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Christoph Koettl

I cover a broad range of topics, including international wars, policing in the United States and North Korean smuggling networks. My stories scrutinize official accounts of events that are often misleading or false.

I have almost two decades of experience using innovative tools and methodologies for reporting and research, focusing on violations of human rights and the laws of war. My specialty is geospatial analysis and using satellite images to tell stories. I have shared in two Pulitzer Prizes for coverage of the civilian toll of U.S. air and drone strikes and Russian atrocities in Ukraine.

I have published several academic papers and book chapters on digital sleuthing. In 2009, I testified as an expert witness at a congressional hearing on the armed conflict in Sri Lanka.

I want all of my work to be accurate and fair and adhere to the standards of integrity outlined in our Ethical Journalism Handbook.

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    A Massacre Threatens Darfur — Again

    Darfur, the region of Sudan once synonymous with genocide, may be on the brink of a new chapter of horror.

    By Lauren Leatherby, Declan Walsh, Sanjana Varghese and Christoph Koettl

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    What Happened in One of Israel’s Deadliest Attacks in Gaza

    In this airstrike, Israel was targeting a senior Hamas leader. Dozens of people in a residential neighborhood were killed in the attack.

    By Anjali Singhvi, Bora Erden, Helmuth Rosales, Mika Gröndahl, Rumsey Taylor, Josh Williams and Abu Bakr Bashir

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    Maps: Tracking the Attacks in Israel and Gaza

    See where Israel has bulldozed vast areas of Gaza, as its invasion continues to advance south.

    By Lauren Leatherby, Karen Yourish, Elena Shao, Eli Murray, Scott Reinhard, Josh Holder, Agnes Chang, Eleanor Lutz, Weiyi Cai, Pablo Robles, Leanne Abraham, Zach Levitt, Tim Wallace, Yousur Al-Hlou, Aric Toler, Ishaan Jhaveri, Robin Stein, Ashley Wu, Riley Mellen, John Ismay, Hiba Yazbek, Christoph Koettl, Molly Cook Escobar, Charlie Smart, Patrick Kingsley, Ronen Bergman, Amy Schoenfeld Walker, Bora Erden and Jon Huang

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    Visual Investigations

    Evidence Suggests Ukrainian Missile Caused Market Tragedy

    Witness accounts and an analysis of video and weapon fragments suggest a Ukrainian missile failed to hit its intended target and landed in a bustling street, with devastating consequences.

    By John Ismay, Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Haley Willis, Malachy Browne, Christoph Koettl and Alexander Cardia

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    Why the Evidence Suggests Russia Blew Up the Kakhovka Dam

    The Kakhovka dam was designed to withstand almost any attack imaginable — from the outside. An inside job was another matter.

    By James Glanz, Marc Santora, Pablo Robles, Haley Willis, Lauren Leatherby, Christoph Koettl and Dmitriy Khavin

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    Ukraine Mounts Multiple Attacks on Russian Occupiers

    The assaults, with Western tanks and armored vehicles, appear to mark a long-awaited counteroffensive that Ukraine hopes will retake territory and shore up allies’ resolve to keep supplying weapons.

    By Eric Schmitt and Andrew E. Kramer

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    Tracking the Fighting in Sudan: Maps and Videos

    It was unclear who was in control of the country after widespread fighting between rival factions of the military.

    By Axel Boada, Lazaro Gamio, Marco Hernandez, Guillermo Hernandez Martinez, Lauren Leatherby, Nailah Morgan, Scott Reinhard, Declan Walsh, Abdi Latif Dahir and Christoph Koettl

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    Visual Investigations

    Tracking the Chinese Balloon From Space

    A new analysis of satellite imagery traces the path of the Chinese balloon from its launch in China to the United States.

    By Muyi Xiao, Ishaan Jhaveri, Eleanor Lutz, Christoph Koettl and Julian E. Barnes

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    Visual Investigations

    Officers Manhandled and Beat Tyre Nichols. We Tracked Each One’s Role.

    The Times found that each of the six officers we tracked immediately used physical force, escalating even as Nichols became increasingly incapacitated and incoherent.

    By Alexander Cardia, Ishaan Jhaveri, Eleanor Lutz, Natalie Reneau, Anjali Singhvi and Robin Stein

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    A Timeline of Tyre Nichols’s Lethal Police Encounter

    Video footage released by the City of Memphis on Friday shows how Tyre Nichols suffered a severe beating after a traffic stop.

    By Alexander Cardia, Jason Kao, Christoph Koettl, Eleanor Lutz, Anjali Singhvi and Robin Stein

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    Russian Men Receive Draft Papers

    Video verified by The New York Times appears to show new conscripts saying goodbye to loved ones before being loaded into buses.

    By Nikolay Nikolov and Christoph Koettl

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