Overview
- The annual tally covers December 1, 2024 to December 1, 2025 and is roughly in line with last year’s total.
- RSF reports 29 journalists were killed in the Gaza Strip and attributes a large share of global deaths to Israeli military fire, citing 43 percent responsibility.
- Mexico ranks as the second-deadliest country with nine journalists killed, mostly by criminal organizations, with persistent risks also noted in Ukraine, Sudan and Syria.
- Worldwide, 503 journalists are currently imprisoned in 62 countries, led by China with 121 detainees, followed by Russia with 48 and Myanmar with 47.
- RSF lists 135 media workers as missing and 20 as hostages, with cases concentrated in the Middle East and Latin America, particularly Syria and Mexico.