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Republic of the Congo Photo: Congo River Rain Forest
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Photograph by Robert Caputo/Getty Images
The equatorial sun sets over the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The country is dominated by the Congo River—its forested basin occupies some 60 percent of the nation.
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