Luis Benavides / AP

Residents watch youth groups gather for a crimes against young people march in the slums of Medellin, Colombia, on Tuesday March 29. The peaceful demonstration was organized in response to the shooting death of 17-year-old rapper Mario Alejandro Sierra on Saturday. Since January, 340 people have been killed in Medellín - a city of just over two million inhabitants - said Yesid Henao, deputy secretary of the youth services department.

Watching a protest go by in Medellin, Colombia

This is one of those pictures that make you smile. Then you read the caption and realize the scene is a small part of a bigger, tragic story.

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