Life goes on
It could be a scene anywhere – a group of boys rests casually as they watch a football match in the open air.
Yet these youngsters are in Central African Republic, a country that has been wracked by conflict between Christians and Muslims for over a year. About 1 million have fled their homes and thousands have died in the violence, according to the UN. Yet even in the midst of this brutal reality, daily life has also had to go on.
A woman walks by the central mosque in the PK5 neighbourhood of Bangui, where internally displaced Muslims sheltered following months of sectarian violence.
A man prays in a mosque near the PK12 district of Bangui, where he and other internally displaced Muslims were stranded. French Peacekeepers are now escorting Muslims from the area.
A member of a choir sings a song of peace and reconcilliation during Easter celebrations in the capital.
A boy carries a cross at the beginning of Sunday mass in Bangui.
A girl looks on during the last day of Easter celebrations in the compound of a Catholic cathedral.
Boys play soccer on the main street of PK5, a predominately Muslim neighbourhood of the capital.
Boys salvage materials from the remains of a car in the district of Combattant, where Muslims fled sectarian violence.
A boy runs along the street with a home-made toy in an area of the capital where Muslims were stranded.
A man gets his hair done by a local barber in the PK12 neighbourhood of Bangui.
A man wears a mask in the Miskine district of the capital.
Women wait to have their babies examined at a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital.
A boy attends a tuition session in a French colonial house.
Students attend class at the Technical College of Bangui.
A young man studies at the college.
A former soldier of the Armed Forces of the Central African Republic (FACA) walks past a dirty swimming pool in the crumbling former palace of Jean-Bedel Bokassa.
Men stand near a statue of Bokassa, the country's former ruler who had himself crowned Central African Emperor in 1977.
A man crosses a stream next to a local gold mine near the village of Game, about 230 kilometres north of Bangui.
Girls pan for gold in a stream next to a local mine near Game.
Men handle a group of bulls they said have been recently stolen from ethnic Muslim Peuls by a group of anti-Balaka militia in a forest near the town of Yaloke.
A farmer works his field on the outskirts of Bangui.
