PARIS: Killings of journalists and media workers surged 50 percent in 2022 to reach 86 worldwide, marking one death every four days, UN cultural body Unesco said Monday (Tuesday in Manila).

Last year's increase followed three years with lower violence against reporters, with an average of 58 killings annually in 2019-21.

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