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Sonam Mukhiya, left, lies next to her 3-year-old brother, Yubraj Mukhiya, and their grandmother in their home in Gaur, Nepal, on May 19, 2026. Their mother, Kabita Mukhiya, died in December while 28-weeks pregnant amid disruptions to nutrition programs and reproductive outreach services following last year’s foreign aid cuts by the United States. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

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An exclusive, in-depth look at the impact the U.S. foreign aid cuts have had on maternal and neonatal mortality in Nepal

AUG. 21, 2026

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AP School Board Search launches to transform local coverage of thousands of school boards

AUG. 21, 2026

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Residents and rescue workers search through the rubble after an earthquake struck Cali, Colombia, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)

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AP brings all-formats coverage of Colombia earthquake to the globe

AUG. 21, 2026

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Smoke billows into the sky following Ukrainian drone strikes on warehouses of Russia’s online retailer Wildberries, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, July 24, 2026, with St. Isaac’s Cathedral seen in foreground. (UGC via AP)

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Trump told Ukraine it had no cards. Then Kyiv took the war to Russia

AUG. 21, 2026

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FILE – Federal agents walk down a street while conducting immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis, Feb. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy, File)

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AP reports on ICE’s plan to give officers gloves that deliver painful electric shocks

AUG. 21, 2026

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FILE – A woman pauses while she walks through a water mist machine installed by city administration to assist people in coping with the heat in Bucharest, Romania, Aug. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

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AUG. 20, 2026

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El presidente de Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella, extiende la mano después de dirigir una reunión de respuesta al terremoto, el lunes 10 de agosto de 2026, en Bogotá, Colombia. (AP Foto/Sebastián Barros)

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Terremoto en Colombia deja al menos 111 muertos; presidente declarará emergencia nacional

El senador brasileño Flavio Bolsonaro (derecha) abre unas tijeras acompañado del presidente argentino Javier Milei, el 25 de julio de 2026, en Sao Paulo, Brasil. (AP Foto/Ettore Chiereguini)

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Nueva presidenta de Perú asume el cargo y otras fotos de la semana en Latinoamérica y el Caribe

Una estatua del Hombre Araña decora el edificio Cholet, el martes 23 de junio de 2026, en El Alto, Bolivia. (AP Foto/Juan Karita)

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Aficionados del Mundial y recuperación tras sismo en Venezuela en fotos de Latinoamérica y el Caribe

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Seen in a long exposure photograph, the Bench Fire burns above the Pelton Reservoir in Jefferson County, Ore. on Saturday, July 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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Argentina’s Lionel Messi (10) celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the World Cup Group J soccer match between Argentina and Algeria in Kansas City, Mo., Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)

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A Muslim girl performs Eid al-Adha prayers in the Yoff neighborhood of Dakar, Senegal, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

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An exclusive, in-depth look at the impact the U.S. foreign aid cuts have had on maternal and neonatal mortality in Nepal

The U.S. government has repeatedly claimed that “no one has died” as a result of its foreign aid cuts. But reporter Kristen Gelineau, who has been covering the impact of the cuts, knew that women and children were dying as a result of cuts to maternal and child health programs. Yet quantifying these deaths is […]

AUG. 21, 2026

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AP School Board Search launches to transform local coverage of thousands of school boards

Local schools play an integral role in communities, but as newsrooms have shrunk, coverage of school boards and local education issues has declined. Many school systems go largely uncovered, to the detriment of accountability. AP education data reporter Sharon Lurye came up with an innovative solution to help newsrooms with scarce resources sift through publicly […]

AUG. 21, 2026

Residents and rescue workers search through the rubble after an earthquake struck Cali, Colombia, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)

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AP brings all-formats coverage of Colombia earthquake to the globe

AP’s Colombia earthquake coverage was a standout example of what we can build around a breaking story when teams move quickly, think creatively and keep finding new ways to serve audiences after the initial news has broken. We rapidly established live shots, while our staff visual team was already mobilizing toward the hardest-hit areas. What […]

AUG. 21, 2026

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Trump told Ukraine it had no cards. Then Kyiv took the war to Russia

Using fresh framing, original data analysis and creative visual storytelling, reporters Emma Burrows, John Leicester and Illia Novikov, working with Interactive Artist Will Jarret, delivered a compelling package that connected politics, strategy and the battlefield to explain the latest shift in the war between Russia and Ukraine. The team framed the story in the context […]

AUG. 21, 2026

FILE – Federal agents walk down a street while conducting immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis, Feb. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy, File)

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AP reports on ICE’s plan to give officers gloves that deliver painful electric shocks

Immigration reporter Ryan Foley reported exclusively that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to equip officers with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks to people considered non-compliant. Foley found a terse award notice on a rarely visited page of the Homeland Security Department and immediately recognized that ICE’s plan for a “conductive distraction and de-escalation […]

AUG. 21, 2026

People breach barbed wires as they attempt to cross from the Moroccan northern town of Fnideq to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Friday, July 31, 2026. (AP Photo)

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The AP reveals how false online rumors drove a migrant surge from Morocco to Spain, breaking news on a highly competitive story

The AP was well-positioned when thousands of people began swimming into the Spanish North African exclave of Ceuta from Morocco, with Antonio Sempere quickly filing video and photos. That was because the AP had published a story warning of a possible crisis the night before. Video journalist Sergio Rodrigo Ruiz interviewed migrants about why they […]

AUG. 14, 2026

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