A diamond buyer and dealer counts his diamonds at the mini diamond market of Lupatapata, on the outskirts of Mbuji-Mayi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on April 30, 2021. - The town of Mbuji-Mayi, in the central province of Kasai-Oriental, prospered under the wing of the Bakwanga mining company (MIBA), flagship of the region's economy until the end of the 1990s, when it was dubbed the DRC's "diamond capital". (Photo by Arsene Mpiana / AFP)