The Story Behind a Defining War Photo

Published: March 15, 2022, 9:45 a.m.

This episode details graphic scenes and contains strong language.\n\nThe image shows four people lying on the ground \u2014 a woman, a man and two children who had been fleeing from a suburb of Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital. The woman and her children had been killed by a mortar moments earlier. Around them are Ukrainian soldiers attempting to revive the man.\n\nThe picture was taken by the photojournalist Lynsey Addario, alongside Andriy Dubchak, a Ukrainian videographer. When it was published by The Times, the image became a watershed, offering irrefutable evidence that Russia\u2019s tactics in the war were killing civilians.\n\nGuest: Lynsey Addario, a photojournalist currently working in Ukraine.