Cecil the lion, remembered by the human who knew him best
The regal beauty of Africa's most famous lion


(Image credit: Cecil and his lioness.)

(Image credit: The last morning that Brent ever saw Cecil.)

(Image credit: All that separates this lioness from a hunting area is the railway line on her right.)

(Image credit: Jericho and Cecil)

(Image credit: A lioness moves her four-week-old cub to its new home.)

(Image credit: Brothers Bush and Bhubezi had just stolen a lioness from Cecil. They had yet to work out to whom she belonged.)

(Image credit: Bush was a large territorial lion who had just caught a buffalo calf and was refusing to let his brother, Bhubezi, share. Bush was eventually shot just weeks before Cecil.)

(Image credit: A young lioness grooms her niece before heading out for the night.)

(Image credit: A lion starts down a trail to follow the rest of the pride.)
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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.
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