At least 60 journalists around the world were killed in 2014 while on the job or because of their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today, making the past three years the deadliest for journalists since the organization began keeping track more than two decades ago.

Two journalists for The Associated Press were among the CPJ’s toll. Their black-and-white portraits were added to a memorial wall at the news agency’s headquarters, along with that of a freelance translator for the AP who was not included in the report.

An “unusually high proportion,” or about one-fourth, of journalists killed in 2014 were international ones, though the overwhelming number of journalists threatened continue to be local, the New York-based organization’s report said.

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