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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

Mali Russia Africa Corps
A mother holds the clenched hand of her daughter, who has not unclenched it in the eight months since fleeing mercenaries in Mali and finding refuge in Douankara, Mauritania, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly)

Best of AP — First Winner

The AP delivers exclusive accounts from survivors of abuse by Russia’s new Africa Corps military unit in Mali

DEC. 12, 2025

FBI Pipe Bomb Investigation
FILE - Members of law enforcement are pictured outside Democratic National Committee headquarters, Sept. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Best of AP — Second Winner

AP delivers first comprehensive account of long-awaited arrest in Jan. 6 pipe bomb investigation

DEC. 12, 2025

US Immigration Refugees Rebuffed
Syrian refugee Mohammed Dawood, 30, left, poses for a photo with his parents, Hayat Fatah, 65, center, and Abdulilah Amin Dawoud, 73, at their home in Irbil, Iraq, Nov. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Farid Abdulwahed)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Refugees shut out by Trump’s policies are given voice in a multi-format, cross-regional package

DEC. 12, 2025

Fast Growing Church
Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell preaches at 2819 Church on Nov. 16, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Coverage of fast-growing church results in all-formats success

DEC. 12, 2025

Black Women Maternal Mortality
Leon and Mercedes Wells hold their newborn daughter Alena at their home in the Chicago suburb of Dolton, Ill. on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Race & Ethnicity reporting team lands timely coverage of Black maternal health crisis

DEC. 12, 2025

National Guard Shooting
This photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, show Rahmanullah Lakanwal. (U.S. Attorney’s Office via AP)

Best of AP — First Winner

Exclusive AP reporting reveals many warning signs before National Guard shooting

DEC. 5, 2025

Cortina Olympic Village
A view of the athlete's village for the Cortina Milan Winter Olympics, in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Best of AP — Second Winner

AP is first international media to visit Cortina d’Ampezzo Olympic Village

DEC. 5, 2025

Lebanon Mideast Pope
Pope Leo XIV talks to reporters aboard an airplane as he returns from a six-day visit to Turkey and Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Alessandro Di Meo/Pool Photo via AP)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP cross-regional team delivers striking cross-format coverage of Pope Leo XIV’s first foreign trip

DEC. 5, 2025

Pictures of the Week Global Photo Gallery
FILE - Miguel Laboy releases a stream of smoke while smoking cannabis in Brookline, Mass., Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP team covers increase in marijuana addiction with character-driven, all-formats package

DEC. 5, 2025

California Shooting
Patrice Williams, who was hosting a party for her daughter where gunfire broke out, middle, is consoled by Bernice Bass, left, and Teresa Spivey while being interviewed in Stockton, Calif., Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

On-scene reporting gives AP early visual wins and exclusive interviews after California shooting

DEC. 5, 2025

APTOPIX Hong Kong Fire
Health workers evacuate a woman from a fire which broke out at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong's New Territories, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP journalists provide round-the-clock all-formats coverage of deadly Hong Kong fire

DEC. 5, 2025

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