Afghan city of Khost, April 3, 2014.

In Memoriam: Anja Niedringhaus (1965—2014)

Anja Niedringhaus, the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer was killed this week covering the presidential election in Afghanistan. She worked in the conflict areas of the Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Libya from where she always displayed compassionate and courageous photojournalism.

Blood covers what is believed to be the belongings and equipment of German AP photojournalist Anja Niedringhaus, in Khost, Afghanistan. Niedringhaus was killed when a man in police uniform opened fire at a convoy of election workers she was travelling with. Canadian-born AP journalist Kathy Gannon was injured in the attack. Photograph: Pajhwok Afghan News/Demotix/Corbis

Anja Niedringhaus, Afghanistan 2014

March 7, 2014 photo, an Afghan girl eats cotton candy as she visits with her mother a cemetery in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

An Afghan soldier, left, and a police man peek through a window as they queue with others to get their registration card on the last day of voter registration for the upcoming presidential elections outside a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 1, 2014. Photo by Anja Niedringhaus/AP

March 30: A carpet seller holds up a framed carpet depicting Afghan President Hamid Karzai in his store in Kabul. (Anja Niedringhaus/Associated Press)

Afghan women wait to get their registration card on the last day of voter registration for the upcoming presidential elections outside a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 1, 2014. Photo by Anja Niedringhaus/AP

An Afghan female election worker and supporter of Habiba Sarabi, pictured on the placard, one of presidential candidate Zalmai Rassoul’s picks for vice president, waits for women to arrive for a meeting to discuss the upcoming electionsl in Kabul, March 26, 2014. Photo by Anja Niedringhaus/AP

An Afghan policeman peers out of his armored car as he arrives to the scene after the Taliban launched an assault with a suicide bomber detonating his vehicle outside an election office in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)

March 7, 2014 photo, Afghan women cross a cemetery in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

A child pulls a rope which keeps Afghan women in line queuing to get their registration card on the last day of voter registration for the upcoming presidential elections outside a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. Photo by Anja Niedringhaus/AP

A a school in Kabul that served as a voter registration site, a woman peered through a window as others lined up to have their photograph taken. Anja Niedringhaus/AP

March 7, 2014 photo, Afghan women cross a cemetery in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

March 12, 2014, school children pass by a graffiti reading, "ballot not bullet" on their way back home on the outskirts of Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

March 7, 2014 photo, Afghan women gather at a cemetery in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Afghan men load up a truck with office supplies and election materials to be delivered to election centers throughout the province in the eastern Afghan city of Khost, April 3, 2014. Photo by Anja Niedringhaus/AP

Afghan women wait next to a window with stickers displayed urging people to get their election registration cards outside a school room on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 19, 2014.Photo / Anja Niedringhaus

Afghan men share headphones to listen to music as they wait at a bus stop in the center of Kabul, Afghanistan, March 2014. (Anja Niedringhaus/AP)

An Afghan honor of guard stands next to pictures of late Afghan Vice President Field Marshal Mohammed Qasim outside his house in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, March 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Afghan women beg in the street for money in the center of Kandahar, Afghanistan, March 12, 2014.

Afghan lawmaker Toorpekai Patman from Kabul poses next to guards of honor in the parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Afghan lawmaker Hamida Ahmadzai, who represents Afghanistan?s colorful Kuchi, poses for a picture inside the Afghan parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Afghan lawmaker Samia Azizi Sadat from Parwan holds her picture which hangs on the wall among Afghanistan's 249 parliamentarians in the parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Afghan election workers take a tea break while a security guard stretches in the afternoon sun outside the Independent Election Commission office in the eastern Afghan city of Khost, April 3, 2014.

An Afghan man waits to have his picture taken for his registration card on the last day of voter registration for the upcoming presidential elections outside a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. Photo by Anja Niedringhaus/AP

An Afghan woman sits on destroyed school benches as she waits to get her registration card on the last day of voter registration for the upcoming presidential elections outside a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 1, 2014. Photo by Anja Niedringhaus/AP

March 19, 2014 photo, a police mans a traffic checkpoint next to an election poster showing provincial candidate Mohammad Harun Mosawer on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

March 16, 2014 photo, an Afghan shopkeeper hides from pouring rain inside his makeshift store decorated with a picture of Afghan provincial candidate Mohammad Aziz Mansor. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

March 12, 2014 photo, Afghan election campaign placards are placed on a wall next to a huge graffiti urging people to go to the polls in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

March 12, 2014 photo, Afghan men pass an election graffiti demanding people to go to the polls in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

March 12, 2014 photo, two women in veils cross with a young girl a street next to an election poster demanding that voting is the right for every man and woman in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Afghan National Security Forces members jump onto a vehicle after an attack by a suicide squad on the former Afghan intelligence headquarters in the center of Kandahar, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Afghan National Security Forces members arrive after an attack by a suicide squad on the former Afghan intelligence headquarters in the center of Kandahar, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Afghan police men take position after an attack by a suicide squad on the former Afghan intelligence headquarters in the center of Kandahar, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Afghan police surround dead suicide bombers on the street in the center of Kandahar, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 12, 2014 after an attack on the former Afghan intelligence headquarters. (AP Photo/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 in the center of Kandahar, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 12, 2014, after an attack on the former Afghan intelligence headquarters. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

A dead suicide bomber lies on the street in the center of Kandahar, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 12, 2014, after an attack on the former Afghan intelligence headquarters. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Journalists film some of the weapons and belongings that where used by gunmen during an attack on the Serena hotel Thursday, and displayed by Afghanistan's intelligence service, during a press conference at the interior ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, March 21, 2014. Four men hiding guns in their shoes attacked the hotel in Kabul opening fire in a restaurant killing at least nine people, including four foreigners, officials said. Authorities appeared stunned that the militants had managed to get through the tight security at the Serena hotel — considered one of the safest places to stay in Kabul. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Afghanistan's intelligence service displays some of the weapons and belongings collected from the attackers on the Serena hotel on Thursday, during a press conference at the Interior ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, March 21, 2014. (AP / Anja Niedringhaus)

Sediq Sediqi, spokesman for the Afghan interior ministry, shows pictures of a dead gunman and his weapon, taken inside the Serena hotel after an attack on Thursday, during a press conference at the interior ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, March 21, 2014. (AP / Anja Niedringhaus)

An Afghan policeman patrols the entrance of the Serena hotel in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, March 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

An Afghan special forces soldier gestures after his unit took over control of an election office after the Taliban launched an assault with a suicide bomber detonating his vehicle outside an election office in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 25, 2014. Gunmen stormed into the building, trapping dozens of employees inside and killing many people. A candidate for a seat on a provincial council was among those killed, along with an election worker, a civilian and a policeman. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

An Afghan special forces soldier, left, is kissed by an Afghan man after the commandos took over control of an election office after the Taliban launched an assault with a suicide bomber detonating his vehicle outside an election office in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 25, 2014. Anja Niedringhaus/AP Photo

Afghan special forces move in after four suicide bombers armed with assault rifles and hand grenades attacked an “office of foreigners” in a southwestern neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, March 28, 2014. A Taliban spokesman said insurgents attacked a “guest house of foreigners and a church of foreigners.” (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Afghan police men take up positions as Taliban militants attacked the main Afghan election commission's headquarters in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, firing on the compound with rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns from a house outside its perimeter wall, Saturday, March 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Afghan soldiers rush to the scene as Taliban militants attacked the main Afghan election commission's headquarters in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, firing on the compound with rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns from a house outside its perimeter wall, Saturday, March 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

An Afghan police man arrives to the scene as Taliban militants attacked the main Afghan election commission's headquarters in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, firing on the compound with rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns from a house outside its perimeter wall, Saturday, March 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

An Afghan man shouts in support for presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadza as he arrives with others for an election campaign rally to the stadium in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, April 1, 2014.  Photo by Anja Niedringhaus/AP

Afghan lawmaker Habiba Sadat from Helmand poses under pictures of former Presidents of Afghanistan's lower house in the parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 26, 2014. Photo by Anja Niedringhaus/AP

Afghan men wait outside a school to register for the upcoming presidential election on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 19, 2014. Photo / Anja Niedringhaus

Afghan women line up to have their picture taken to register for the upcoming presidential elections in a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 18, 2014. Photo / Anja Niedringhaus

An Afghan man cheerfully shows his voter registration card after lining up for hours outside a school on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 19, 2014. Photo / Anja Niedringhaus

1 April 2014 A child hides under his mother's burqa as women queue to get their registration card on the last day of voter registration in Kabul. Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/AP

An Afghan woman adjusts her head scarf as her picture is taken to register for the upcoming presidential election in a school on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 19, 2014. Photo / Anja Niedringhaus

An Afghan National Intelligent officer takes up position after an attack by a suicide squad on the former Afghan intelligence headquarters in the center of Kandahar, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Afghan police men secure the area as Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadza arrived for an election campaign rally to the stadium in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. Photo by Anja Niedringhaus/AP

Bullet holes are seen in the car in which Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus and AP reporter Kathy Gannon were traveling when they were shot by an Afghan policeman, Friday, April 4, 2014 in Khost, Afghanistan. Niedringhaus, 48, an internationally acclaimed German photographer, was killed instantly, according to an AP Television News freelancer who witnessed the shooting. Gannon was wounded twice and is receiving medical attention. (AP Photo)

FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011 file photo, Associated Press Special Regional Correspondent for Afghanistan and Pakistan Kathy Gannon sits with girls at a school in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Gannon was wounded and her colleague, photographer Anja Niedringhaus, was killed on Friday, April 4, 2014 when an Afghan policeman opened fire while they were sitting in their car in eastern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)

Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, 48, was killed when an Afghan policeman opened fire while they were sitting in their car in eastern Afghanistan, April 4, 2014.

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