Journalists killed or missing

The latest CPJ* data shows that 122 journalists
and media workers were killed in 2025, down
slightly from 126 the previous year, with the
Israel-Gaza war behind 43% of fatalities

JOURNALISTS AND
MEDIA WORKERS
WHO WERE KILLED
OR DISAPPEARED
IN 2025

Mohammed
Mansour, killed
in Gaza, 2025

MEXICO
5 17

YEMEN
32 4

IRAN
3

INDIA
2

SRI LANKA
2

SUDAN
8 5

PHILIPPINES
3

UKRAINE
4 1

MOZAMBIQUE
2

INDONESIA
ETHIOPIA
SLOVAKIA
TANZANIA

BURUNDI,
RWANDA
2

GUATEMALA
PAKISTAN
CHINA
NEPAL
AFGHANISTAN
HONDURAS BANGLADESH
HAITI
COLOMBIA
IVORY COAST

DEM REP
CONGO
2

ALGERIA
3

LIBYA
4

ECUADOR
PERU
2

RUSSIA
7

LEBANON SYRIA
13

IRAQ
9

ISRAEL AND OCCUPIED
PALESTINIAN TERRITORY
52 2 

EGYPT
SAUDI ARABIA

Dead 
Missing
Size =

122
84
1

HOW TWO CONFLICTS COMPARE

Iraqi Conflict†
2003-2025
285 killed
~13 per year

Gaza War‡
2023-2025
232 killed
~13 per month

TWENTY YEARS OF KILLINGS
102
113
69
102
80
86
106
102
93
100
80 
76
89
52
51
45
69
103
126 
122

2006 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

TOTAL:
1,766

†Includes U.S.-led invasion and subsequent smaller conflicts, of which some persist to this day.
‡Data to Mar 26, 2025. Sources: *Committee to Protect Journalists, Watson Institute for International
and Public Affairs Graphic created Dec 4, 2025
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