In Pictures

Journalism’s human cost

Journalists continue to bear the consequences of bringing information to the public in an increasingly dangerous field.

Press Freedom — Journalist and human rights activist Rostislav Shaposhnikov was abducted and severely beaten by two unknown persons. Outside Kiev, the abductors pushed Shaposhnikov out of the vehicle and started kicking him. [Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA]

In the last decade alone, approximately 700 journalists have been killed while reporting.

More recently, the world has seen the deliberate targeting of reporters within war and conflicts. Many journalists have been killed and tortured by violent groups, others have been silenced by governments and institutions.

On November 2, the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, we remember those killed, those imprisoned and those who continue to risk all doing their job.

Free Press — Ahmed Gomaa, a photographer working for the Associated Press, center, is seen in a hospital in Cairo, Egypt, after enduring a beating by Egyptian police. [Mohammed Asad/AP]