Bujumbura, Burundi

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Burundi location map

Map: NordNordWest, modified for BRSC, CC BY 3.0. Source. Dated 21 February 2009. The local SVG is scaled responsively; a separate Bujumbura marker and label were added.

Burundi landscape

“Burundi landscape” — photo by Dave Proffer / d_proffer, CC BY 2.0. Source. Taken 24 March 2007. Resized, recompressed, and responsively cropped for BRSC.

Lake Tanganyika fisherman

Photo by Edouard mhg, CC0 1.0. Source. Taken 9 April 2025. Resized, recompressed, and responsively cropped. Attribution is not required; this entry is retained for provenance.

Envisat sees Lake Tanganyika

“Envisat sees Lake Tanganyika” — ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Source. Acquired 4 September 2006; cropped and toned for BRSC. Illustrative archive imagery, not a current condition or BRSC output.

African forest monitoring

NASA Earth Observatory map by Jesse Allen, using data provided by Matt Hansen and Alexandra Tyukavina, University of Maryland. Source; NASA media guidelines. Resized, recompressed, and converted to WebP. Illustrative archive visualization using 2011–2014 data, not a current condition or BRSC output.

Eastern Africa fires

NASA image courtesy MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center. Source; NASA media guidelines. Resized, recompressed, and converted to WebP. Illustrative archive imagery from 2009, not a current condition or BRSC output.

East Africa drought and vegetation anomaly

NASA image by Jesse Allen, Earth Observatory, using data from the joint Global Agricultural Monitoring Project between NASA, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, and the University of Maryland. Source; NASA media guidelines. Resized, recompressed, and converted to WebP. Illustrative archive imagery using 2005 data, not a current condition or BRSC output.