Northern lights, southern shadows

Northern lights, southern shadows

The 2026 RSF Index reframes the work of protecting journalists. Norway held the top spot on the World Press Freedom Index for the 10th straight year, but the rest of the 2026 rankings released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) this week tell a colder story. For the first time since the index began in 2002, over half of the 180 countries surveyed sit in the ‘difficult’ or ‘very serious’ categories, and the global average score has fallen to its …