The World's Most Murderous Places, And Other Lessons From A Killer Map

Some cities in Colombia and Brazil are deadlier than war-torn countries, according to a new interactive map of the world's murders.

First, some numbers: In 2012, 437,000 people were killed worldwide, yielding a global average murder rate of 6.2 per 100,000 inhabitants. A third of those homicides occurred in Latin America and the Caribbean, home to just 8% of the world's population. In Brazil, murder is the leading cause of death for young men, while in parts of Europe violent death is a rare and shocking anomaly.

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