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Residents gather round the bodies of suspected drug traffickers in the City of God favela in Rio de Janeiro on Nov. 20.

Charts: Crime is getting even worse in post-Olympics Rio

Rio de Janeiro's Olympics security force is gone — and robberies and violent crime are rising. Here's how bad it is, in three charts.

Charts: Crime is getting even worse in post-Olympics Rio
A fingerprint reader in action

This new 3-D printed glove can dupe fingerprint scanners

This new 3-D printed glove can dupe fingerprint scanners
South African Flag

South Africa's murder rate rises to over 50 people killed per day

South Africa's murder rate rises to over 50 people killed per day
Directors Frida Barkfors and Lasse Barkfors attend the "Pervert Park" Premiere during the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2015 in Park City, Utah.

'Pervert Park' brings you inside Florida's sex offenders camp

'Pervert Park' brings you inside Florida's sex offenders camp
13 suspected members of the 18th street gang are presented to the media after being arrested by the police in Soyapango, El Salvador in March.

Salvadoran gangs use Facebook to track down victims

Salvadoran gangs use Facebook to track down victims
Two workers holding a white body body bag as they place it in the back of a truck

Óscar Martínez on why El Salvador is a 'good place to kill'

His first book was a deep look at the dangers of the journey to escape. 'A History of Violence' focuses on why people take the journey to begin with.

Óscar Martínez on why El Salvador is a 'good place to kill'
The Netherlands' Minister of Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk (2nd L, top) helps adjust costumes of participants from Curacao before their boat leaves for the festival's canal parade in Amsterdam, the Netherlands August 1, 2015.

Online sports gambling hums along thanks to a tiny Dutch colony in the Caribbean

The tiny island of Curaçao is home to many e-commerce companies. But a big business is sports gambling. Billions of dollars pass through the country annually.

Online sports gambling hums along thanks to a tiny Dutch colony in the Caribbean
Tamir Rice (L) and Ethan Couch.

A tale of two fates: Tamir Rice and Ethan Couch

Callie Crossley asks whether the cases of Tamir Rice and Ethan Couch answer the debate about the power of fate versus free will.

A tale of two fates: Tamir Rice and Ethan Couch
Many of the arms used by Mexican cartels come from the US and Central America, but that's not the full story.

The complex picture behind the military arms behind many violent crimes in Mexico (CHARTS)

At least 50 countries have exported military-grade weapons and associated materiel to Mexico over the past five decades.

The complex picture behind the military arms behind many violent crimes in Mexico (CHARTS)
Indrani Mukerjea, suspect in Sheena Bora murder case being taken in by Mumbai Police.

India is gripped by a celebrity murder case

A murder case in India is getting wall-to-wall coverage. The wife of a top media mogul has been accused of murdering her sister, but it now turns out the victim was actually her daughter.

India is gripped by a celebrity murder case
The town of Las Vueltas has almost no murders, but it does have a museum collection of guns and AK-47s that date back to El Salvador's civil war.

These isolated towns in dangerous El Salvador are murder-free zones

Homicides are skyrocketing in El Salvador, but in one part of the country, there's a cluster of towns that, year after year, report almost no murders.

These isolated towns in dangerous El Salvador are murder-free zones
One of the “holy thugs” against one of their graves.

As violence rises, some in Venezuela pray to dead criminals for help and protection

When in need, some in Venezuela are turning to the Court of Thugs, a cult whose criminal spirits some believe can bestow divine favors on them.

As violence rises, some in Venezuela pray to dead criminals for help and protection
For all the good citizens who keep silent when a situation like Divan Silva's shooting occurs, there are numbers of good police officers who’ve retreated behind the blue wall of silence after witnessing brute force by rogue cops.

A stalemate of silence: 'If cops won’t snitch on each other, why should we snitch for them?'

The failure of citizens or police to speak up hides criminals and protects dangerous cops.

A stalemate of silence: 'If cops won’t snitch on each other, why should we snitch for them?'
Volunteers with the Rescue Command treat a man who was robbed and attacked with a baseball in San Salvador.

El Salvador's skyrocketing violence is being met by youth who risk their lives to treat victims

Gang violence is skyrocketing in El Salvador. May finished with more than 600 murders, more than any previous month since the country's civil war that ended in the early 1990s. Young people are often the victims, but some have found an escape; a way to live in the middle of the violence without becoming a target.

El Salvador's skyrocketing violence is being met by youth who risk their lives to treat victims
A bloodstain is seen behind police barrier tape at the scene of a fatal shooting in Gothenburg, March 18, 2015.

Sweden's gang activity isn't reserved for its crime novels

Henning Mankell writes about crime in Sweden. And after a deadly gang shooting in the city of Gothenburg, it's clear his fiction is grounded in fact.

Sweden's gang activity isn't reserved for its crime novels