The soccer stars’ sharp black suits with leopard-print details are a nod to a long history of “sapeur” fashion.

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Health workers have warned that the outbreak, already one of the worst in decades, could take as long as a year to contain if infection rates do not flatten.

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Health workers have warned that the outbreak, already one of the worst in decades, could take as long as a year to contain if infection rates do not flatten.

© Arlette Bashizi for The New York Times