Gallery: The Market in the Congo Where Car Parts Go to Rest

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    Maxence Dedry and Jean-Sylvain Tshilumba Mukendi
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    This vendor's hands are blackened with motor oil.
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    Stalls at the spare parts market in N'Djili.
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    Spare parts vendor Papa Nsay Célestin.
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    Santini Dona amid his wares in the market.
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    The market from inside an old vehicle.
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    Men cook lunch.
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    Junior Teto, a vendor in the market.
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    Vendor Jérémy Ngobila sits at the steering wheel.
  • A selection of bearings in the scrap market.
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    A selection of bearings in the scrap market.
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    A vendor gets out of the hot sun.
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    Graffiti in the market.
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    A woman spreads her wares out on the ground.
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    A vendor burns old electrical wires that can't be sold
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