BRITAIN NORTHERN IRELAND

An armed Royal Ulster Constabulary officer in full riot gear, chats with an unidentified Catholic youngster, as he escorts him through a Protestant section of the Ardoyne area of Belfast, Northern Ireland, Wednesday Oct. 24, 2001. The child along with others and their mothers, was on his way to Holy Cross Boys School, the day after the IRA announced that they were to begin decommissioning their weapons. (AP Photo/Adam Butler)