Sixteen southern white rhinos have been released in the Democratic Republic of Congo in an attempt to reintroduce the endangered species.
They were transported from a private reserve in South Africa to the Garamba national park in north-eastern DR Congo.
The area's last northern white rhino was killed in 2006. One official said efforts to save the species had been "too little, too late", and described the southern white rhino as its closest genetic alternative.
Conflict and poaching in the DR Congo has caused wildlife populations to plummet.
Source: BBC