A selection of photos by AP photographer Anja Niedringhaus, who was killed today

AP Photo/Peter Dejong

A selection of photos by AP photographer Anja Niedringhaus, who was killed today
(Image credit: AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Veteran photographer Anja Niedringhaus, 48, was fatally shot Friday, reportedly by an Afghan police officer in Kabul. Canadian reporter Kathy Gannon, who was traveling with her, was wounded and is in stable condition. The two journalists were covering the Afghan election and were traveling in a convoy when, according to the AP report, the officer walked up to the car, yelled "Allah Akbar" — God is Great — and opened fire on them in the back seat with his AK-47.

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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.