A total of 110 reporters were killed in...

"This decade is unlike any other, because, in conflict countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and Pakistan, it has seen the deliberate targeting of journalists," World Press Freedom Review Managing Editor Anthony Mills said.

"Such a departure has changed the face of conflict reporting, leading to less coverage and therefore a worrying vacuum in the understanding of these complex events," Mills said.

Of the 735 journalists killed worldwide in the past decade, 170 were killed in Iraq, making it the most dangerous country in the world for journalists, the report said.

The Philippines was the second most dangerous country, with 93 killed there between 2000 and 2009. A total of 38 journalists were killed in the Philippines in 2009, including 32 of them in a November 23 massacre of reporters during gubernatorial elections.

The third most dangerous country was Colombia, where 58 journalists were murdered over the last 10 years with six in 2009, many of

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