In a year which has seen an increase in the killing of journalists in the course of their work, Reporters Without Borders has released figures showing 1,668 have died in violence over the past two decades.The war in Ukraine is the main cause of the upturn in 2022, with 8 journalists' deaths since Russia invaded.The NGO points to 2012 and 2013 as being the deadliest years for journalists on reporting missions.Over two decades Russia has been Europe's most dangerous country with targeted killings of reporters such as Kremlin critic Ann Politkovskaya.France also features near the top of Europe's perilous nation list, due to the one-off attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine in 2015, which killed 12 people."