2480 casualties all countries
| Article | Media type | Gender | Cause of death |
| 28 May 2018 | UNITED STATES Aaron Smeltzer | Television | Male | Other accident |
| 17 May 2018 | SYRIA Ibrahim al-Munjar | Multiple | Male | Shooting |
| 15 May 2018 | MEXICO Juan Carlos Huerta | Multiple | Male | Shooting |
| 1 May 2018 | PHILIPPINES Edmund Sestoso | Radio | Male | Shooting |
| 30 April 2018 | AFGHANISTAN Shah Marai | Multiple | Male | Explosion |
| 30 April 2018 | AFGHANISTAN Mahram Durrani | Radio | Female | Explosion |
| 30 April 2018 | AFGHANISTAN Ali Salimi | Multiple | Male | Explosion |
| 30 April 2018 | AFGHANISTAN Ebadullah Hananzai | Multiple | Male | Explosion |
| 30 April 2018 | AFGHANISTAN Sabawoon Kakar | Multiple | Male | Explosion |
| 30 April 2018 | AFGHANISTAN Salim Talash | Multiple | Male | Explosion |
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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