Early morning calisthenics for a new group of Pesh Merga recruits in Northern Iraq

Even harsh winter conditions don’t stop these brave children from attending school. In bombed-out schoolrooms in Penjwin, Kurdish children study in three daily shifts because there aren't enough teachers, rooms or supplies.

Frankie and Spanky pay their respects to Gyro, who was killed by a rival gang. Months earlier Gyro had stopped gangbanging

Insane Juvenile Queens, South Central

Herberto in maximum security at California Youth Authority

Funeral of two-and-a-half-year-old Thomas Regalado III, East Los Angeles

Boyle Heights

A night of truce in East L.A., seconds after a drive-by shooting, a Clarence gangmember is hit by fire from an automatic weapon. He survived. Boyle Heights