Congo Photo Gallery: Expedition Bonobo The only jungle dwellers more mysterious than the Iyaelima people are the rare bonobo apes that live alongside them. A perilous expedition into the Democratic Republic of the Congo hopes to establish contact that will help preserve them both. Photograph by Robert J. Ross
We were in Luapa on a Sunday and I attended the service at a Catholic church. The Bible was well worn. The sermon was in a language I could not understand, but the choir and parishoners singing and swaying to the music was very memorable. —Photographer Robert J. Ross