David Gilkey

A woman walks between tents that house the hospital wards at a camp for displaced persons in South Sudan. The photo was taken in February.

Health & Safety

Remembering David Gilkey: His NPR buddies share stories about their favorite pictures

3:18pm June 05, 2023

by NPR Staff

It is the 7th anniversary of the death of NPR photographer David GIlkey, who was killed by a grenade attack while on assignment in Afghanistan. His colleagues talk about his life and work.

Zabihullah Tamanna (from left), Monika Evstatieva, David Gilkey and Tom Bowman

World News

Not A Random Attack: New Details Emerge From Investigation Of Slain NPR Journalists

11:24pm June 09, 2017

by Robert Little

Journalists David Gilkey and Zabihullah Tamanna were killed in Afghanistan last year on a reporting trip. Our investigation found that the story of their deaths is not what we originally reported.

Relatives carry the coffin of Afghan journalist Zabihullah Tamanna ahead of funeral prayers Tuesday in Kabul. Tamanna, a 38-year-old father of three killed alongside NPR photographer David Gilkey in a Taliban ambush in southern Helmand province, is seen a

World News

Afghan Journalist Zabihullah Tamanna Laid To Rest In Kabul

1:43pm June 07, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Tamanna died on Sunday, along with NPR photojournalist David Gilkey, when the Afghan convoy they were traveling in was attacked by Taliban fighters.

An Afghani child was one of Gilkey's "little buddies."

David Gilkey: What A Funny — And Deeply Caring — Photographer

7:35pm June 06, 2016

by NPR Staff

The NPR staffers who worked with Gilkey pick a favorite photo and share some memories.

A little girl jumps across a flooded field containing the sewage runoff from the Mais Gate Camp after heavy rains in Port-au-Prince in 2010.

NPR Photographer, Interpreter Killed In Afghanistan

9:49pm June 05, 2016

by Eyder Peralta

David Gilkey and Zabihullah Tamanna were killed while traveling on a convoy with an Afghan army unit.