A new report has indicated that police in the United States have shot dead more than 600 people across the country so far this year.
The Washington Post data shows 601 people were shot dead by police officers in the first eight months of 2015.
During the past 30 days, at least 85 people were killed by police, the report said.
According to the report, 24 of the victims were black and unarmed.
The killing of unarmed African-American people by white police officers during the past year has sparked many anti-police demonstrations in the country.
The data is based on news reports, public records, Internet databases and original reporting.
In one instance, police killed unarmed black man Christian Taylor in a store in Arlington, Texas.
Taylor, 19, drove his car into a car dealership and a security company reported a burglary in progress at the business. Police confronted the teenager in the showroom and killed him.
In June, a comprehensive database published by the Guardian newspaper showed that US police kill more Americans in days than the police in other countries do in years.