PHOTOS: AP photographer Anja Niedringhaus killed in Afghanistan
April 4, 2014
In this Sept. 9, 2011 photo, Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus poses for photographers following a news conference for the opening of her exhibition at the C/O Berlin museum in Berlin. Niedringhaus, 48, an internationally acclaimed German photographer, was killed and an AP reporter was wounded on Friday, April 4, 2014 when an Afghan policeman opened fire while they were sitting in their car in eastern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Azia) ( APTOPIX Afghanistan Photograher Killed )
In this March 29, 2011 file photo, a Libyan rebel urges people to leave as shelling from Gadhafi's forces started landing on the frontline outside of Bin Jawaad, 150 kilometers (93 miles) east of Sirte, central Libya. Anja Niedringhaus, a courageous and immensely talented Associated Press photographer who has covered everything from sports to war, was killed while covering elections in Afghanistan on Friday April 4, 2014. Niedringhaus was in a car in eastern Afghanistan with AP reporter Kathy Gannon when, according to a freelancer who was with them, an Afghan policeman approached them, yelled "Allahu Akbar" _ God is Great _ and opened fire on them in the back seat with his AK-47. Niedringhaus was killed instantly and Gannon was wounded. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009 file photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, an Afghan boy holds a toy gun as he enjoys a ride with others on a merry-go-round to celebrate the Eid al-Fitr festival, in Kabul, Afghanistan.(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Tuesday, April 29, 2008 file photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, German chancellor Angela Merkel, center, grimaces, as she tours CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, with Rolf Heuer, CERN Director designated, left, and Robert Aymar, Director General CERN, in Geneva, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Wednesday, March 12, 2014 file photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, Pakistani bank notes covered in blood are displayed on the body of a dead suicide bomber after police found them in his pocket after an attack on the former Afghan intelligence headquarters, in the center of Kandahar, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Sunday, March 30, 2003 file photo, Iraqi women line up for a security check by British soldiers on the outskirts of Basra, as they try to flee from this southern Iraqi town. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 file photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, a Pakistani Army soldier with the 20th Lancers Armored Regiment stands atop the 8000-foot mountain during a patrol near his outpost, Kalpani Base, in Pakistan's Dir province on the Pakistan-Afghan border. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Feb. 2, 2005 file photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, a U.S. Marine cries during the memorial service for 31 killed U.S. servicemen at Camp Korean Village, near Rutbah, western Iraq. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Sunday, March 30, 2014 file photo, an Afghan carpet seller holds up a framed carpet depicting Afghan President Hamid Karzai in his store in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Tuesday, July 27, 2010 file photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, Britain's Mo Farah celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the Men's 10000m event, during the European Athletics Championships, in Barcelona, Spain. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012 ile photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, topless Ukrainian protesters climb up a fence at the entrance to the congress center where the World Economic Forum takes place in Davos, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Saturday, June 30, 2012 file photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, Serena Williams of the United States reacts after winning against Zheng Jie of China during a third round women's singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, England. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Wednesday, May 15, 2013 file photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, an Afghan National Police officer mans a checkpoint in the outskirts of Maidan Shahr, Wardak province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Saturday, March 19, 2011 file photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, a warplane of Moammar Gadhafi's forces is shot down over the outskirts of Benghazi, eastern Libya, Saturday, March 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this May 13, 2013 file photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, an Afghan boy flies his kite on a hill overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008 file photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, a woman reacts while sitting in a New York taxi as different television networks call the presidential race for Barack Obama, in New York. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Thursday, June 9, 2011 file photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, a US Marine on his way to pick up food supplies after they were dropped off by small parachutes from a plane outside Forward Operating Base Edi in the Helmand Province of southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Wednesday, June 25, 2008 file photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, Switzerland's Roger Federer walks across the court as a shaft of late afternoon light illuminates the Centre Court during his second round match against Sweden's Robin Soderling at Wimbledon, England. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 16, 2009 file photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, an Israeli soldier jumps off an armored vehicle carrying a flag of Israel's 60th anniversary as he celebrates with his unit their return from the Gaza Strip on the Israeli side of the border. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010 file photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, a Canadian soldier with the 1st RCR Battle Group, The Royal Canadian Regiment, chases a chicken seconds before he and his unit were attacked by grenades shot over the wall during a patrol in Salavat, southwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004 file photo, a U.S. Marine of the 1st Division carries a mascot for good luck in his backpack as his unit pushed further into the western part of Fallujah, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004. Anja (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Sunday, March 26, 2006 file photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, Palestinians enjoy a ride at an amusement park outside Gaza City. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Sunday, July 8, 2012 file photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, Roger Federer, of Switzerland, celebrates winning the men's singles final against Andy Murray of Britain at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, England. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014 file photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, reacts as he arrives for the conference on Disarmament at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011 file photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, injured United States Marine Cpl. Burness Britt reacts after seeing pictures of his evacuation laid out on his bed in the Hunter Holmes Medical Center in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009 file photo, an Afghan man on his donkey follows a convoy of German ISAF soldiers patrolling Yaftal E Sofla, in the mountainous region of Feyzabad, east of Kunduz, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Saturday, June 4, 2011 file photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, injured U.S.Marine Cpl. Burness Britt reacts after being lifted onto a medevac helicopter from the U.S. Army's Task Force Lift "Dust Off," Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Thursday, April 11, 2013 file photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, an Afghan woman waits in a changing room to try out a new Burqa, in a shop at in the old city of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010 file photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, an Afghan boy on a donkey sticks his tongue out as Canadian soldiers with the 1st RCR Battle Group, The Royal Canadian Regiment, patrol in Salavat, southwest of Kandahar, Afghanistan. Minutes later the soldiers were attacked by grenades while leaving the village. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Sunday, July 21, 2013 file photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, a woman takes a dip in Lake Geneva at sunrise in Geneva, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Thursday, March 21, 2013 file photo. hundreds of Afghans wait to see the holy flag at the Kart-e Sakhi mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
n this Sunday, July 8, 2007 file photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, defending champion Roger Federer returns to Rafael Nadal, during the Men's Singles final on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, England. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Thursday, Nov. 27, 2003 file photo, U.S. President George W. Bush carries a platter of turkey and fixings as he visits U.S. troops for Thanksgiving in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Friday, Nov. 1, 2013 file photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, an Afghan man with his five children on his motorbike pays money to enter a park in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Monday, Sept. 14, 2009 file photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus,an Afghan boy looks on as German ISAF soldiers prepare a temporary camp to overnight during a long term patrol in the mountainous region of Feyzabad, east of Kunduz, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Saturday, Sept, 17, 2011 file photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, a German soldier lifts weights at his combat outpost in Char Darah, outside Kunduz, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2002 file photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, hundreds of U.S. Marines gather at Camp Commando in the Kuwait desert during a Christmas eve visit by Santa Claus. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
In this Aug. 20, 2008 file photo made by Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, Jamaica's Usain Bolt crosses the finish line to win the gold in the men's 200-meter final at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File) ( Obit Anja Niedringhaus Photo Gallery )
This April 7, 2005 photo shows AP photographer Anja Niedringhaus in Rome. Niedringhaus, 48, an internationally acclaimed German photographer, was killed and an AP reporter was wounded on Friday, April 4, 2014 when an Afghan policeman opened fire while they were sitting in their car in eastern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File) ( APTOPIX Afghanistan Photographer Killed )
Categories: News, Syndicated
Tags: photo