In the Ebola epicenter, a gold-mining town reacts with fear, disbelief and grit

Women sift gold-bearing sediment in search of gold at the Maidede mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo

NPR reports from Mongbwalu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The fight to contain the virus faces obstacles from lack of supplies to residents who doubt that the virus is real.

(Image credit: Arsène Mpiana for NPR)