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
Each day I ventured into Anga in an effort to photograph elements of village life. Many of the homes had distilleries where the women, like this one, brewed a local firewater made from the sap of oil palm trees. —Photographer Robert J. Ross