The spray of bullets here is a force of erosion, like wind or water.

Nic Bothma/EPA file
A file photograph dated 06 August 2003 shows a LURD (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy) rebel observing a ceasefire shortly before the departure of then president Charles Taylor during the civil war in Monrovia, Liberia. Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is to go on trial in the Hague, 04 June 2007 for his involvement in the brutal civil wars of Sierra Leone and Liberia.