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Dogged reporting gives a rare glimpse into what life is like in Iran – and how Iranians feel about the war

APRIL 2, 2026

EU Semenya Court Ruling
FILE - South Africa athlete Caster Semenya, center, answers reporters with lawyers Gregory Nott, left, and Shona Jolly KC after Semenya won a partial victory at the European Court of Human Rights on in her seven-year legal fight against track and field's sex eligibility rules, Thursday, July 10, 2025 in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Antonin Utz, File)

Best of AP — Second Winner

AP ahead of the pack on IOC decision to ban transgender women from women’s sports

APRIL 2, 2026

California Cold Case Parole Hearing
This undated photo provided by the Kovacich family shows, from top left, Janet, Paul, bottom left, Kristi and John Kovacich. (Kovacich Family via AP)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Two-year investigation reveals undisclosed FBI emails in ex-police officer’s murder case

APRIL 2, 2026

Climate Mexico Mezcal Deforestation
A waiter serves a glass of mezcal at In Situ distillery in Oaxaca City, Mexico, Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel)

Best of AP — First Winner

Deep reporting and stunning visuals show the environmental costs and economic benefits of mezcal boom in Mexico

MARCH 27, 2026

Pictures of the Week Latin America and Caribbean Photo Gallery
Members of a local self-defense group formed by residents in response to cartel violence patrol in Guajes de Ayala, Mexico, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Best of AP — Second Winner

AP team shines spotlight on armed vigilantes who are last line of defense against cartel expansion

MARCH 27, 2026

APTOPIX Venezuela WBC Baseball
Venezuela fans celebrate their country's win against the United States in the championship match of the World Baseball Classic a day prior, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP’s Venezuela team delivers standout all-formats report on a nation’s rare moment of collective joy

MARCH 27, 2026

WNBA CBA Basketball
FILE - The WNBA logo is seen near a hoop before an WNBA basketball game at Mohegan Sun Arena, May 14, 2019, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Relentless 8-day stakeout delivers extensive breaking coverage of landmark WNBA labor deal

MARCH 27, 2026

Pictures-of-the-Week-Global-Photo-Gallery
Initiates return after completing their passage to manhood at a traditional initiation school, in Phuthaditjhaba, South Africa, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Alfonso Nqunjana)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Local expertise breaks through culture of silence around deadly initiation rites in South Africa

MARCH 27, 2026

APTOPIX Venezuela Oil
Fishermen pass an oil tanker in the Gulf of Venezuela off the shore of Punta Cardon, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Source development and strategic planning deliver market-sensitive scoop on easing of Venezuela oil sanctions

MARCH 27, 2026

Iran US Israel
A woman sits on rubble across from a residential building damaged last Sunday during the U.S.-Israeli air campaign in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Best of AP — First Winner

AP’s Tehran team covers story under increasingly grim circumstances

MARCH 20, 2026

Mideast Wars Palestinians Transferred from Gaza
Palestinians who traveled to South Africa via a charter flight organized by an Israeli group whose founder supported U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to resettle Palestinians from Gaza stand in their temporary flat in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Best of AP — Second Winner

AP finds an Israeli group behind the mystery flights that have evacuated Palestinians from Gaza

MARCH 20, 2026

Trump Sewage Leak Infrastructure
Workers build a cofferdam to stop the flow of raw sewage into the Potomac River after a massive sewage pipe rupture in Glen Echo, Md., Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Human waste backing up in basements is a gut-churning sign of US infrastructure problems

MARCH 20, 2026

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