Vatican's ambassador to Mexico Franco Coppola gives a rosary to a child during a visit to the municipality of Aguililla, an area where the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and local drug gangs are fighting to control the territory, in Aguililla, in Michoacan state, Mexico April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Alan Ortega 

Vatican's ambassador to Mexico Franco Coppola blesses residents after arriving for a visit to the municipality of Aguililla, an area where the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and local drug gangs are fighting to control the territory, in Aguililla, in Michoacan state, Mexico April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Alan Ortega 

A child looks on from a truck cabin during the visit of Vatican's ambassador to Mexico Franco Coppola to the municipality of Aguililla, an area where the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and local drug gangs are fighting to control the territory, in Aguililla, in Michoacan state, Mexico April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Alan Ortega 

Residents greet Vatican's ambassador to Mexico Franco Coppola after arriving for a visit to the municipality of Aguililla, an area where the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and local drug gangs are fighting to control the territory, in Aguililla, in Michoacan state, Mexico April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Alan Ortega 

Bereaved relatives of Philippines' drug war victims embrace Catholic priest and founder of healing program Flavie Villanueva at the end of their theatre performance depicting their journey of loss and healing in a Catholic school in Makati City, Philippines, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Bereaved relatives of Philippines' drug war victims act a scene while a photo of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is raised in the background during a theatre show portraying their journey of loss and healing in a Catholic school in Makati City, Philippines, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

A bereaved grandmother holds a portrait of her slain grandson during the theatre performance of the grieving families of Philippines' drug war victims on their journey of loss and healing in a Catholic school in Makati City, Philippines, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

A bereaved relative of a Philippines' drug war victim becomes emotional during the theatre performance on her journey of loss and healing in a Catholic school in Makati City, Philippines, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Bereaved relatives of Philippines' drug war victims hold portraits of their slain loved ones during their theatre performance depicting their journey of loss and healing in a Catholic school in Makati City, Philippines, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Bereaved relatives of Philippines' drug war victims hold portraits of their slain loved ones during their theatre performance on their journey of loss and healing in a Catholic school in Makati City, Philippines, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Bereaved relatives of Philippines' drug war victims hold portraits of their slain loved ones during their theatre performance depicting their journey of loss and healing in a Catholic school in Makati City, Philippines, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

A bereaved mother and a widow of Philippines' drug war victims are seen emotional as they prepare for the theatre performance on their journey of loss and healing in a Catholic school in Makati City, Philippines, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Bereaved relatives of Philippines' drug war victims act a scene as a photo of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is hanged in the background during a theatre performance on their journey of loss and healing in a Catholic school in Makati City, Philippines March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Filipino Catholic priest Flavie Villanueva, founder of the healing program for relatives of Philippines's drug war victims, speaks to the families before their theatre performance on their journey of loss and healing in a Catholic school in Makati City, Philippines, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Analyn Mamot, 33, a widow of a Philippines' drug war victim, cries during the theatre performance of bereaved relatives of Philippines' drug war victims portraying their journey of loss and healing in a Catholic school in Makati City, Philippines, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Analyn Mamot, 33, holds a candle and a portrait of her slain husband, during the theatre performance of bereaved relatives of Philippines' drug war victims portraying their journey of loss and healing in a Catholic school in Makati City, Philippines, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Relatives of victims killed in the Philippines' drug war act a scene during their theatre performance on their journey of loss and healing in a Catholic school in Makati City, Philippines, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Relatives of victims killed in the Philippines' drug war act a scene while a placard is held by a man during the theatre performance of the bereaved families of drug war victims on their journey of loss and healing in a Catholic school in Makati City, Philippines, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

A man whose relative was killed in the Philippines' drug war raises a placard during the theatre performance of the bereaved families of drug war victims on their journey of loss and healing in a Catholic school in Makati City, Philippines, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Bereaved relatives of Philippines's drug war victims take a moment before their theatre performance on their journey of loss and healing in a Catholic school in Makati City, Philippines, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Bereaved relatives of Philippines' drug war victims gather to pray before their theatre performance on their journey of loss and healing in a Catholic school in Makati City, Philippines, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Bereaved relatives of Philippines' drug war victims rehearse for their theatre performance on their journey of loss and healing in a Catholic school in Makati City, Philippines, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Bereaved relatives of Philippines' drug war victims prepare for their theatre performance on their journey of loss and healing in a Catholic school in Makati City, Philippines, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Framed portraits of Philippines' drug war victims are prepared for the theatre performance of grieving families on their journey of loss and healing in a Catholic school in Makati City, Philippines, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Bereaved relatives of Philippines' drug war victims prepare props for their theater performance on their journey of loss and healing, in a community center in Manila, Philippines, March 3, 2020. Picture taken March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Props for the threater performance of the grieving families of Philippines' drug war victims are prepared on a table in a community center in Manila, Philippines, March 3, 2020. Picture taken March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Packages of seized drugs are pictured at the Bolivian police headquarters after operations against drug trafficking in La Paz, Bolivia January 23, 2020. REUTERS/David Mercado 

Filipino activists, and relatives of people killed in the country's war on drugs, hold a rally in observance of Human Rights Day in Manila, Philippines, December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Filipino activists, and relatives of people killed in the country's war on drugs, hold a rally in observance of Human Rights Day in Manila, Philippines, December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Filipino activists, and relatives of people killed in the country's war on drugs, hold a rally in observance of Human Rights Day in Manila, Philippines, December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Philippines Vice President Maria Leonor Robredo answers questions from the media after a closed-door meeting with a drug war task force in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, November 8, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Philippines Vice President Maria Leonor Robredo answers questions from the media after her first meeting as co-head of a drug war task force, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, November 8, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Philippines Vice President Maria Leonor Robredo speaks beside Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Director General Aaron Aquino during her first meeting with a drug war task force after President Rodrigo Duterte appointed her as its co-head, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, November 8, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Philippines Vice President Maria Leonor Robredo speaks during her first meeting with a drug war task force after President Rodrigo Duterte appointed her as its co-head, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, November 8, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Philippines Vice President Maria Leonor Robredo speaks during her first meeting with a drug war task force after President Rodrigo Duterte appointed her as its co-head, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, November 8, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Philippines Vice President Maria Leonor Robredo speaks during her first meeting with a drug war task force after President Rodrigo Duterte appointed her as its co-head, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, November 8, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

A wheelchair used by patients with kidney failure is seen at a dialysis centre at a hospital in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen November 28, 2018. Picture taken November 28, 2018. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad 

On the morning of April 8, 12-year-old Eduarda Lopes watched as her mother, Valdilene da Silva, was shot by a stray bullet in Rio de Janeiro's Manguinhos slum, one of the countless innocent victims of rising gangland violence in the city. As she lay dying in a puddle of blood, Silva used her last breaths to tell her daughter to run and hide. But despite her fear of being killed, Lopes stayed with her mother. "I waited with her until the final moment, by her side," Lopes told Reuters, as tears streamed down her face. "I couldn't bear it," Lopes said, of when she got to see her mother's corpse later that day. "I saw her lying there and she looked like a doll, asleep. The only thing I could take with me were the earrings she was wearing." Brazil's violence is spiking and ever more victims are caught in the crossfire of gangs warring with each other or police. Rio de Janeiro state registered over 4,500 murders during the first eight months of 2018, up 6 percent compared with the same period in 2017. More than 1,000 people died in confrontations with police in the state between January and August, official data shows, up over 50 percent on the same period in 2017. Authorities say those killed are mostly suspected drug gang members, while critics allege innocent people are also slain. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "BECO DA SIRIA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. Matching text: BRAZIL-VIOLENCE/? 

Activists and families of drug war victims display placards during a protest against the war on drugs by President Rodrigo Duterte in Quezon city, Metro Manila in Philippines, August 28, 2018. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

A woman displays a picture of her son, a drug war victim, and a placard during a protest against the war on drugs by President Rodrigo Duterte in Quezon city, Metro Manila in Philippines, August 28, 2018. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez 

Millions of Yemenis are at risk from hunger and cholera brought on by three years of war, an emergency that has also hit cancer patients, struggling to get treatment in a country where the economy and infrastructure have collapsed. The World Health Organization (WHO) said around 35,000 people have cancer in Yemen, with about 11,000 cases diagnosed each year. The National Oncology Centre in Sanaa admits around 600 new cancer patients each month. But it received only $1 million in funding last year from state entities and international aid groups, the head of the centre, Ahmed al-Ashwal, told Reuters. The few beds available at the centre are reserved for children. Other patients receive treatment intravenously, while sitting on dilapidated recliner chairs or in the waiting area. The WHO said that prior to the conflict, the centre used to receive $15 million a year from the state and that the budget was used to purchase chemotherapy medications and anti-cancer drugs for oncology centres across the country. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah SEARCH "YEMEN CANCER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. Matching text: YEMEN-SECURITY/HEALTH 

Brazilian Army soldiers patrol the Alemao complex slum during an operation against drug dealers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil August 20, 2018. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes 

A look at the anti-drug campaign that started in May in Bangladesh. 

Activists wear hoods depicting families of victims killed in President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war as Duterte delivers his State of the Nation address in Quezon city, Metro Manila, in Philippines July 23, 2018. REUTERS/Erik De Castro 

Activists wear hoods depicting families of victims killed in President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war as Duterte delivers his State of the Nation address in Quezon city, Metro Manila, in Philippines July 23, 2018. REUTERS/Erik De Castro 

A police officer tries to extinguish a fire set by demonstrators during a protest against the death of alleged drug dealers during an operation against drug gangs in Cidade de Deus slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 3, 2018. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Participants display placards as they participate in a procession against plans to reimpose death penalty and intensify drug war during "Walk for Life" in Luneta park, Metro Manila, Philippines February 24, 2018. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco 

Participants display placards as they participate in a procession against plans to reimpose death penalty and intensify drug war during "Walk for Life" in Luneta park, Metro Manila, Philippines February 24, 2018. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco 

Participants display placards as they participate in a procession against plans to reimpose death penalty and intensify drug war during "Walk for Life" in Luneta park, Metro Manila, Philippines February 24, 2018. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco 

A Catholic nun and student display a placard as they participate in a procession against plans to reimpose death penalty and intensify drug war during "Walk for Life" in Luneta park, Metro Manila, Philippines February 24, 2018. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco 

Participants display placards as they participate in a procession against plans to reimpose death penalty and intensify drug war during "Walk for Life" in Luneta park, Metro Manila, Philippines February 24, 2018. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco 

A Catholic nun displays a placard as she participates in a procession against plans to reimpose death penalty and intensify drug war during "Walk for Life" in Luneta park, Metro Manila, Philippines February 24, 2018. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco 

A gun is pictured as armed forces members patrol during an operation against drug dealers in Vila Kennedy slum, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes 

Bullets are pictured on a machine gun as armed forces members patrol during an operation against drug dealers in Vila Kennedy slum, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes 

A boy uses a computer at a makeshift internet shop inside Market 3 in Navotas, Metro Manila, Philippines, October 28, 2017. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao SEARCH "MANILA SLUM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A man, whose wife was arrested during an anti-drug operation and has a bout of tuberculosis, coughs outside a window while his daughter plays with candles inside a shanty in Navotas, Metro Manila, Philippines, December 6, 2017. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao SEARCH "MANILA SLUM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. 

Residents walk through a partially-flooded street in Market 3 in Navotas, Metro Manila, Philippines, November 21, 2017. REUTERS/Dondi Tawatao SEARCH "MANILA SLUM" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.