
Lauren Hansen
Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.
Latest articles by Lauren Hansen
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The women of World War IIn Pictures While most Americans wanted to stay out of World War I, some women were eager for the opportunity to prove themselves
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The week's best photojournalismIn Pictures In some of the week's most striking images, mini Einsteins huddle, cherry blossoms bloom, and more
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This week I learned that sleep walking is an evolutionary trait gone terribly wrong, and morefeature Fun and interesting facts from around the web
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The week's best photojournalismIn Pictures In some of the week's most eye-catching images, the Northeast digs out, India explodes in color, and more
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The Jewish photographer who bore witness to the unbearableIn Pictures A new exhibit honors the brave photography of Henryk Ross, who captured the slow erosion of humanity in Poland's Lodz Ghetto
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The Irish lake caught in the middle of BrexitIn Pictures As Britain begins its divorce from the EU, residents of a disputed territory worry about their fate
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The week's best photojournalismIn Pictures In some of the week's most striking images, California blooms, a newborn elephant takes a step, and more
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This week I learned the word pink used to mean yellow, and morefeature Fun and interesting facts from around the web
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This is women's workIn Pictures Empowering portraits of women working in male-dominated fields around the world
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This week I learned some metals have memory, and morefeature Fun and interesting facts from around the web
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Singapore's 'silent army'In Pictures A Singaporean shelter offers foreign domestic workers a home when they have nowhere else to turn
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This week I learned you could probably outrun a T. Rex, and morefeature Fun and interesting facts from around the web
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The border wall that already existsIn Pictures President Trump has long promised to build a wall along the southern border. But in some parts of California and Arizona, there already is one.
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The week's best photojournalismIn Pictures In some of the week's most eye-catching images, a volcano spews lava, Carnival revelers get messy, and more
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This week I learned the unexpected ways an asteroid could kill us all, and morefeature Fun and interesting facts from around the web
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A rare glimpse of African-American life in the 19th centuryIn Pictures A newly digitized photography collection celebrates the beauty and the struggle of everyday life for African-Americans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
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The week's best photojournalismIn Pictures In some of the week's most striking images, dairy cows compete in a beauty pageant, carnival revelers get into the spirit, and more
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This week I learned why we're all suckers for the good cop/bad cop routine, and morefeature Fun and interesting facts from around the web
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The week's best photojournalismIn Pictures In some of the week's most eye-catching images, an eagle fights a drone, Westminster's top dog dines at Sardi's, and more
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This week I learned honeybees say 'oops' when they're startled, and morefeature Fun and interesting facts from around the web
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This week I learned that Brazil and France almost went to war over lobster, and morefeature Fun and interesting facts from around the web
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The beauty lurking at nightIn Pictures A London photographer finds the most interesting things happen when the sun goes down and the streets go quiet
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This week I learned dogs dig reggae, and morefeature Fun and interesting facts from around the web
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A portrait of AmericaIn Pictures At the turn of the 20th century, an amateur photographer captured future Americans as they passed through Ellis Island
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