Reuters is mourning the loss of its Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Danish Siddiqui, who was killed on duty in Afghanistan this past weekend.
The media outlet released a statement informing that Siddiqui was killed while covering a conflict between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters near the border with Pakistan.
“We are deeply saddened to learn that our photographer, Danish Siddiqui, has been killed in Afghanistan,” Reuters President Michael Friedenberg and editor-in-chief Alessandra Galloni said.
“We are urgently seeking more information, working with authorities in the region, and support Danish’s family and colleagues. Danish was an outstanding, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, a devoted husband and father, and a much-loved colleague. Our thoughts are with his family at this time.”
Siddiqui joined Reuters as a photographer in 2010, where he has covered the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Rohingya refugee crisis, the Hong Kong protests, and earthquakes in Nepal.
In 2018, Siddiqui was a member of the team that received a Pulitzer Prize in feature photography for “shocking photographs that exposed the world to the violence Rohingya refugees faced in fleeing Myanmar.”
Eduardo Razo is the Assistant Content Editor for BNM, which includes writing daily news stories on the news media industry. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at eddie1991razo@gmail.com.
