In October of last year, 28-year-old photojournalist Christina Assi, who works for Agence France-Presse, snapped a selfie with the sunset in the background and sent it to her mother via WhatsApp. “Be cautious,” her mother responded. Listen to this article narrated by Emily Woo Zeller. Assi and a few colleagues traveled to the southern Lebanese border to report on artillery conflicts between Israel and Hezbollah. Dressed in protective helmets and blue flak jackets marked with “PRESS” in large white letters, they positioned themselves on an open hill far from the smoke visible on the horizon. Drones flew above. Without warning, a tank shell hit close to Assi’s location, resulting in the death of her friend and coworker Issam Abdallah, a 37-year-old videographer for Reuters. The impact knocked Assi to the ground and showered her with debris. “What just happened?” she yelled. What occurred?
