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Annual report 2012
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Our worldwide reach, expertise and well-connected journalists mean AP produces news that very few can match but that everyone needs. See some of our best coverage from the past year, from the US presidential election to the widening conflicts of the Arab Spring.
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Gutsy
Syria
Months of street battles, ambushes and bombardments have made routine heart-breaking scenes like this, of a man mourning the death of his young son. AP journalists have risked injury and imprisonment to report on the increasingly bloody conflict.
Resourceful
London 2012
AP photographers used the most up-to-date technology and good old-fashioned smarts to capture the best pictures of the London Summer Games.
Independent
2012 US Elections
Years of experience–164, in fact–lead up to AP’s coverage of Election Day. Counting the votes and calling the winners in 4,653 races in 2012, we had an accuracy rate of 99.9 percent.
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AP State News Reports
AP delivers photos and stories from every state and territory of the country, year-round.
tenacious
Love in the Time of Shariah
West Africa Bureau Chief Rukmini Callimachi tells stories from remote, little-understood corners of the globe that spark compassion and action in readers around the world
products and services
Products and Services
From the latest version of AP Mobile news to the rollout of four new content delivery platforms, AP focused last year on providing customers the news and content they want, the way they want it, when they want it.
Industry Leadership
INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP
Whether leading battles for freedom of the press, spearheading efforts to protect original newsgathering content or pioneering new content frontiers, AP’s leadership role stayed front and center in 2012.
AP By the numbers
AP By The Numbers
Every day, more than half the world’s population sees content from AP, whether it’s video, images or text in newspapers, on television, radio, mobile phones or tablets.
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