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 week's best photojournalism
In Pictures In the week's most eye-catching photos, Rio dives into the Olympics, a mother gorilla cuddles her newborn, and more
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This week I learned why sleeping with the lights on is a terrible idea, and more
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15 shocking election-inspired tattoos
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The spectacular evolution of the Summer Olympics' opening ceremony
In Pictures More than a century ago, the Olympics' inaugural night was endearingly modest
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When Nazi Germany hosted the Summer Olympics
In Pictures Eighty years ago, Adolf Hitler welcomed the world to see the "New Germany"
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In Pictures In the week's most eye-catching images, a lion takes a break, politicians are enamored by balloons, and more
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Here's 28 years of presidential nominees acting like kids when the balloons and confetti drop
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This week I learned you're charging your phone wrong, and more
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The 11 most eye-catching hats of the 2016 Democratic National Convention
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American wasteland
In Pictures A new book examines the tense relationship between civilization and the natural world
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This week I learned why people in old movies talk weird, and more
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The silently devastating landmines of Cambodia
In Pictures Clearing them is an incredibly slow, deliberate process
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Inside China's Olympic-training schools
In Pictures More than 2,000 state-run schools have been churning out gold medalists for decades
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This week I learned eating more fruits and veggies makes you happier immediately, and more
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The town where high school football was born
In Pictures In Massillon, Ohio, the love of football is a birthright
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The transatlantic bromance of David Cameron and Barack Obama
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The floating villages of Peru
In Pictures Lake Titicaca is home to an archipelago made entirely out of dried reeds
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In Pictures In the week's most captivating images, hippos put on a show, the Running of the Bulls begins in Spain, and more
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Dallas police 'put themselves between the snipers and their downed colleagues'
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This week I learned that we think with our hands, and more
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In stunning comeback, Roger Federer makes it through to his 11th Wimbledon semifinals
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The bucolic beauty of the middle of nowhere
In Pictures Sustainably focused ranchers do things a little differently in Centennial Valley, Montana
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The greatest fireworks show in the universe
In Pictures Your Roman candle has nothing on this supernova explosion
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In Pictures In some of the week's most eye-catching images, a three-way handshake goes awry, fishermen catch fish with fire, and more
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