Barren Fields and Empty Stomachs: Afghanistan’s Long, Punishing Drought
In a country especially vulnerable to climate change, a drought has displaced entire villages and left millions of children malnourished.
By Lynsey Addario and Victoria Kim
Lynsey Addario
Lynsey Addario has covered every major conflict and humanitarian crisis of her generation, including the Ukraine war, where she has been on assignment regularly for The New York Times since 2022, bringing the world harrowing images and stories from the ground.
Ms. Addario documented the escalating tension in Afghanistan — where she made three separate trips before the Sept. 11 attacks — and continued covering the country for the subsequent two decades, in addition to covering conflicts in Iraq, Darfur, Libya, Syria, Lebanon, South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
She has earned nearly every major award in photojournalism, including sharing in two Pulitzer Prizes for International Reporting: one in 2023 for coverage of the Ukraine war, and one in 2009 for coverage of Afghanistan. She received the Overseas Press Club’s Oliver Rebbot award for “Best Photographic Reporting from Abroad.” She has been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship to support her work and has been nominated for an Emmy Award for her contributions to “The Displaced,” a series that examined the lives of three refugee children displaced by war in Syria, Ukraine and South Sudan.
In 2015, American Photo magazine named Ms. Addario as one of the five most influential photographers of the past 25 years, for changing the way we see world conflict. In 2022, Pictures of the Year International named her “International Photographer of the Year.” In 2015 Ms. Addario released a New York Times best-selling memoir, “It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War.”
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Too Little Ammunition, Too Many Russians: The Harrowing Retreat From Avdiivka
The fall of the city, when it came in mid-February, was brutal and fast. Soldiers fought for their lives. Many did not make it.
By Carlotta Gall, Oleksandr Chubko and Lynsey Addario
Weary but Determined, Ukrainians Vow Never to Bow to Russia
Despite death, destruction and deprivation, nearly 90 percent still believe in Ukraine’s ultimate victory — as long as Western aid continues.
By Carlotta Gall and Lynsey Addario
Russian Drone Strike Ignites a Fuel Depot, Setting a Neighborhood Ablaze in Ukraine
Seven people from two families died in the inferno in Kharkiv on Friday night, as burning oil flowed like lava. “People were doomed,” an official said.
By Oleksandr Chubko, Carlotta Gall and Lynsey Addario
War or No War, Many Older Ukrainians Want to Stay Put
The front line in Ukraine is largely peopled by the elderly these days. Some can’t afford to get out. Others say they won’t abandon their homes.
By Lynsey Addario and Megan Specia
Budget Drones Prove Their Value in a Billion-Dollar War
A fleet of inexpensive, mostly off-the-shelf drones is helping Ukrainian forces evade and target sophisticated Russian air defense systems.
By Andrew E. Kramer and Lynsey Addario
At a Bustling Market in Ukraine, a Huge Fireball Leaves Scenes of Carnage
A missile strike in Kostyantynivka that killed at least 17 and injured more than 30 others was one of the deadliest in months.
By Gaya Gupta, Lynsey Addario and Constant Méheut
A Boy’s Life on the Front Lines
In a Ukrainian town once teeming with families, an 11-year-old navigates a childhood transformed by war.
By Lynsey Addario
Our Photographers in Ukraine on the Images They Can’t Forget
In a year of war, New York Times photographers have reported from the front line, from cities and villages and in the footsteps of refugees. These pictures stayed with them.
By The New York Times
Trading Books for a Rifle: The Teacher Who Volunteered in Ukraine
When Russia invaded, recruiting officers asked no questions of the Ukrainian teacher. They handed her a rifle and 120 bullets, and assigned her to a unit expecting to fight in urban combat if the Russian Army broke into Kyiv.
By Lynsey Addario and Andrew E. Kramer
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