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We can halve most forms of violence by 2030. Here's how

A man walks past a burning building during rioting after a grand jury returned no indictment in the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, early November 25, 2014. Gunshots were heard and bottles were thrown as anger rippled through a crowd outside the Ferguson Police Department in suburban St. Louis after authorities on Monday announced that a grand jury voted not to indict a white officer in the August shooting death of an unarmed black teen

Nearly 600,000 people die around the world each year as a result of conflict and violent crime Image: REUTERS/Jim Young

Robert Muggah
Co-founder, SecDev Group and Co-founder, Igarapé Institute
Laura Bailey
Global Lead, Stability Peace & Security, World Bank
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Homicide rates around the world, according to UNODC Image: UNODC
With targeted interventions, especially in cities, hundreds of thousands of lives each year could be saved
With targeted interventions, especially in cities, hundreds of thousands of lives each year could be saved Image: Our World in Data
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