Mohamed Ben Khalifa, Libya

Mohamed Ben Khalifa, 35, a photographer and video journalist was killed on Saturday, January 19, by a stray shell south of Tripoli while on the job. Ben Khalifa,a  freelancer for Associated Press and other media outlets,  died while accompanying a militia patrolling the Qaser Bin Ghashir area south of Tripoli.

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