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Their darkest dealings often go unreported and unnoticed. But from Nairobi to S?o Paulo, many urban gangs are becoming more sophisticated, more brutal, and more powerful than ever.

Some art aims directly at arousing the feelings; some art appeals to the feelings through the route of the intelligence. There is art that involves, that creates empathy. There is art that detaches, that provokes reflection.