How much more staged can you get?

This photo appeared in the Los Angeles Times, 2007/12/30, section A, page 10 in an article about the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. The photo caption reads, "Out of Control: A young man brandishes a pistol on a Karachi street. ..." However, there is something fishy about this photo. See next entry.

This is a full-size crop of the above photo. This young man has obviously never fired a gun before. His middle finger is on the trigger while his index finger is on top of the slide, right where the shell casing would eject. If he actually fired the gun like this, he could lose a chunk of his index finger or be burned at the least.

This photo appeared in various news outlets in an article about unrest in the Gaza strip. The gun's slide is locked back and his finger is on the trigger. So either he just emptied the clip or he has no idea how to use a gun because it cannot fire in that position.