Perilous Lens: Guns in an Urban Landscape
Witnesses swear an oath before testifying against the man in the foreground

Philippines
2007

In Quezon City Hall, Metro Manila, witnesses swear an oath before testifying against the man in the foreground, who is accused of shooting a petrol station attendant.

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