"Whether in situations of conflict or crime, [armed violence] imposes enormous costs on states, communities and individuals."

- Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development.

Iraq: 27 years old, pregnant, and a mother of three, Khanda Faraj Mohammed sustained severe burns on her neck, chest, stomach, arms and hands when a car bomb exploded near her at a local market in Kirkuk.

Photo: J.B. Russell/Panos