(251005) -- GOMA, Oct. 5, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken with a mobile phone on Sept. 21, 2025 shows an abandoned helicopter at the airport of Goma, North Kivu Province, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). More than eight months after rebels seized Goma, the international airport of this urban hub in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains shuttered, a stark symbol of a grinding conflict that continues to paralyze the region.
TO GO WITH "Feature: Eight months on, Goma airport remains closed amid DR Congo's grinding conflict" (Photo by Alain Uaykani/Xinhua)
