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People wait for loved ones from Guatemala deported from the United States outside La Aurora International Airport, in Guatemala City, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

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AP offers exclusive account of deportation flight carrying migrant children

SEPT. 5, 2025

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A student shares her breakfast with a classmate at school in Coro, Venezuela, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

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AP’s multiformat team shows the daily struggles for many Venezuelans to access food

SEPT. 5, 2025

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Law enforcement officers gather outside the Annunciation Church’s school in response to a reported mass shooting, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)

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AP team tirelessly covers Minneapolis Catholic school shooting

SEPT. 5, 2025

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Famara Ndure, a fisherman for more than 40 years, leans against his boat in Gunjur, Gambia, after a day of work, on March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)

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Exclusive all-format story highlights Gambian fishing war

SEPT. 5, 2025

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Heather Colley, right, poses with her son, Michah, outside their home Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in Talbott, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

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Trump wants to axe an affordable housing grant that’s a lifeline for many rural communities

SEPT. 5, 2025

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APTOPIX Katrina Photo Projections Photo Essay

This photo of Leonard Thomas, 23, crying in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, taken by AP photographer Rick Bowmer, is projected Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, onto the flood wall in the Lower Ninth Ward, which was breached, flooding major parts of the city. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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AP photos, video, social take center stage for Hurricane Katrina anniversary coverage

SEPT. 5, 2025

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People wait for loved ones from Guatemala deported from the United States outside La Aurora International Airport, in Guatemala City, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

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AP offers exclusive account of deportation flight carrying migrant children

Deportations have been a hallmark of the second Trump presidency, and competition among major news organizations is fierce. The AP has excelled in navigating the fast-moving landscape with experience, tenacity, deftness and teamwork. The Labor Day weekend story would not have been possible without the source work of immigration reporter Valerie Gonzalez, who has gained […]

SEPT. 5, 2025

A student shares her breakfast with a classmate at school in Coro, Venezuela, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

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AP’s multiformat team shows the daily struggles for many Venezuelans to access food

Venezuelans are familiar with hardship — and now, they are struggling to feed themselves. So an Associated Press team set out to report on the worsening food instability in the western state of Falcon. Two things have increased dramatically since last year’s presidential election in Venezuela: inflation and repression. The latter makes reporting especially difficult. […]

SEPT. 5, 2025

Law enforcement officers gather outside the Annunciation Church’s school in response to a reported mass shooting, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)

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AP team tirelessly covers Minneapolis Catholic school shooting

The AP swung into action after a shooter opened fire at a Minneapolis Catholic church. Minneapolis-based video journalist Mark Vancleave raced to the scene, quickly establishing a live shot. The first alert moved less than an hour after the gunfire ended, and staffers continuously built out coverage as the horror of what happened at Annunciation […]

SEPT. 5, 2025

Famara Ndure, a fisherman for more than 40 years, leans against his boat in Gunjur, Gambia, after a day of work, on March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)

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Exclusive all-format story highlights Gambian fishing war

Grace Ekpu spent months exploring the world of illegal fishing off West Africa, where Chinese and other foreign-owned vessels operate with little oversight. She obtained exclusive access to videos showing an emerging and heartbreaking problem in Gambia, where local fishermen attack each other as part of the fight against foreign vessels. Her strong all-formats, video-led […]

SEPT. 5, 2025

Heather Colley, right, poses with her son, Michah, outside their home Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in Talbott, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

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Trump wants to axe an affordable housing grant that’s a lifeline for many rural communities

This narrative- and policy-driven story looked beyond cities and captured the threats rural areas face amid proposals to cut affordable housing programs. Atlanta-based reporter Charlotte Kramon teamed up with Jesse Bedayn in Denver for in-depth coverage of a proposal to cut the HOME Investment Partnerships Program. Housing advocates and nonprofit housing providers told Kramon that […]

SEPT. 5, 2025

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AP photos, video, social take center stage for Hurricane Katrina anniversary coverage

Assistant News Director Jim Van Anglen and New Orleans-based photographer Gerald Herbert decided to take a digital-forward approach to covering the 20-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina — the powerful storm that in 2005 nearly brought New Orleans and the Gulf Coast of Mississippi to its knees. The result was a series of visually driven packages […]

SEPT. 5, 2025

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