The total number of known executions carried out around the world in 2022 rose by 53% on the figure recorded for 2021, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.
The human rights organisation, in a report on the worldwide use of the death penalty, documented at least 883 executions in 20 countries for 2022, the highest figure in five years.
The number was likely higher, it noted, as thousands of executions in China "are being kept under wraps".