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APTOPIX Georgia Politics
Demonstrators hold an EU flag in front of a police block rallying outside the parliament's building to continue protests against the government's decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024.(AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)

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AP team works tirelessly to report on violent clashes in Georgia over suspension of EU talks

DEC. 6, 2024

Osprey Why It Crashes
FILE - An MV-22 Osprey takes off as Japan Ground Self-Defense Force guards the landing zone during a joint military drill with U.S. Marines in Gotemba, southwest of Tokyo, March 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Best of AP — Second Winner

Deep source reporting and exclusive interviews breaks news on the Osprey aircraft’s safety record 

DEC. 6, 2024

Taiwan President Trip
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te arrives at the East-West Center for an informal private discussion during a transit stopover in Hawaii en route to visit several Pacific Islands, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Honolulu, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP dominates on live video, photos during Taiwanese President’s first U.S. visit in Hawaii

DEC. 6, 2024

Vermont Flooding Recovery
Jenny Mackenzie stands outside her flood-ravaged house in Peacham, Vt. on Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Beliakov)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Vermont reporter executes all-formats package for story of recovery and hope amid climate fueled flooding

DEC. 6, 2024

Election 2024 Abortion Family Photo Gallery
The Young children from left, Gianna, Isaac, and Lucas, attend the Ohio March for Life, with their mom Erin Young, right, at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. All three children are adopted. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Photo essay from rural Ohio captures anti-abortion family’s life, activism and crucial slice of American electorate

DEC. 6, 2024

Japan South Korea Sado
Guests offer a moment of silence during a memorial ceremony for the Sado Island Gold Mine in Sado, Niigata prefecture, Japan, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Tokyo bureau provides exclusive coverage of ceremony honoring South Korean slaves who died in Japanese gold mines during WWII

DEC. 6, 2024

Wintry Weather
People walk in lake-effect snow on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Lowville, N.Y. (AP Photo/Cara Anna)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Cara Anna gets compelling photos and video of the Big Snow in upstate New York

DEC. 6, 2024

Laos Tourists Poisoned
Health officials come out of Nana Backpackers hostel after checking documents in Vang Vieng, Laos, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Best of AP — First Winner

AP delivers unmatched coverage in Laos after mass methanol poisoning of foreign tourists

DEC. 2, 2024

Russia Ukraine War 1000 Days Day In The Life
Ukrainian servicemen of the Bugskiy Gard unit prepare mortar shells at frontline positions in the Kherson region, Ukraine, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

Best of AP — Second Winner

Compelling snapshot of everyday life marks 1,000 days of war in Ukraine

DEC. 2, 2024

APTOPIX Iceland Volcano
A new volcanic eruption that started on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland, Wednesday, Nov.20, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco di Marco)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP freelancer blows the opposition away with Iceland volcano coverage

DEC. 2, 2024

China Bookstore Crackdown
Yu Miao, owner of JF Books, speaks to The Associated Press in his bookstore in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP sheds light on a little-noticed crackdown unfurling on independent bookstores in China

DEC. 2, 2024

Canada US Border Deaths
An advertising poster pasted on a shop at Dingucha village in Gandhinagar, India, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. Poster reads in Gujarati "Make your dream of going abroad come true", on top and "Payment after visa". (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Best of AP — First Winner

AP traces the final steps of an Indian family who froze to death on the northern US border

NOV. 22, 2024

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