Pakistan remained the deadliest country for journalists for the second year in a row.
The Committee to Protect Journalists says Tuesday in its year-end report that seven journalists were killed in Pakistan in 2011, and a total of 43 died around the world.
The New York-based group says the number of deaths while covering dangerous assignments reached the highest level on record. Libya and Iraq each had five deaths, and three journalists were killed in Mexico.
A total of 44 journalists died in 2010, down from the record 72 who were killed in 2009.

An astonishing 80 percent journalists of Pakistan are at risk to cardiovascular diseases due to over work, depression and couple of other problems being confronted by them, reveals PANAH, an NGO working to prevent heart diseases.
In a free medial camp held in National Press Club here in collaboration with PANAH - free medical tests of journalists and their families were conducted including Sugar, cholesterol, Electrocardiogram (ECG) and Ultrasound.
In the camp it was revealed that journalists work in the atmosphere of tension and despondency. And despondency is the major cause of heart diseases.
In the camp the cholesterol of 95 percent people was recorded beyond the prescribed limits.
General (r) Masood ur Rehman Kayani, Commandant Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC) General Asif Ali Khan, General (r) Ashoor Ali Khan, Dr Asad Islam, Brigadier Qaisar Ali Khan, Dr Shahbaz Hameed Mian, Dr Imtiaz Chaudhary, Dr Nauman, Dr Ahmed and Dr Shareen participated.
Speaking on the occasion, Commandant AFIC General Asif Ali Khan said in Pakistan 75 percent deaths are due to heart diseases. These deaths could be controlled.