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Chris Hondros, a Getty Images photographer, was fatally wounded on April 20, 2011, in a mortar attack by government forces while covering the civil war in Libya. Hondros' work is woven in our history as he covered everything from politics to marathons. A new film will focus on his life as told through his images. Here's a look at some of his finest and final work. Some of these images are graphic in nature

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Funny Ig Nobel Prize 2016

Thomas Thwaites of the United Kingdom accepts the 2016 Ig Nobel Prize in Biology for “creating prosthetic extensions of his limbs that allowed him to move in the manner of, and spend time roaming the hills in the company of, goats” during the 26th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. September 22, 2016. (Photo by Brian Snyder/Reuters)

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Fact The Fattest Pets

Tiffany Noreuil at the Oregon Humane Society in Portland, Oregon, holds feline Hercules, a 20-pound stray whose girth got him stuck in a pet door while trying to plunder some dog food. (Photo by AP Photo)

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Charming Rainbow

A rainbow appears over the Louisiana gulf May 26, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico near Brush Island, Louisiana. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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Touching Political Animals

British prime minister Winston Churchill (1874–1965) stops to pet a cat at Liverpool Street Station, 24th May 1952. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Fact Playful Kittens by Seth Casteel

Fuzzbucket. “Not only did we keep our jobs, but because of the pictures, all the kittens were adopted within hours!”. (Photo by Seth Casteel/Hachette Australia)

California-based photographer Seth Casteel made his name taking photographs of dogs underwater, but before that, he was snapping cats on land. In fact, they were his first animal subjects. Casteel’s new book, Pounce – a follow-up to his bestselling Underwater Dogs and Underwater Puppies – features more than 80 photographs of playful cats doing what they do best. Here: Fuzzbucket. (Photo by Seth Casteel/Hachette Australia)

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Fact Esquire's Sexiest Woman Alive, 2004-2014

This image released by Esquire shows actress Penelope Cruz on the November 2014 cover of “Esquire” magazine. The magazine has named Cruz The Sexiest Woman Alive for 2014. (Photo by AP Photo/Esquire)

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Touching Rare Movie Posters Found in Ohio Garage up for Auction

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (Allied Artists, 1958). Three Sheet (41" X 81") with artwork by Reynold Brown. Estimate: $10,000 - $20,000. (Photo by Courtesy Heritage Auctions)

More than 1,200 vintage posters that would send any movie buff into orbit were discovered in an Ohio garage, including the only known copy of an almost 7-foot-tall creation for the 1947 reissue of “Dracula” that could sell for $40,000. The Dallas-based Heritage Auctions in Dallas puts them all on the block March 22 and 23, including some rare specimens from the silent movie era. (Photo by Courtesy Heritage Auctions)

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