Instead of posting the day's headlines from across the nation as it normally does, Newseum’s front pages display went dark on Monday to honor the 54 journalists who were killed on the job last year.

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“On Monday, June 3, 2019, no newspapers will be displayed in the Today’s Front Pages exhibit outside the Newseum on Pennsylvania Avenue, inside the Newseum or online at newseum.org,” the museum wrote on its website. “In their place will be blacked-out pages featuring the hashtag #WithoutNews. The newspaper blackout marks the Newseum’s fifth annual #WithoutNews campaign, meant to raise awareness of the threats to journalists around the world.”

“This annual #WithoutNews campaign encourages the public to consider what a world without journalists to report the news would look like,” the museum's website says.

The tally comes from the Committee to Protect Journalists and includes reporters such as former Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and former staff members of the Capital Gazette.

NO NEWSPAPER HEADLINES TODAY AT THE @Newseum



The headline cases go black Monday in honor of the 54 journalists killed on the job this year. Imagine what the world would look like without journalists sharing the truth each day. #withoutnews pic.twitter.com/6Uz6PmHL5O — Sam Sweeney (@SweeneyABC) June 3, 2019

The Newseum also said it would rededicate its Journalists Memorial on Monday morning to add the names of 21 journalists — all who died covering the news in 2018 — to the existing 2,323 names on the memorial, which lists journalists dating back to as early as 1837.

The museum, which highlights the First Amendment, free expression and the media, has posted hundreds of newspapers’ front pages outside its building and on its website for years. It currently boasts 848 front pages on its website.