20-03-2022 - Colorado, USA-Guns into Garden Tools. Blacksmith Fred Martin making garden tools from discarded firearms. Martin is part of a Mennonite nonprofit, RAWTools, that is inspired by the Biblical injunction... © Jim West

20-03-2022 - Colorado, USA-Guns into Garden Tools. Blacksmith Fred Martin making garden tools from discarded firearms. Martin is part of a Mennonite nonprofit, RAWTools, that is inspired by the Biblical injunction... © Jim West

20-03-2022 - Colorado, USA-Guns into Garden Tools. Blacksmith Fred Martin making garden tools from discarded firearms. Martin is part of a Mennonite nonprofit, RAWTools, that is inspired by the Biblical injunction... © Jim West

29-11-2019 - Washington DC, USA. Armed policeman guarding the US Capitol Building © Jim West

26-03-2019 - Armed police officers on patrol outside Parliament, Westminster, London © David Mansell

14-07-2018 - Armed police on the streets, Durham Miners Gala, 2018 © Mark Pinder

14-07-2018 - Armed police on the streets, Durham Miners Gala, 2018 © Mark Pinder

24-04-2018 - Jackson, Mississippi, USA: The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum. The rifle the Byron De La Beckwith used to kill NAACP leader Medgar Evers in 1963 on display. History of the American Civil Rights Movem... © Jim West

24-03-2018 - Washington DC, USA March for Our Lives opposing gun violence and mass shootings in American schools. The march was organized by students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, Florida, w... © Jim West

14-03-2018 - Dearborn, Michigan USA Students walk out of class in protest against gun violence one month after 17 were killed in the Parkland High School shooting. Fordson High School © Jim West

08-07-2017 - Armed Police, 2017 Durham Miners Gala, Durham © Mark Pinder

08-07-2017 - Armed Police, 2017 Durham Miners Gala, Durham © Mark Pinder

08-07-2017 - Armed Police, 2017 Durham Miners Gala, Durham © Mark Pinder

11-06-2016 - Detroit, Michigan Wayne County sheriff Anonymous Gun Buyback program, offering $50 for each weapon handed in © Jim West

11-06-2016 - Detroit, Michigan Wayne County sheriff Anonymous Gun Buyback program, offering 50 for each weapon handed in © Jim West

11-06-2016 - Detroit, Michigan Wayne County sheriff Anonymous Gun Buyback program, offering $50 for each weapon handed in © Jim West

11-06-2016 - Detroit, Michigan Wayne County sheriff Anonymous Gun Buyback program, offering $50 for each weapon handed in © Jim West

11-06-2016 - Detroit, Michigan Wayne County sheriff Anonymous Gun Buyback program, offering $50 for each weapon handed in © Jim West

11-06-2016 - Detroit, Michigan Wayne County sheriff Anonymous Gun Buyback program, offering $50 for each weapon handed in © Jim West

11-06-2016 - Detroit, Michigan Wayne County sheriff Anonymous Gun Buyback program, offering 50 for each weapon handed in © Jim West

11-06-2016 - Detroit, Michigan Wayne County sheriff Anonymous Gun Buyback program, offering $50 for each weapon handed in © Jim West

27-08-2015 - Dismaland a parody of Disneyland theme park by Banksy, Weston Super Mare. Boy with his head through the hole in a seaside stand in life size cutout of Masked Somali pirates holding AK47 infront of a f... © Paul Box

18-04-2015 - Toledo, Ohio - Armed Swat Police in riot gear protect members of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement (NSM) as they held a rally. Several hundred people turned out to protest against the Nazis. © Jim West

18-04-2015 - Toledo, Ohio - Armed Swat Police in riot gear protect members of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement (NSM) as they held a rally. Several hundred people turned out to protest against the Nazis. © Jim West

19-01-2015 - Greece, Athens, Parliamentary Guard, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside the Greek Parliament, days before the national elections in Greece © Socrates Baltagiannis

09-11-2014 - Remembrance Sunday. Serving forces Army personnel and local cadet groups parade to the Cenotaph, Bristol © Paul Box

09-11-2014 - Remembrance Sunday. Serving forces Army personnel and local cadet groups parade to the Cenotaph, Bristol © Paul Box

03-09-2014 - Armed Police Response Unit guard Cardiff city centre on the eve of the Nato summit. Cardiff, Wales © Paul Box

03-09-2014 - Armed Police Response Unit guard Cardiff city centre on the eve of the Nato summit. Cardiff, Wales © Paul Box

03-09-2014 - Armed Police Response Unit guard Cardiff city centre on the eve of the Nato summit. Cardiff, Wales © Paul Box

03-09-2014 - Armed Police Response Unit guard Cardiff city centre on the eve of the Nato summit. Cardiff, Wales © Paul Box

03-09-2014 - Armed Police Response Unit guard Cardiff city centre on the eve of the Nato summit. Cardiff, Wales © Paul Box

03-09-2014 - Armed Police Response Unit guard Cardiff city centre on the eve of the Nato summit. Cardiff, Wales © Paul Box

03-09-2014 - Armed Police Response Unit guard Cardiff city centre on the eve of the Nato summit. Cardiff, Wales © Paul Box

03-09-2014 - Armed Police Response Unit guard Cardiff city centre on the eve of the Nato summit. Cardiff, Wales © Paul Box

03-09-2014 - Armed Police Response Unit guard Cardiff city centre on the eve of the Nato summit. Cardiff, Wales © Paul Box

04-06-2013 - Seleka child soldiers in the street, on June 4, 2013, Bangui, Central African Republic. Seleka former rebels took power in a bloody coup on March 24th. © Boris Heger

04-06-2013 - Seleka child soldiers in the street, on June 4, 2013, Bangui, Central African Republic. Seleka former rebels took power in a bloody coup on March 24th. © Boris Heger

04-06-2013 - Seleka child soldiers in the street, on June 4, 2013, Bangui, Central African Republic. Seleka former rebels took power in a bloody coup on March 24th. © Boris Heger

04-06-2013 - Seleka Sudanese child soldier in front of a 4x4 pickup truck whose door reads in french dont care about death, on June 4, 2013, Bangui, Central African Republic. Seleka former rebels took power in a b... © Boris Heger

04-06-2013 - Seleka Sudanese child soldier in front of a 4x4 pickup truck whose door reads in french dont care about death, on June 4, 2013, Bangui, Central African Republic. Seleka former rebels took power in a b... © Boris Heger

04-06-2013 - Seleka fighters in the street, on June 4, 2013, Bangui, Central African Republic. Seleka former rebels took power in a bloody coup on March 24th. © Boris Heger

04-06-2013 - Seleka fighters in the street, on June 4, 2013, Bangui, Central African Republic. Seleka former rebels took power in a bloody coup on March 24th. © Boris Heger

04-06-2013 - Congolese reinforcements for the FOMAC disembark with their baggage on an airstrip on June 4, 2013, in Bangui, Central African Republic. Seleka former rebels took power in a bloody coup on March 24th © Boris Heger

04-06-2013 - Congolese reinforcements for the FOMAC disembark with their baggage on an airstrip on June 4, 2013, in Bangui, Central African Republic. Seleka former rebels took power in a bloody coup on March 24th © Boris Heger

04-06-2013 - Congolese reinforcements for the FOMAC disembark with their baggage on an airstrip on June 4, 2013, in Bangui, Central African Republic. Seleka former rebels took power in a bloody coup on March 24th © Boris Heger

04-06-2013 - Congolese reinforcements for the FOMAC disembark with their baggage on an airstrip on June 4, 2013, in Bangui, Central African Republic. Seleka former rebels took power in a bloody coup on March 24th © Boris Heger

04-06-2013 - Congolese UPC reinforcements for the FOMAC disembark with their baggage on an airstrip June 4, 2013, in Bangui, Central African Republic. Seleka former rebels took power in a bloody coup on March 24th... © Boris Heger

04-06-2013 - French soldiers stand guard at the airport on June 4, 2013, Bangui, Central African Republic. Seleka former rebels took power in a bloody coup on March 24th and are accused of widespread looting in th... © Boris Heger

04-06-2013 - French soldiers stand guard at the airport on June 4, 2013, Bangui, Central African Republic. Seleka former rebels took power in a bloody coup on March 24th and are accused of widespread looting in th... © Boris Heger

03-06-2013 - A column of the FOMAC (Multinational Force of Central Africa region) patrols the streets in an attempt to stabilize a volatile situation in Bangui, June 3, 2013, Central African Republic. Seleka forme... © Boris Heger

19-01-2013 - Milford, Michigan - Customers crowded the Huron Valley Guns store on Gun Appreciation Day. Pro-gun groups gathered at gun stores across the nation to buy weapons and to oppose proposed limits on gun o... © Jim West

19-01-2013 - Milford, Michigan - Handguns on display at the Huron Valley Guns store on Gun Appreciation Day. Pro-gun groups gathered at gun stores across the nation to buy weapons and to oppose proposed limits on... © Jim West

19-01-2013 - Milford, Michigan - A father and his son look over handguns as customers crowded the Huron Valley Guns store on Gun Appreciation Day. Pro-gun groups gathered at gun stores across the nation to buy wea... © Jim West

19-01-2013 - Milford, Michigan - 2nd amendment is to protect American Liberty over tyranical Govenment, a father and son with placards in the Huron Valley Guns store on Gun Appreciation Day. Pro-gun groups gathere... © Jim West

19-01-2013 - Milford, Michigan - Customers crowded the Huron Valley Guns store on Gun Appreciation Day. Pro-gun groups gathered at gun stores across the nation to buy weapons and to oppose proposed limits on gun o... © Jim West

19-01-2013 - Milford, Michigan - Customers crowded the Huron Valley Guns store on Gun Appreciation Day. Pro-gun groups gathered at gun stores across the nation to buy weapons and to oppose proposed limits on gun o... © Jim West

19-01-2013 - Milford, Michigan - Customers crowded the Huron Valley Guns store on Gun Appreciation Day. Pro-gun groups gathered at gun stores across the nation to buy weapons and to oppose proposed limits on gun o... © Jim West

19-01-2013 - Milford, Michigan - Customers crowded the Huron Valley Guns store on Gun Appreciation Day. Pro-gun groups gathered at gun stores across the nation to buy weapons and to oppose proposed limits on gun o... © Jim West

19-01-2013 - Milford, Michigan - The Huron Valley Guns store on Gun Appreciation Day. Pro-gun groups gathered at gun stores across the nation to buy weapons and to oppose proposed limits on gun ownership. © Jim West

19-01-2013 - Milford, Michigan - A farther and his children were among those who crowded the Huron Valley Guns store on Gun Appreciation Day. Pro-gun groups gathered at gun stores across the nation to buy weapons... © Jim West

19-01-2013 - Milford, Michigan - Customers crowded the Huron Valley Guns store on Gun Appreciation Day. Pro-gun groups gathered at gun stores across the nation to buy weapons and to oppose proposed limits on gun o... © Jim West

19-01-2013 - Milford, Michigan - Customers crowded the Huron Valley Guns store on Gun Appreciation Day. Pro-gun groups gathered at gun stores across the nation to buy weapons and to oppose proposed limits on gun o... © Jim West

19-01-2013 - Milford, Michigan - A worker goes over the paperwork for a gun buyers background check as customers crowded the Huron Valley Guns store on Gun Appreciation Day. Pro-gun groups gathered at gun stores a... © Jim West

14-10-2012 - Colombia Soldier standing guard at the entrance of the military base in the village of Union Mantaro. The presence of a military base makes the village particularly exposed to attacks from the Shining... © Boris Heger

11-03-2012 - Colombia Police operation to close mines operated by small traditional miners. The Colombian government says it wants to control illegal mining and is giving licenses to big multinationals. Colombia i... © Boris Heger

11-03-2012 - Colombia. A grandmother protecting a young child passes by policemen, as they stand guard in a small city where gold from the small mines is found in large quantities. Police operation to close mines... © Boris Heger

11-03-2012 - Colombia. Mobile Anti-Disturbance Squad (ESMAD). Armed police prepare to close illegal gold mines by force. Police operation to close mines operated by small traditional miners. The Colombian governme... © Boris Heger

31-08-2011 - A farmer in Perote Valley holds a rifle used by his great grandfather in the Pancho Villa army during the Mexican Revolution. Veracruz. Mexico © David Bacon

30-08-2011 - Detroit, Michigan - Police officers examine weapons turned in by residents in a gun buyback program. People were paid $25 to $200, depending on the type and quantity of weapons turned in. © Jim West

30-08-2011 - Detroit, Michigan - Police officers examine weapons turned in by residents in a gun buyback program. People were paid $25 to $200, depending on the type and quantity of weapons turned in. © Jim West

30-08-2011 - Detroit, Michigan - Police officers examine weapons turned in by residents in a gun buyback program. People were paid $25 to $200, depending on the type and quantity of weapons turned in. © Jim West

30-08-2011 - Detroit, Michigan - Police officers examine weapons turned in by residents in a gun buyback program. People were paid $25 to $200, depending on the type and quantity of weapons turned in. © Jim West

30-08-2011 - Detroit, Michigan - Residents turn in guns to the Detroit police department in a gun buyback program. They were paid $25 to $200, depending on the type and quantity of weapons turned in. © Jim West

30-08-2011 - Detroit, Michigan - Police officers examine weapons turned in by residents in a gun buyback program. People were paid $25 to $200, depending on the type and quantity of weapons turned in. © Jim West

30-08-2011 - Detroit, Michigan - Residents wait in line to turn in guns to the Detroit police department in a gun buyback program. They were paid $25 to $200, depending on the type and quantity of weapons turned i... © Jim West

18-08-2011 - Colombian army soldiers anti narcotic patroling a beach and monitoring the movements of fast boats which could be smuggling cocaine. The pacific coast of Colombia is the main exit point for illegal ex... © Boris Heger

18-08-2011 - Colombian army soldiers anti narcotic patroling a beach and monitoring the movements of fast boats which could be smuggling cocaine. The pacific coast of Colombia is the main exit point for illegal ex... © Boris Heger

05-04-2011 - Colombia. No Guns. NGO Land Cruiser in the streets of Buenaventura, Colombia. The sign indicates the vehicle does not carry guns onboard. © Boris Heger

03-02-2011 - Bogota, Colombia Army military police Brigade No 13 patrol passing by on an operation into the poor and dangerous neighbourhood mostly populated by internally displaced people. Bogota, Colombia. © Boris Heger

20-01-2011 - Colombia, internally displaced indigenous men and a handmade gun outside their shelter on the outskirts of the city, San Jose del Guaviare © Boris Heger

27-06-2010 - Indigenous women members of the FARC guerilla prepares for a long night walk to avoid being spotted by the army. © Boris Heger

27-06-2010 - A commander giving orders as they prepare for a long night walk to avoid being spotted by the army © Boris Heger

27-06-2010 - Children watch from their house as members of the FARC guerilla pass through their village. © Boris Heger

27-06-2010 - Handing a child soldier his AK47. A couple of boys from a local village watch © Boris Heger

26-06-2010 - Members of the FARC guerilla take part to a political discussion, on Saturday, June 26, 2010. The colombian government says the FARC guerilla is weaker than ever, and the new President, Juan Manual Sa... © Boris Heger

26-06-2010 - Members of the FARC guerilla take part to a political discussion, on Saturday, June 26, 2010. The colombian government says the FARC guerilla is weaker than ever, and the new President, Juan Manual Sa... © Boris Heger

26-06-2010 - Members of the FARC guerilla hidden under trees pack their bags and tents as soon as they wake up in readiness. © Boris Heger

26-06-2010 - Members of the FARC guerilla taking cover under trees to avoid being spotted by the army, receive some military training and instruction. © Boris Heger

26-06-2010 - Members of the FARC guerilla taking part to a political discussion © Boris Heger

26-06-2010 - Members of the FARC guerilla taking part to a political discussion © Boris Heger

26-06-2010 - Members of the FARC guerilla taking part to a political discussion © Boris Heger

25-06-2010 - Members of the FARC guerilla clean and maintain their weapons during a rest. A couple of boys from a local village watch © Boris Heger

25-06-2010 - A FARC guerilla scouts ahead along a mountain path to clear the way for his group to follow. © Boris Heger

25-06-2010 - FARC guerilla clean and maintain their weapons during a rest. Using a toothbrush © Boris Heger

25-06-2010 - Members of the FARC guerilla clean and maintain their weapons during a rest. Using a toothbrush © Boris Heger

24-06-2010 - Members of the FARC moving position in the twilight. © Boris Heger

24-06-2010 - A group of the FARC guerilla take cover as they prepare to attack an army position © Boris Heger

24-06-2010 - Two members of the FARC guerilla stand guard on the outskirts of their camp. © Boris Heger

24-06-2010 - A women member of the FARC guerilla stands guard on the outskirts of their camp © Boris Heger