after trying on her orthopedic devices, at Shirika la Umoja orthopedic center, in Goma, North Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, August 22, 2025. Shirika la Umoja orthopedic center treats patients requiring prostheses and physical rehabilitation following the recent armed conflict between the M23 rebels and the Congolese army. “I will now have the means to go back and forth from home thanks to these. Now I can start selling donuts to support my family,” Hamuli says. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi