The killing of journalists is a “global tragedy” which needs to be urgently addressed, according to WAN-IFRA.

The group, which represents 18,000 news publications around the world, presented this year’s Golden Pen Of Freedom award to “journalists killed in the line of duty”.

WAN-IFRA estimates that nearly 1,200 journalists have been killed around the world doing their jobs since 1992 – including 16 this year. Eight were killed on 7 January in the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris.