YOUNG JAMAICAN BOY SITS ATOP A BARRICADE IN KINGSTON, 2002-10-15 (photo)

A boy sits at a blockade set up to stop vehicles entering his garrison neighbourhood, to stop drive-by shootings ahead of tomorrow's general elections October 15, 2002. Jamaicans go to the polls on Wednesday. Jamaica, with a population of 2.7 million, has one of the world's highest murder rates with an average of three killings a day last year, violence that many analysts blame for sagging tourism and an economy that has just emerged from a decade of nearly zero economic growth. Jamaica has been plagued by election-season violence for decades as inner-city gangs loyal to the two major political parties stage turf wars. REUTERS/Andrew Winning AW/GN