The WHO warns that the overlap of a second outbreak in the village of Bomate, starting February 9, has intensified the crisis.

MONUSCO, the U.N. peacekeeping force in the DRC, said the reported killings were under investigation but remained unverified.

A violent mob of 200 people attacked a group of 50 Christians during a church service in Rajasthan, India, last week. The attackers wielded iron bars as weapons during the assault on February 17, leaving most of the churchgoers bruised and some with severe injuries.