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December 2, 2025

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Photojournalist Lynsey Addario on balancing work and family — when work is a war zone

Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario, who has risked her life and come close to losing it working in war zones, including Ukraine.

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February 11, 2015

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Twice Kidnapped, Photographer Returns To War Zone: 'It's What I Do'

Lynsey Addario was taken captive in 2011 while covering Libya's civil war. With a gun to her head, she says, she was thinking, "Will I ever get my cameras back?"

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Photojournalist Lynsey Addario on balancing work and family — when work is a war zone

Twice Kidnapped, Photographer Returns To War Zone: 'It's What I Do'

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