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President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House after a shooting incident outside the ballroom at at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington, Saturday, April 25, 2026, as acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI director Kash Patel listen. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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AP delivers standout coverage of correspondents’ dinner shooting amid chaos and confusion inside ballroom

MAY 1, 2026

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Ukraine Chernobyl Witnessing Disaster Photo Essay

FILE – The highly contaminated control room for Reactor No. 4 is seen inside the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, Nov. 10, 2000. Engineers threw a switch at 1:23 a.m. on April 26, 1986, that triggered two explosions and the world’s worst nuclear disaster. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

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Exceptional and distinct coverage of an important anniversary showcases AP expertise

MAY 1, 2026

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Sandra Rosales uses her phone while camping outside the gates of a Bolivarian National Police detention center where her husband, Dionnys Quintero, is being held on political grounds in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

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Dozens of women continue to protest the ongoing struggle for civil liberties in Venezuela

MAY 1, 2026

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FILE – Japan supporters clean the stands at the end of the World Cup group E soccer match between Germany and Japan, at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

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Why you may see Japanese soccer fans cleaning up the stadium after World Cup games

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FILE- Jessie Buckley, left, winner of the award for best actress in a leading role for “Hamnet,” and Michael B. Jordan, winner of the award for best actor in a leading role for “Sinners,” pose in the press room at the Oscars. March 15, 2026, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File))

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Iran war, Oscars and global fallout: March 2026 in AP photos

FILE – People watch as smoke rises on the skyline after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo, File)

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Winter Olympics, Super Bowl and the Iran war: February 2026 in AP photos

FILE – Venezuelan nationals celebrate after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that President Nicolas Maduro had been captured and flown out of Venezuela, in Lima, Peru, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

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Venezuela president captured, Trump’s Greenland push and Davos: January 2026 in AP photos

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AP delivers standout coverage of correspondents’ dinner shooting amid chaos and confusion inside ballroom

When a man attempted to storm the White House Correspondents’ Dinner armed with a gun and knives, Associated Press journalists inside the ballroom responded instantly — delivering fast, accurate reporting across formats in the middle of a chaotic and dangerous situation. Journalists on the scene began filing real-time updates as loud noises rang out, with […]

MAY 1, 2026

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Exceptional and distinct coverage of an important anniversary showcases AP expertise

For the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, AP’s Ukraine team delivered a deeply reported, visually rich and multi-format package that drew on decades of expertise and access to tell the story in fresh and compelling ways. The coverage spanned a wide range of perspectives. Photographer Efrem Lukatsky contributed a first-person account, paired with […]

MAY 1, 2026

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Dozens of women continue to protest the ongoing struggle for civil liberties in Venezuela

AP’s reporting on Venezuela’s political prisoners evolved into a deeply immersive, character-driven account that captured both the persistence and emotional toll of protest in a country where dissent is often suppressed. The team began by tracking promised prisoner releases following major political developments, but noticed that no detainees were freed from a key Caracas police […]

MAY 1, 2026

International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, at the IEA headquarters in Paris, Thursday, April 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

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A hard-won exclusive flies around the globe as IEA chief warns of jet-fuel shortages

Six weeks — that’s how long Europe had before running out of jet fuel, according to an exclusive report by Paris-based correspondent John Leicester that quickly reverberated around the world. Leicester secured rare access to International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol after persistent outreach, beating out hundreds of competing interview requests. He made the […]

APRIL 24, 2026

FILE – Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) trainees practice shooting handguns at the indoor firing range at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) in Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Fran Ruchalski, File)

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ICE’s breakneck expansion brings hires with histories of job-hopping, financial strains, integrity lapses

More than 40 new Immigration and Customs Enforcement hires — many with histories of financial trouble, job instability or past misconduct allegations — were identified through a review of LinkedIn profiles and public records by reporter Ryan J. Foley. Based in Iowa, Foley used creative sourcing to track recent hires amid a rapid expansion of […]

APRIL 24, 2026

Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists aboard his flight bound for Algiers’ Houari Boumédiène International Airport on Monday, April 13, 2026, at the start of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa. (Alberto Pizzoli/Pool Photo via AP)

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A dispatch from inside the Vatican bubble during a remarkable exchange between pope and president

An unexpected clash between Pope Leo and President Donald Trump became a defining moment of the pope’s Africa trip — and Vatican correspondent Nicole Winfield was there to capture it from the inside. Drawing on deep sourcing and access, Winfield moved quickly to deliver a first-person account that brought audiences inside the “Vatican bubble” during […]

APRIL 24, 2026

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