2470 casualties all countries
| Article | Media type | Gender | Cause of death |
| 21 January 2026 | PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES Mohammed Qashta | Online | Male | Drone strike |
| 21 January 2026 | PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES Abed Shaat | Multiple | Male | Drone strike |
| 21 January 2026 | PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES Anas Ghnaim | Multiple | Male | Drone strike |
| 8 January 2026 | MEXICO Carlos Castro | Online | Male | Shooting |
| 26 December 2025 | PERU Mitzar Castillejos | Radio | Male | Shooting |
| 16 December 2025 | GUATEMALA Jorge Agustin Zapeta Aguilar | Television | Male | Disputed |
| 9 December 2025 | CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE Lwesho Janvier Nyakirigo | Radio | Male | Missile strike |
| 5 December 2025 | CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE Rachidi Kazadi | Television | Male | Shooting |
| 5 December 2025 | PERU Fernando Nunez | Television | Male | Shooting |
| 2 December 2025 | PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES Mahmoud Wadi | Multiple | Male | Drone strike |
Killing the Messenger is INSI’s annual report of journalism casualties from around the world. The statistics are compiled by monitoring press reports of journalists, media workers and citizen journalists killed as a result of their job which are then checked and verified by the Cardiff School of Journalism.
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