129 press members killed in 2025

More journalists and media workers were killed in 2025 than in any other year since the Committee to Protect Journalists began collecting data more than three decades ago.

Israel was responsible for two-thirds of all press killings in 2025. 43 journalists in 21 other countries or regions were also killed.

All counts include both work-related and possibly work-related killings of journalists and media workers.
*Includes journalists killed by Israel in Gaza, Yemen, and Iran; a Palestinian militia killed one Palestinian journalist, who was excluded from this count.
**Count represents Ukrainian journalists killed in Ukraine by Russian forces.
***The Gaza Strip is one of two Palestinian territories occupied by Israel. The other is the West Bank. A Palestinian militia killed one Palestinian journalist in Gaza in 2025.
****Count represents a Turkish-Kurdish journalist killed in Iraq by a suspected Turkish drone.
Last Updated: February 26, 2026
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