A dangerous decade for journalists

Sad statistics to end a decade, culled from the International Press Institute 's new world press freedom survey. Number of working journalists killed on duty through the noughties: 725. Most dangerous countries to be a journalist in: No 1, Iraq (170 dead); 2, the Philippines (93); 3, Colombia (58); 4, Mexico (38); 5, Russia (35). Most dangerous region: Asia, with 238 journalists murdered – followed by the Middle East and north Africa (202). And don't think things are getting better – 110 died in 2009, making last year the bloodiest of the lot.