Life and death on a convoy
A woman lies dying from a gunshot wound to the head after the convoy she was travelling with was targeted by militiamen in Central African Republic. At least one other person was killed in the assault.
The victims were part of a group of 1,300 Muslims being escorted from Bangui by foreign peacekeepers to move them away from Christian militia, who have been carrying out attacks in a spiral of sectarian violence in the country.
Muslims prepare to be evacuated from Bangui with the help of an armed convoy escorted by African Union peacekeepers.
An African Union soldier patrols as Muslims get ready to leave with the convoy.
A man stands near a car and other items which were set on fire by their owners, who were preparing to depart and did not want their belongings to fall into the hands of looters.
People take a break on the armed peacekeeping convoy as they are escorted from Bangui to the northern towns of Kabo and Sido on the border with Chad.
A woman is assisted by a medic as she gives birth to twins in the back of a UNICEF vehicle travelling with the convoy.
One of her baby twins is delivered.
An injured man sits after the armed convoy came under attack from Christian “anti-Balaka” militiamen.
Relatives mourn close to the body of a man killed in the attack.
A sick girl rests on the lap of her mother as another woman (top left) washes her baby by the side of the road during a break from their journey towards Chad's border.
The relative of a woman who recently gave birth to twins holds one of the babies before departing towards the border, escorted by African Union troops.
A woman lifts her child onto a truck during a break from her journey.
Trucks carrying internally-displaced Muslims arrive at a transit centre on the outskirts of the Central African Republic-Chad border town of Sido.
Friends greet each other after arriving at the transit centre.
