Best of the AP

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

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

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