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APTOPIX Mexico Quinceanera
Confetti falls over Isela Santiago Morales during her 15th birthday party at a stadium in Axtla de Terrazas, Mexico, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, organized by the community after her father's social media appeal drew support following her first sparsely attended celebration. (AP Photo/Mauricio Palos)

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From empty party to an all-night stadium bash, a Mexican teen’s 15th birthday goes viral

AUG. 25, 2025

APTOPIX Mideast Wars Gaza Hunger
Islam Qudeih shows her severely malnourished shirtless, 2-year-old daughter, Shamm, to journalists at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025. Doctors said Shamm may have a genetic disorder that affects muscle and bone development, but there is no way to test for it in Gaza. On Tuesday, August 12, her family was granted permission to travel to a hospital in Italy. (AP Photo/Mariam Dagga)

Best of AP — First Winner

Malnourished kids arrive daily at a Gaza hospital as Netanyahu denies hunger

AUG. 22, 2025

APTOPIX Russia Ukraine War
Ukrainian soldiers from air-defence unit of 59th brigade fire at Russian strike drones in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Best of AP — Second Winner

AP team in Ukraine captures the reality on the ground in Ukraine as leaders step up diplomatic efforts to end war

AUG. 22, 2025

Education Juvenile Detention
Cayden and his mother Robyn Gillespie walk in a county park Saturday, April 26, 2025, in Gainesville, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Tenacious AP reporting bypasses official stonewalling to expose a failing system for incarcerated youth

AUG. 22, 2025

APTOPIX Colombia Indigenous Youth Recruitment
Patricia Elago Zetty, an Indigenous Guard, poses for a photo on July 16, 2025, in Caldono, Colombia. (AP Photo/Nadège Mazars)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Courageous reporting and deep source work exposed the crisis of child recruitment in Colombia

AUG. 22, 2025

AP All-America at 100 Football
FILE - A group of sportswriters confer with Grantland Rice, noted sports authority, seated at center, in Chicago, Nov. 13, 1949, to select Look Magazine's All-America college football team. Seated, from left: Hal Middlesworth, Daily Oklahoman; Rice; and Bert McGrane, Des Moines Register. Standing from left: Raymond Johnson, Nashville Tennessean; Francis Powers, Chicago Daily News; Tim Cohane, Look Magazine; Charley Johnson, Minneapolis Star; Bill Leiser, San Francisco Chronicle, and HG. Salsinger, Detroit News. (AP Photo/Paul Cannon, File)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

A project celebrating 100 years and a Top 25 blog spark huge audience engagement

AUG. 22, 2025

Netherlands Tall Ships
Orange smoke signals the start of the parade of hundreds of tall ships sailing into the Dutch capital's harbor for the 10th edition of SAIL, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

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Hundreds of historic tall ships sail into Amsterdam for a maritime festival

AUG. 21, 2025

Moving On Up Football
FILE - Delaware quarterback Zach Marker (3) looks to pass during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Penn State, Sept. 9, 2023, in State College, Pa. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger, File)

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Missouri State and Delaware are making a historic, risky leap to FBS amid college sports upheaval

AUG. 21, 2025

US Open Preview Tennis
FILE - Italy's Jannik Sinner, left, celebrates with the trophy after beating Carlos Alcaraz of Spain, right, to win the men's singles final at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

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Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, aka Sincaraz, rule men’s tennis as the 2025 US Open arrives

AUG. 21, 2025

WPBL Tryouts Preview Baseball
FILE - Hampton infielder Mo'ne Davis (3) fields a ground ball and throws to first base during an NCAA softball game on Sunday, March 6, 2022 in Hampton, Va. (AP Photo/Mike Caudill, File)

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Women are flocking to DC for a historic pro baseball tryout. Here are some players to know

AUG. 21, 2025

US Open Dark Lighting Tennis
Shielded LED lights, approved by DarkSky International, illuminate the courts during the U.S. Open tennis tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon)

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At the US Open, tennis stars shine under dark sky-friendly outdoor lights

AUG. 21, 2025

Anti-Empathy Christians
FILE - The Rev. Mariann Budde, bishop of Washington's Episcopal diocese, speaks during a service outside St. John's Episcopal Church near the White House in Washington, on June 19, 2020, with a Black Lives Matter banner in the background. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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Can empathy lead to sin? Some conservative Christians argue it can

AUG. 21, 2025

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