MOSCOW, Nov3 — The number of journalists killed worldwide rose by 20 per cent between 2024 and 2025 to 189, the majority of whom died in armed conflicts, including in drone strikes, Unesco said in a new report on Monday, Sputnik/RIA Novosti reported.
“Between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2025, Unesco recorded the deaths of 189 journalists, media workers and social media producers engaged in journalistic activity worldwide, a 20 per cent increase from the previous reporting period,” the report said.
The report noted that 2025 alone saw more journalists killed than in any other single year in the past eight years. Most of these fatalities occurred in armed conflicts, including those involving drone strikes.
