2 weeks ago  Congolese farmer Maria Kahambu carries the day's
harvest of soybeans in Kiwanja, a town around 20 kilometres (12
miles) away from the fighting between army troops and rebels, on
November 2, 2013. The leader of the Democratic Republic of
Congo's M23 rebels has urged his fighters to lay down arms
against army troops waging an offensive against them in the
country's troubled east. The call came with the rebels on the
back foot as DR Congo troops pounded hilltop positions where
die-hard fighters have holed up after being forced from their
last stronghold this week. AFP PHOTO/JUNIOR D. KANNAHJunior D.
Kannah/AFP/Getty Images