New Delhi: Each year, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) publishes a list of journalists killed while on assignment.

Sadly, this situation has not improved much with time.

The following are the 10 Deadliest Countries for Journalists, as ranked by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).  

The following list does not include those who were killed in accidents, such as car or plane crashes, unless the accident was caused by hostile action. 

1. Iraq

With an ongoing war, open terrorism, and rampant corruption, Iraq leads the world as the deadliest beat for journalists since 1992.



As of now 151 journalists have died covering Iraq. Leading causes of death are murder and combat crossfire.  

Television workers take the lion's share of deaths, with 83% of all media deaths tied to political groups operating with total impunity.

In 2007, a rooftop sniper killed Adnan al-Safi, a correspondent for Kuwait-based Al Anwar, a moderate Shiite satellite TV channel covering Islamic issues and popular culture.  

Fellow journalists think al-Safi was directly targeted, since no bystanders were injured in the attack. Al-Safi leaves behind a wife and three children.