The news fell at the end of the afternoon. Tim Hetherington was just killed in a mortar attack in Misrata, Libya. Chris Hondros, in critical condition, but alive. Then just a few hours later, Chris died.

Tim Hetherington, born in Liverpool, was 41 years old. He had received the World Press in 2007. He had also co-directed the documentary Restrepo, nominated at the Oscars. He was in Lybia for the magazine Vanity Fair.