In this photo taken Saturday Dec. 23, 2017, A model makeup back stage before a fashion show in Beni Eastern Congo .
Young Congolese designer Miki Sikabwe has trained in Rwanda, Burundi and Kenya, but hasn’t gotten the chance to show her work locally in eastern Congo for years because of insecurity.
This weekend that changed. She and a handful of other designers presented in the first fashion shows in Beni in years, giving hope to residents there who have faced attacks by Allied Democratic Forces rebels and others who have killed thousands over the past three years. (AP Photo/Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro)