PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2004 A 14-year-old boy is rushed through the emergency room with multiple gunshot wounds to the abdomen, July 11, 2004, in Guatemala City, as three other bystanders were wounded in the shootout when rival gang members opened fire at a late-night neighborhood store. Nearly 2,000 people have been killed in violent acts in the first 7 months of this year in Guatemala. The government, struggling with a solution to the problem, has announced a 'swapout' program trading sewing machines or bicycles for illegal weapons. REUTERS/Daniel LeClair