Sunday marked World Press Freedom Day. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released its 2026 World Press Freedom Index, saying press freedom has fallen to its lowest level in 25 years. For the first time, more than half the world’s countries fall into the “difficult” or “very serious” categories for press freedom. More than 220 journalists have been killed in Gaza by the Israeli army since October 2023, including at least 70 killed while actively carrying out their journalistic work, making the Israeli army the biggest killer of journalists in the world. The United States has fallen seven places to 64th, as RSF says President Trump has turned his hostility toward the press into “a systematic policy.” The report cites the Trump administration’s detention and deportation of journalists and sweeping cuts to the U.S. Agency for Global Media. So far in 2026, 13 journalists have been killed worldwide, while 471 are currently detained and at least 21 are held hostage.