Why photographs of dead in Nairobi terror attack failed journalism – and dishonoured victims

An article by the New York Times on the Riverside terrorist attacks in Nairobi has provoked fury and consternation in Kenya.

The article features a photograph by AP credited to the photographer Khalil Senusi showing bodies of victims of the attack slumped on chairs and covered in blood. A similar photograph has also been used by UK’s Daily Mail online with faces of the victims pixelated. see more