Perilous Lens: Guns in an Urban Landscape
At least 25 journalists have been murdered since 2000

Philippines
2007

At least 25 journalists have been murdered since 2000, making the Philippines the most dangerous country after Iraq for those in the profession. Reporters who advocate carrying guns for self-defence practise at a police shooting range in Manila.

Haitian police force to the ground a man who failed to follow orders and identify himself.
US soldiers detain a young man stopped during a routine patrol in Adhamiya for carrying an unliscensed pistol
A US infantry medic stands above a wounded Iraqi man outside of the company's aid station.
A woman in the Sunni neighbourhood of Ghazliyah
A thriving craft weapon industry
On a bridge on the island of Basilan
Witnesses swear an oath before testifying against the man in the foreground
poster calls for a week of peace in Cotabato
Only the most obsolete of confiscated guns are reportedly stored at police warehouses in Manila
Children from Maluso, a fishing village in Basilan, pass a police sign warning of a five-month, pre-election weapons ban enforced in Manila
At least 25 journalists have been murdered since 2000