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Best of AP — Honorable Mention

With exclusive map and reporting, AP exposes how Russian sabotage is exhausting European police resources

DEC. 26, 2025

APTOPIX Russia New Year Preparations
Children ride a carousel at the Christmas fair decorated for Christmas and the New Year festivities in Red Square in Moscow, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, with the Spasskaya Tower in the background. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Spotlights

Photos of Christmas celebrations around the world

DEC. 25, 2025

Australia Bondi Beach Shooting
Police cordon off an area at Bondi Beach after a reported shooting in Sydney, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Best of AP — First Winner

AP’s speed shines in coverage of mass shooting at a Jewish festival on Australia’s Bondi Beach

DEC. 19, 2025

Nigeria School Abduction
Onyeka Chieme, a student of St. Mary's Catholic School, abducted by gunmen and later released, poses for a photograph at his house in Papiri, Nigeria, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Afolabi Sotunde)

Best of AP — Second Winner

Dramatic storytelling gives a child’s eye-level view of Nigeria school abduction

DEC. 19, 2025

APTOPIX Digital Cage Exiled Official
Former Chinese official Li Chuanliang walks between buildings in the Mayflower Church community, in Midland, Texas, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP report shows exclusively how Chinese surveillance stretches around the globe

DEC. 19, 2025

Immigration Afghan Arrests
Abdul Salam, center, and his son Ahmad Sodais shop for sweet treats inside of an Afghan grocery store in Carmichael, Calif., Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP documents increased immigration arrests of Afghans after National Guard shooting

DEC. 19, 2025

Infant Botulism Treatment
Nancy Shine at her home in Los Altos, Calif., on Nov. 21, 2025. Shine is a scientist who donated blood plasma that is used to create the treatment for infant botulism. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Joy, wonder and discovery story shows how scientists’ blood is helping babies overcome botulism

DEC. 19, 2025

Mali Russia Africa Corps Sexual Assault
Malian refugees fleeing violence in Mali, sit in a makeshift camp where they found refuge in Douankara, Hodh El Chargui Region, Mauritania, Nov. 9 2025. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Girls and women fleeing Mali describe sexual violence by Russian forces

DEC. 19, 2025

Ohtani Baseball
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani shares a laugh with his translator during an interview with The Associated Press in Pasadena, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Shohei Ohtani is the AP’s Male Athlete of the Year for record-tying 4th time

DEC. 19, 2025

Pictures of the Week Global Photo Gallery
FILE - A tent is reflected in water at a makeshift camp for displaced Palestinians where a woman washes clothes on the beach in Gaza City, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)

Spotlights

Week in Pictures

DEC. 18, 2025

AP Poll Gifts
FILE - A person carries a shopping bag in Philadelphia, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Spotlights

What Americans think about giving cash as holiday gifts, according to a new AP-NORC poll

DEC. 17, 2025

YE-AP Being There
FILE - Newlyweds Jade Rick Verdillo, right, and Jamaica kiss during their wedding inside a flooded Barasoain church in Malolos, Philippines, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

Spotlights

Good news: Behind the scenes of some of the most uplifting stories of 2025

DEC. 17, 2025

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