![Slide 1 of 51]({"default":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8JYMp.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"} "montage - AFP/Getty Images;Reuters")
![Slide 2 of 51]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8GioM.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "50 - Margarito Perez Retana/Reuters")
![Slide 3 of 51]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8GiuR.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "49 - Albeiro Lopera/Reuters")
![Slide 4 of 51: 48. Torreon, Mexico]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8qyaw.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=868&y=22"}} "48. Torreon, Mexico - AP Photo/Ramon Sotomayor")
![Slide 5 of 51]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8Gl3E.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "47 - Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images")
![Slide 6 of 51]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8G6FB.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "46 - Marcel Costa Lima/Getty Images")
![Slide 7 of 51: Munitions seized from alleged members of a gang of gunmen, are shown to the media in Tijuana.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8G92C.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "45 - Guillermo Arias/AP")
![Slide 8 of 51]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8Go7G.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "44 - Andre Seale/SpecialistStock/REX")
![Slide 9 of 51: 43. Chihuahua, Mexico]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8DmLv.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "43. Chihuahua, Mexico - EDGARD GARRIDO/Newscom/Reuters")
![Slide 10 of 51]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8GeO0.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "42 - fredcardoso/Getty Images")
![Slide 11 of 51]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8I0z7.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "41 - Henry Romero/Reuters")
![Slide 12 of 51]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8IcUQ.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "40 - Steve Ruark/AP")
![Slide 13 of 51]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8IaA4.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "39 - Ruy Barbosa Pinto/Getty Images")
![Slide 14 of 51: Confiscated firearms await destruction in the coastal city of Durban. For many, the main worry is South Africa's shockingly high crime levels.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8Dbir.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "38. Durban, South Africa - MIKE HUTCHINGS/Newscom/Reuters")
![Slide 15 of 51]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8IeNd.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "37 - Roberto Vinicius, Agencia Estado/AP")
![Slide 16 of 51: 36. Pereira, Colombia]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8DpYg.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "36. Pereira, Colombia - ASSOCIATED PRESS")
![Slide 17 of 51]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8IfvU.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "35 - Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images")
![Slide 18 of 51]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8ImB5.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=1265&y=609"}} "34 - David Howells/REX")
![Slide 19 of 51]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8IfZI.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "33 - AND Inc./Getty Images")
![Slide 20 of 51: A soldier stands guard alongside at least 700 kg of explosives seized by army troops during a raid close to Palmira city.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8IueG.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "32 - Jaime Saldarriaga/Reuters")
![Slide 21 of 51: 31. Obregon, Mexico]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8tpGT.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "31. Obregon, Mexico - AP Photo/El Diario de Sonora")
![Slide 22 of 51]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8IkYd.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "30 - Bruno Coitinho Araújo [CC-BY-SA-3.0] via Wikimedia Commons")
![Slide 23 of 51: 29. Recife, Brazil]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8Dnps.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "29. Recife, Brazil - ASSOCIATED PRESS")
![Slide 24 of 51: 28. New Orleans, USA]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8tpdb.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "28. New Orleans, USA - AP Photo/Gerald Herbert")
![Slide 25 of 51]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8IlfF.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "27 - Jesus Alcazar/AFP/Getty Images")
![Slide 26 of 51: 26. Kingston, Jamaica]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8DsmT.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=1883&y=459"}} "26. Kingston, Jamaica - ASSOCIATED PRESS")
![Slide 27 of 51: People stand behind police tape at a crime scene in Guatemala City.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8InQC.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=1026&y=662"}} "25 - Rodrigo Abd/AP")
![Slide 28 of 51: Police investigators work at the crime scene where Sinaloa State Tourism Minister Antonio Ibarra Salgado and his driver were shot dead by several hit men in Culiacan.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8IJ0u.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "24 - Stringer/Reuters")
![Slide 29 of 51]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8It2G.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "23 - Sergio Viana/Getty Images")
![Slide 30 of 51: 22. Detroit, USA]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8tCJq.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=1236&y=749"}} "22. Detroit, USA - Bill Pugliano/Getty Images")
![Slide 31 of 51]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8JyLf.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "21 - Miguel Gutierrez/Newscom/EFE")
![Slide 32 of 51]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8JyRt.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "20 - Sergio Viana/Getty Images")
![Slide 33 of 51]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8JGfZ.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=808&y=388"}} "19 - Jerry Naunheim/AP")
![Slide 34 of 51: Police stand guard over suspects arrested during Independence Day Protests in Belem.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8JWDW.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "18 - ddp USA/REX")
![Slide 35 of 51: 17. Salvador, Brazil]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8DcZn.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "17. Salvador, Brazil - LUNAE PARRACHO/Newscom/Reuters")
![Slide 36 of 51: 16. Cuiaba, Brazil]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8DhWX.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "16. Cuiaba, Brazil - Fandrade/Getty Images")
![Slide 37 of 51: 15. Vitoria, Brazil]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8Dktv.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "15. Vitoria, Brazil - Pierre Klemas/Getty Images")
![Slide 38 of 51: Police stand over six suspected armed robbers arrested in central Cape Town.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8K1Cy.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=1680&y=114"}} "14 - Mike Hutchings/Reuters")
![Slide 39 of 51: A police officer stands guard as alleged gang members are shown to the media in San Salvador.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8JUuD.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "13 - Luis Romero/AP")
![Slide 40 of 51: 12. Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8Dn4q.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "12. Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela - EDWIN MONTILVA/Newscom/Reuters")
![Slide 41 of 51]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8JXg3.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "11 - Nuno Guimaraes/Reuters")
![Slide 42 of 51: 10. Sao Luis, Brazil]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8Dfgk.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "10. Sao Luis, Brazil - PAULO WHITAKER/Newscom/Reuters")
![Slide 43 of 51]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8JQCG.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "9 - Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images")
![Slide 44 of 51]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8K74k.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "8 - Offside/REX")
![Slide 45 of 51: 7. Valencia, Venezuela]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8DcBG.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "7. Valencia, Venezuela - AFP/Getty Images")
![Slide 46 of 51: 6. Maceio, Brazil]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8Dkbk.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "6. Maceio, Brazil - AFP/Getty Images")
![Slide 47 of 51: A National Police officer works at the crime scene in which five people were shot dead in the suburb of La Haya, in northern Tegucigalpa, Distrito Central.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8K52r.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "5 - Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty Images")
![Slide 48 of 51]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8JYbA.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "4 - wendeljam/Getty Images")
![Slide 49 of 51: A member of the state police is seen through a windshield broken by gunshots as he guards the crime scene after a clash between rival gangs, apparently of the drug-related organized crime, in the resort city of Acapulco.]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8JVwN.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=755&y=825"}} "3 - Pedro Pardo/AFP/Getty Images")
![Slide 50 of 51]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8Jyz1.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f"}} "2 - Jorge Silva/Reuters")
![Slide 51 of 51: 1. San Pedro Sula, Honduras]({"default":{"load":"wait","src":"//img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA8u0eR.img?h=373&w=624&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=810&y=894"}} "1. San Pedro Sula, Honduras - AP Photo/Esteban Felix")
The Citizen Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice, a Mexico City advocacy, has compiled a list of the most violent cities in the world by murder rate per capita. Despite Honduras topping the list for the second year in a row, 2016 Summer Olympic Games hosts Brazil has 19 cities in the top 50.
Homicides: 168
Population: 660,215
Murder rate*: 25.45
* Murder rate is calculated per 100,000 citizens overall.
Pictured: A police officer walks over spilled blood at a crime scene in Cuernavaca.
Homicides: 657
Population: 2,441,123
Murder rate: 26.91
Pictured: A Colombian Army soldier pats down a man during a patrol in Medellin.
Homicides: 330
Population: 1,186,637
Murder rate: 27.81
Pictured: Police officers patrol a street in Torreon.
Homicides: 183
Population: 643,666
Murder rate: 28.43
Pictured: Packages containing seven tons of marijuana are reflected on the pair of glasses of a Colombian policeman in Cucuta.
Homicides: 129
Population: 446,757
Murder rate: 28.87
Pictured: Aerial view of the Brazilian city of Macapa, located on the banks of the Amazon River.
Homicides: 502
Population: 1,678,880
Murder rate: 29.90
Pictured: Munitions seized from alleged members of a gang of gunmen are shown to the media in Tijuana.
Homicides: 587
Population: 1,864,416
Murder rate: 31.48
Pictured: An aerial view of downtown Curitiba.
Homicides: 289
Population: 868,145
Murder rate: 33.29
Pictured: Federal police present weaponry seized during an operation against the suspected leader of the "Gente Nueva" drug cartel in Chihuahua.
Homicides: 1,926
Population: 5,767,414
Murder rate: 33.39
Pictured: A view of the Morro do Papagaio favela at Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Homicides: 117
Population: 345,080
Murder rate: 33.91
Pictured: Mexican policemen and a soldier stand guard next to remains of a parked vehicle outside a studio of top broadcaster Televisa in Ciudad Victoria, the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.
Homicides: 211
Population: 622,104
Murder rate: 33.912
Pictured: Baltimore police stand near the scene where an early-morning shooting occurred in Baltimore.
Homicides: 312
Population: 912,647
Murder rate: 34.19
Pictured: A wide view of Aracaju city.
Homicides: 1187
Population: 3,442,361
Murder rate: 34.48
Pictured: Confiscated firearms await destruction in the coastal city of Durban.
Homicides: 1,442
Population: 4,161,237
Murder rate: 34.65
Pictured: A federal police officer walks next to suspects arrested for belonging to an organized crime gang in Porto Alegre.
Homicides: 162
Population: 467,185
Murder rate: 34.68
Pictured: Colombian police officers display packs containing three tons of marijuana found on a truck near Pereira.
Homicides: 404
Population: 1,152,115
Murder rate: 34.89
Pictured: An aerial view of the city of Port Elizabeth, in Nelson Mandela Bay.
Homicides: 142
Population: 406,598
Murder rate: 34.92
Pictured: Police patrol the streets of Nuevo Laredo.
Homicides: 749
Population: 2,020,301
Murder rate: 37.07
Pictured: Favelas on the Amazon River in Manaus.
Homicides: 114
Population: 302,727
Murder rate: 37.66
Pictured: A soldier stands guard alongside at least 700 kg of explosives seized by army troops during a raid close to Palmira city.
Homicides: 120
Population: 318,184
Murder rate: 37.71
Pictured: Police secure the area where the body of a Mexican police reporter was found near the city of Empalme, south of Obregon.
Homicides: 153
Population: 402,912
Murder rate: 37.97
Pictured: A view of Campina Grande.
Homicides: 1518
Population: 3,887,261
Murder rate: 39.05
Pictured: A man is seen at a police station after being arrested with two guns in Recife.
Homicides: 150
Population: 378,715
Murder rate: 39.61
Pictured: A Louisiana state trooper advises passers-by around the scene of a fatal stabbing on Toulouse Street near Bourbon Street.
Homicides: 538
Population: 1,347,165
Murder rate: 39.94
Pictured: View of one of three mass graves found by members of the General Attorney's Office Special Unit for Investigation of Missing Persons in Ciudad Juarez.
Homicides: 495
Population: 1,219,366
Murder rate: 40.59
Pictured: A soldier frisks a man at a military checkpoint in the crime-ridden Tivoli Gardens neighborhood in Kingston, Jamaica.
Homicides: 1,288
Population: 3,074,054
Murder rate: 41.90
Pictured: People stand behind police tape at a crime scene in Guatemala City.
Homicides: 384
Population: 910,564
Murder rate: 42.17
Pictured: Police investigators work at the crime scene where Sinaloa State Tourism Minister Antonio Ibarra Salgado and his driver were shot dead by several hit men in Culiacan.
Homicides: 633
Population: 1,412,364
Murder rate: 44.82
Pictured: A view of downtown Goiania.
Homicides: 309
Population: 688,701
Murder rate: 44.87
Pictured: Crime scene tape stretched across the location where 10 people were shot at a barber's shop in Detroit.
Homicides: 601
Population: 1,293,693
Murder rate: 46.46
Pictured: Guns of all types are piled up for destruction as part of a government initiative to eliminate 34,509 firearms confiscated by authorities in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
Homicides: 416
Population: 840,600
Murder rate: 49.49
Pictured: An aerial view of Teresina.
Homicides: 159
Population: 318,416
Murder rate: 49.93
Pictured: Police investigate the scene of a shooting outside a funeral home chapel in St. Louis.
Homicides: 1,130
Population: 2,129,515
Murder rate: 53.06
Picture: Police stand guard over suspects arrested in Belem.
Homicides: 2,129
Population: 3,919,864
Murder rate: 54.31
Pictured: Police search youths for weapons and drugs while on patrol in the Nordeste de Amaralina slum complex in Salvador.
Homicides: 467
Population: 827,104
Murder rate: 56.46
Pictured: A view of the city of Cuiaba.
Homicides: 1,074
Population: 1,884,096
Murder rate: 57.00
In picture: A view of Vitoria.
Homicides: 2,244
Population: 3,740,026
Murder rate: 60.00
Pictured: Police stand over six suspected armed robbers arrested in central Cape Town.
Homicides: 1,067
Population: 1,743,315
Murder rate: 61.21
Pictured: A police officer stands guard as alleged gang members are shown to the media in San Salvador.
Homicides: 536
Population: 862,720
Murder rate: 62.13
Pictured: Venezuelan National Guards present confiscated cocaine to the media in Puerto Ordaz, Ciudad Guayana.
Homicides: 931
Population: 1,462,045
Murder rate: 63.68
Pictured: A view of the city of Natal.
Homicides: 908
Population: 1,403,111
Murder rate: 64.71
Pictured: A general view of Jardim Sao Luis near the edge of Sao Paulo.
Homicides: 1,530
Population: 2,344,734
Murder rate: 65.25
Pictured: A gang member poses with a homemade gun at the Siloe neighbourhood in Cali.
Homicides: 2,451
Population: 3,818,380
Murder rate: 66.55
Pictured: A view of the Fortaleza city skyline at night.
Homicides: 1086
Population: 1,527,920
Murder rate: 71.08
Pictured: Police with the suspects in the kidnap of Venezuelan Washington Nationals' baseball catcher, Wilson Ramos, in Valencia.
Homicides: 733
Population: 1,005,319
Murder rate: 72.91
Pictured: A military policeman questions a suspect after been caught with marijuana, during an operation at Virgem dos Pobres (Virgin of the Poor) shantytown in Maceio.
Homicides: 928
Population: 1,195,456
Murder rate: 77.65
Pictured: A National Police officer works at the crime scene in which five people were shot dead in the suburb of La Haya, in northern Tegucigalpa, Distrito Central.
Homicides: 620
Population: 780,738
Murder rate: 79.41
Pictured: Joao Pessoa city at night.
Homicides: 883
Population: 847,735
Murder rate: 104.16
Pictured: A member of the state police is seen through a windshield broken by gunshots as he guards the crime scene after a clash between rival gangs, apparently of the drug-related organized crime, in the resort city of Acapulco.
Homicides: 3797
Population: 3,273,863
Murder rate: 115.98
Pictured: Police patrol and search suspects in the slum of Petare in Caracas.
Homicides: 1,317
Population: 769,025
Murder rate: 171.20
Pictured: A masked member of the 18th Street gang looks through a prison door of the San Pedro Sula prison.
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