2024

Pictures of the Week Global Photo Gallery
Flowers and candles blanket the entrance to the Johannis church in tribute to the victims of a Christmas market attack where a car drove into shoppers the day before, in Magdeburg, Germany, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

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Week in Pictures Dec. 20 – 26, 2024

DEC. 30, 2024

Jimmy Carter
FILE - Former President Jimmy Carter poses for a portrait during the Toronto International Film Festival, Sept. 10, 2007, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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Jimmy Carter, former U.S. President, dies at 100

DEC. 30, 2024

Young Nuns
Zoey Stapleton, a postulant with the Franciscan Sisters, T.O.R. of Penance of the Sorrowful Mother, attends Mass in Toronto, Ohio, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Best of AP — First Winner

Visual journalist captivates with all-formats package on why young women become nuns

DEC. 27, 2024

APTOPIX Mayotte Cyclone Chido
A woman carrying her belongings walks past debris after Cyclone Chido in the Kaweni slum Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, on the outskirts of Mamoudzou, in the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte. (AP Photo/Adrienne Surprenant)

Best of AP — Second Winner

Survivors recount ‘very apocalyptic’ cyclone that ripped through French territory of Mayotte

DEC. 27, 2024

Germany Christmas Market
Security guards stand in front of a cordoned-off Christmas Market after a car crashed into a crowd of people, in Magdeburg, Germany, Saturday early morning, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

At least 2 dead and 60 hurt after a car drives into a German Christmas market in a suspected attack

DEC. 27, 2024

ENT–Theater-Chicago-Making Roxies
AP Illustration / Annie Ng

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

How the Roxies are made: Behind the iconic role in Broadway’s megahit ‘Chicago’

DEC. 27, 2024

Prehistoric Americas-Huge Animals
Paleontologist Thaís Pansani stands in front the reconstructed skeleton of a giant ground sloth at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, on July 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Giant sloths and mastodons lived with humans for millennia in the Americas, new discoveries suggest

DEC. 27, 2024

APTOPIX School Shooting Wisconsin
Supporters hold candles during a candlelight vigil Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, outside the Wisconsin Capitol in Madison, Wis., following a shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School on Monday, Dec. 16. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Teacher and a teenage student killed in a shooting at a Christian school in Wisconsin

DEC. 27, 2024

Congress Budget Disasters
FILE - Ben Phillips, left, and his wife Becca Phillips scrape mud out of their living room in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, in Marshall, N.C., Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Farmers, business owners, fire survivors face uncertainty after $100B in disaster relief flounders

DEC. 27, 2024

Russell Hedrick prepares a DJI drone to put crop cover on his farm, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, in Hickory, N.C. (AP Photo/Allison Joyce)
Russell Hedrick prepares a DJI drone to put crop cover on his farm, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, in Hickory, N.C. (AP Photo/Allison Joyce)

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Many Americans have come to rely on Chinese-made drones. Now lawmakers want to ban them

DEC. 23, 2024

A deportation officer with Enforcement and Removal Operations in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's New York City field office changes the handcuffs of Wilmer Patricio Medina-Medina from back to front after arresting him during an early morning operation, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A deportation officer with Enforcement and Removal Operations in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's New York City field office changes the handcuffs of Wilmer Patricio Medina-Medina from back to front after arresting him during an early morning operation, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, in the Bronx borough of New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

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Trump wants mass deportations. A ride-along with immigration officers shows the challenges

DEC. 23, 2024

FILE- Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani smiles in the dugout before a spring training baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Phoenix, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
FILE- Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani smiles in the dugout before a spring training baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Phoenix, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

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Shohei Ohtani wins 3rd AP Male Athlete of the Year award, tying Michael Jordan for 1 shy of record

DEC. 23, 2024

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