The following photos come from a great little photo-essay put up by BBC a couple days ago at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/africa_kinshasa_0the_dustbin0/html/1.stmthey used to call it "Kinshasa la plus belle," but now, with all the garbage in the streets they call it "Kinshasa la Poubelle."
(for the non-french, that's "Kinshasa the most beautiful," and "Kinshasa the Trash Can")
Yes, this is the city I lived in for a month.

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