Highlights from the Collective Lens Flickr group.

Julien Harneis’ photos from the Democratic Republic of the Congo tell us a story of hardship and hope. He is in Eastern DRC, near the Rwandan border, as UNICEF Chief of Field Operations working to alieve the problems of displaced populations, including child soldiers, sexual violence, poor education, unclean drinking water, and health and sanitation issues.

The Big Picture’s Faces in Sudan displays some very well done photographs of some the people most affected by the tragic events over the last few years in the region.