The photographer bought his own drone, mounted a camera and traveled across the United States looking for situations similar to those mentioned in strike reports from Pakistan and Yemen.

People exercise in a public park in San Francisco, viewed from a drone. California is a major center for the development and manufacture of military UAVs.

Children play at a birthday party in Sacramento County. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism estimates that between 168 and 221 children were killed in drone strikes on Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia between 2002 and 2015.

A wedding in central Philadelphia.

In December 2013, fire from a US drone reportedly struck a wedding in Rada, central Yemen, killing 14 people and injuring 22.

Residential homes surrounding a circular park in Montgomery County, Maryland, viewed from a drone. The National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the US Navy have both applied for drone authorization in Montgomery County.

A Border Patrol vehicle in San Diego County, California. US Customs and Border Protection has been using drones since 2005, and lends them to other government agencies, such as the FBI and the Texas Rangers.

A fire truck and crew respond to a car fire in the Gila River Indian Community in Maricopa County, Arizona.

In drone strikes abroad, US operators are known to engage in ‘double-tap’ strikes, in which consecutive rounds of missiles are fired on the same target, with the second round intended to kill those who respond to the first. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism documented at least five such strikes in Pakistan in 2012.

Students in a courtyard in El Dorado County, California, viewed from a drone.

In 2006, a drone strike on a religious school in the village of Chenegai, Pakistan, reportedly killed up to 69 children.

‘Tent City’ jail in Maricopa County, Arizona. Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced plans to purchase two surveillance drones for a facility already equipped with perimeter stun fences, watchtowers, and a facial recognition system.

US Marines in Philadelphia prepare for a wreath-laying ceremony in observance of Veterans Day.

In June 2009, a US drone strike reportedly killed between 60 and 80 people who were attending the funerals of victims of earlier drone strikes, in South Waziristan, Pakistan.

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