1.   A woman sets up a sidewalk shop to sell some of her personal possessions and other knick-knacks.

2.   Sidewalk shops, nonexistent under communism, flourish on almost every street.

3.   Thousands of people packed sidewalk shops and markets to buy extra provisions, anticipating what many consider the imminent fall of the capital to the rebels.

4.   Thousands of people jammed sidewalk shops and markets Friday to buy extra food and bottled water as gossip and rumors spurred fears that Kinshasa could fall soon.