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French President Emmanuel Macron, center, with Chief of Staff of the French Armed Forces Thierry Burkhard, standing right, drives down the Champs-Elysees avenue during the Bastille Day parade, Monday, July 14, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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Photos show Bastille Day celebrations in France

JULY 21, 2025

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A Diablada dancer performs during a celebration of the Virgen de Carmen or Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Chile’s patron saint, in La Tirana, Chile, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

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Photos capture Chileans’ devotion and celebration for patron saint Our Lady of Mount Carmel

JULY 21, 2025

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FILE – Debris covers the area of Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, Monday, July 7, 2025, after a flash flood swept through the area. (AP Photo/Eli Hartman, File)

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AP demonstrates strength in breaking news with urgent and deep reporting of Texas’ deadly floods

JULY 18, 2025

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Law enforcement agencies from Europe and North America targeted a cybercrime network launching online attacks against Ukraine and its allies. (AP Graphic)

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AP intelligence reporting exposes growing Russian sabotage efforts around Europe

JULY 18, 2025

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Gbango Kemu, 36, who got pregnant after failing to get access to contraceptives, sits with her daughter Garmah at their house in Bong County, Liberia, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Annie Risemberg)

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AP documents the difficulties that have followed U.S. aid cuts in Liberia

JULY 18, 2025

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Italy’s Jannik Sinner celebrates with the trophy after beating Carlos Alcaraz of Spain to win the men’s singles final at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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AP brings Wimbledon to life with sharp, engaging coverage of serious themes and viral moments

JULY 18, 2025

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FILE – Debris covers the area of Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, Monday, July 7, 2025, after a flash flood swept through the area. (AP Photo/Eli Hartman, File)

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AP demonstrates strength in breaking news with urgent and deep reporting of Texas’ deadly floods

Speed defined AP’s coverage of deadly floods in Texas from the start. As the news unfolded on the July Fourth holiday, AP’s Texas staff immediately planted a foothold in Kerr County. Another wave of AP journalists from across the U.S. deployed toward the scene, while a growing team elsewhere added reporting muscle. As a result, […]

JULY 18, 2025

Law enforcement agencies from Europe and North America targeted a cybercrime network launching online attacks against Ukraine and its allies. (AP Graphic)

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AP intelligence reporting exposes growing Russian sabotage efforts around Europe

After producing an exclusive AP map documenting Russian disruptions around Europe earlier this year, Emma Burrows didn’t stop there. She has continued to report on Russian sabotage, including in interviews with European intelligence officials, and continued to collect examples. When a UK court began holding a trial into one such incident, an arson attack, she […]

JULY 18, 2025

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AP documents the difficulties that have followed U.S. aid cuts in Liberia

The Trump administration’s deep cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development have been devastating around the world, but perhaps nowhere more so than in Liberia — one of the world’s poorest nations and a country with longstanding ties to the United States. Monika Pronczuk and Annie Risemberg spent a week on the ground in […]

JULY 18, 2025

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AP brings Wimbledon to life with sharp, engaging coverage of serious themes and viral moments

Veteran sports writer Howard Fendrich delivered standout coverage of Wimbledon 2025, blending expert analysis with smart, culturally relevant reporting. From match play to mental health, Fendrich and his colleagues Ken Maguire and Mattias Karen captured the tournament’s full scope — on and off the court. Fendrich tackled complex themes with nuance, including mental health and […]

JULY 18, 2025

Tourists wait to take a half-day tour to the tourism destination which was offered by a travel agency Trip.com Group, at the Beijing Capital International Airport, in Beijing on June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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AP team leverages digital tools including interactive map and visuals to illustrate China’s expanding visa-free policy

AP staff wanted to illustrate China’s relaxing policy on visas in a way most useful to readers. They did it by creating an interactive map that allowed users to click on countries to learn what’s required. The interactive was accompanied by text built from interviews with China tourists describing relief over easier access, with photos […]

JULY 18, 2025

The Grand Canyon Lodge on the North Rim of Grand Canyon, Ariz., in June 2019. (AP Photo/Ryan Pearson)

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AP first to confirm historic Grand Canyon Lodge destroyed by wildfire

AP was first to report that a fast-moving wildfire had destroyed a historic lodge and dozens of other structures on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim. Fonseca was tipped by a source that the national park superintendent was to meet with park staff and residents to give news about the impact of the wildfire. She was […]

JULY 18, 2025

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