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Pope Leo XIV appears at the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for his first Sunday blessing after his election, in St. Peter¥s Square at the Vatican, Sunday May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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MAY 9, 2025

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Innovation, teamwork and strong beat coverage result in impressive and creative stories about Trump’s first 100 days in office

MAY 9, 2025

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Honoring the Past, Engaging the Present: AP’s All-Format Coverage of the Vietnam War 50 years on

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FILE – President Donald Trump, pictured on screen from left, French President Emmanuel Macron and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus watch a Bastille Day parade on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, July 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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Tireless source work helps score AP exclusive on the Army’s plans for a military parade on Trump’s birthday

MAY 9, 2025

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Liberal Leader Mark Carney takes a moment after lighting a candle at a memorial for victims after a vehicle drove into a crowd during a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

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AP team takes visuals-first approach, overcomes logistical challenges to dominate on Vancouver, B.C. car ramming story

MAY 9, 2025

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Best of AP — First Winner

Innovation, teamwork and strong beat coverage result in impressive and creative stories about Trump’s first 100 days in office

Months of planning helped AP produce elegant, easy-to-digest ways to help readers understand just what President Donald Trump did in the whirlwind first 100 days of his second term. Anchored by three major storytelling efforts, the Washington and Elections Graphics teams distilled a torrent of news into an innovative and sophisticated package. To capture the […]

MAY 9, 2025

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Honoring the Past, Engaging the Present: AP’s All-Format Coverage of the Vietnam War 50 years on

To mark the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, AP produced a deeply reported, visually striking, and thoughtfully curated digital package that showcased both its historical authority and contemporary storytelling capabilities. Led by AP’s Asia team — video journalist Hau Dinh and reporters Aniruddha Ghosal and David Rising — the project stood […]

MAY 9, 2025

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Tireless source work helps score AP exclusive on the Army’s plans for a military parade on Trump’s birthday

Pentagon reporter Lolita Baldor landed a major scoop when she obtained a slide deck detailing the Army’s plans for a possible military parade to mark the service’s 250th anniversary—an event that would coincide with President Donald Trump’s birthday. Trump has long sought such a display, having abandoned a similar effort during his first term due […]

MAY 9, 2025

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AP team takes visuals-first approach, overcomes logistical challenges to dominate on Vancouver, B.C. car ramming story

After a man rammed his car into a crowded Filipino festival in Vancouver, B.C., Portland-based Claire Rush and Seattle-based Manuel Valdes and Lindsey Wasson crossed the border to relieve Toronto correspondent Rob Gillies, who was immersed in Canada’s election coverage. The U.S.-based team took a collaborative, visually driven approach to overcome logistical challenges and limited […]

MAY 9, 2025

Haitian immigrants Kevenson Jean, a truck driver, and wife Sherlie Jean, a fast food worker, pose for a photo at their rental home, Monday, April 14, 2025, in Panhandle, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Cross-format team illustrates impact of Trump immigration crackdown in the Texas Panhandle

An AP team spent six days in the Texas Panhandle to document the struggles of immigrants living under some of the most precarious legal statuses in the United States, including humanitarian parole. As the Trump administration moved to revoke those protections, reporter Tim Sullivan, photographer Eric Gay, and video journalist Obed Lamy told the human […]

MAY 9, 2025

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Two girls survived Nepal’s 2015 earthquake. Each lost a leg but found a friendship.

Ten years ago, Kathmandu-based photographer Niranjan Shrestha was covering the aftermath of Nepal’s devastating earthquake when he captured a moment that stayed with him forever. At a hospital, he witnessed 7-year-old Nirmala Pariyar comforting 8-year-old Khendo Tamang. “You’ve lost one leg, and so have I. But we survived. Isn’t that beautiful?” Nirmala said. Emotionally drained […]

MAY 2, 2025

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