People take part in a prayer vigil at Ponder Park in El Paso of Texas, the United States, on Aug. 4, 2019. A gunman opened fire at a shopping center in El Paso, killing 22 people and injuring more than two dozen. As the final days of the year approach, Americans are facing a grim milestone -- there have already been more mass shootings in 2019 than there are days in the entire year. As of Dec. 22, there have been 404 cases of mass shooting in the United States, according to the Gun Violence Archive (GVA). This is the highest number since the organization started collecting data in 2013. According to the GVA, 14,801 people were killed and 28,613 people injured by guns across the United States as of Dec. 22, excluding suicide. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)
