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Venezuela-Strike Victims
(AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)

Best of AP — First Winner

Reporters take risky trip in Venezuela and uncover a nuanced truth about crewmen of boats blown up by Trump administration

NOV. 14, 2025

Indigenous Boarding Schools
This photo provided by the Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center shows nine male students and six female students posed on the steps of the bandstand on the Carlisle Indian Industrial School grounds in Carlisle, Pa., in March 1891, wearing the clothing they arrived in. (John N. Choate/Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center via AP)

Best of AP — Second Winner

AP breaks news as tribes find path to recovering Native American children from U.S. boarding school cemeteries

NOV. 14, 2025

France Louvre Fedora Man
Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux during an interview with Associated Press, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, in Rambouillet, south of Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP’s Paris bureau continues to deliver on the Louvre raid – the story that has gripped the world

NOV. 14, 2025

Ohio St Wisconsin Football
Fans dance during "Jump Around," during the second half of an NCAA college football game between the Wisconsin and the Ohio State Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP taps into the trend of pop music anthems becoming part of the tradition on college football game days

NOV. 14, 2025

Protecting Miners Photo Essay
Randy Lawrence, president of the Kanawha County Black Lung Association, stands outside his home wearing supplemental oxygen for black lung disease near Cabin Creek, W.Va., Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP tells story of sick coal miners fighting the Trump administration on the rollback of health protections

NOV. 14, 2025

China Aircraft Carrier
In this Oct. 8, 2025, satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC, the Chinese aircraft carriers Shandong and Fujian are seen at the Yulin Naval Base near Sanya, China. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Advance preparation put AP in position for quick alerts and full analytical story on China’s newest aircraft carrier

NOV. 14, 2025

Russia Poland Romania Drones
FILE - Romanian Air Force F-16 military fighter jets escort a C-27J Spartan aircraft during a NATO Air Policing exercise above eastern Romania, on March 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, File)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP scoops competition with report that Poland and Romania are deploying a new weapons system to defend against Russian drones

NOV. 14, 2025

US Maduro Pilot
In this image made from a video posted on the Facebook account of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Dec. 15, 2023, Maduro stands behind pilot Gen. Bitner Villegas in the cockpit of an airplane. (AP Photo)

Best of AP — First Winner

Relying on deep reporting and sources, Josh Goodman delivers a thriller worth of John le Carre or Mick Herron

NOV. 7, 2025

Trump Navy
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk on the flight deck as part of the Navy's 250th anniversary celebration, aboard the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Norfolk, Va., Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Best of AP — Second Winner

AP reporters score trio of US national security scoops

NOV. 7, 2025

Cuba Extreme Weather
A man wades through floodwaters with his dog and belongings from his home flooded by Hurricane Melissa in Santiago de Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramón Espinosa)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP delivers strong coverage of Hurricane Melissa

NOV. 7, 2025

Trump White House Ballroom
Stewart McLaurin, president of the White House Historical Association, poses for a portrait after speaking about the history of the East Wing of the White House, construction of a new ballroom, and President John Adams moving into the White House, during an interview with The Associated Press, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP scores an exclusive interview with a historian on the East Wing demolition

NOV. 7, 2025

Immigrant Church Nations Capital
Parishioners pray during a Sunday Mass at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart Catholic church in Washington, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP details how immigration crackdown stokes fear and solidarity at a Catholic church in the nation’s capital

NOV. 7, 2025

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