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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 9, 2022. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he's committed to pressing for peace despite Russian attacks on civilians that have stunned the world. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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Perseverance lands AP interview with Ukrainian president; team in Bucha documents evidence of war crimes

APRIL 15, 2022

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A woman walks amid destroyed Russian tanks in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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Ukraine visuals document an exceptionally dark chapter of the war; intelligence says aides misled Putin

APRIL 8, 2022

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Pregnant woman Mariana Vishegirskaya emerges from a maternity and children’s hospital that was gutted by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, March 9, 2022. Vishegirskaya survived the shelling and later gave birth to a girl in another hospital in Mariupol. The attack on the hospital, part of AP’s exclusive coverage from the besieged city, also figures prominently in ongoing joint investigation by AP and PBS Frontline, documenting potential Russian war crimes. (AP Photo / Mstyslav Chernov)

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AP account of last journalists in Mariupol is a must-read; investigation builds case for war crimes

APRIL 1, 2022

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A Ukrainian volunteer, Oleksandr Osetynskyi, holds a Ukrainian flag and directs hundreds of refugees fleeing Ukraine as they arrive at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, March 7, 2022. Some 3.5 million people have fled the fighting in the month since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia announced yet another cease-fire and a handful of humanitarian corridors to allow civilians to flee Ukraine. Previous such measures have fallen apart and Moscow’s armed forces continued to pummel some Ukrainian cities with rockets Monday. (AP Photo / Visar Kryeziu)

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AP’s all-formats team delivers unmatched coverage of refugees fleeing Ukraine

MARCH 25, 2022

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Dead bodies are dropped into a mass grave on the outskirts of Mariupol, Ukraine, March 9, 2022. Mass burials were carried out quickly during heavy shelling by Russian forces laying siege to the port city on the Sea of Azov. (AP Photo / Evgeniy Maloletka)

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Unmatchable coverage by AP team in Mariupol: ‘Their images are defining this war’

MARCH 18, 2022

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Serhii, father of teenager Iliya, cries on his son’s lifeless body at a maternity hospital converted into a medical ward in Mariupol, Ukraine, March 2, 2022. (AP Photo / Evgeniy Maloletka)

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As the world watches Ukraine, AP is the world’s eyes on besieged Mariupol

MARCH 11, 2022

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Natali Sevriukova reacts outside her building following a Russian rocket attack on the capital city of Kyiv, Feb. 25, 2022, one day into the Russian invasion on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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AP’s team in Ukraine delivers unparalleled coverage of Russian invasion

MARCH 4, 2022

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Customers eat at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, after Philadelphia city officials lifted the city’s vaccine mandate for indoor establishments that serve food and drink, but an indoor mask mandate remained in place. AP has reported exclusively that data modeling shows 73% of the country is believed to be protected from omicron and that future spikes will likely require much less — if any — dramatic disruption in the U.S. (AP Photo / Matt Rourke)

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Source work, reporting, exclusive data modeling put AP ahead on omicron immunity

FEB. 25, 2022

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People carry a large Ukrainian flag marking a "day of unity" in Sievierodonetsk, in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine, Feb. 16, 2022. With Russian troops massed on his borders, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky declared the day of national unity in the face of “hybrid threats.” (AP Photo / Vadim Ghirda)

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Determined reporting, solid sourcing and regional expertise put AP ahead on Ukraine coverage

FEB. 18, 2022

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At left, nurse Tamzyn Weibort straightens baby clothes in the baby boutique room at Portico Crisis Pregnancy Center in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Jan. 26, 2022. AP found about a dozen states that have passed more restrictive abortion laws have also funneled millions of taxpayer dollars to privately operated clinics that steer women away from abortions but provide little if any health care services. At right, Amanda Furdge is interviewed in Clinton, Miss., Dec. 10, 2021, describing the contrast of easily finding abortion services when she lived in Illinois, but the difficulty of finding the services after she moved back to Mississippi, which has only one abortion clinic., during an interview in Clinton, Miss., on Dec. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Accountability reporting uncovers taxpayer-funded anti-abortion centers, racial disparities in access

FEB. 11, 2022

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FILE – Takeshi Kasai, World Health Organization regional director for Western Pacific, addresses the media at an annual session in Manila, Philippines, Oct. 7, 2019. AP reporting has revealed that dozens of current and former staffers have accused Kasai of racist, unethical and abusive behavior that has undermined the U.N. health agency’s efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic in the region. Kasai denies the charges. (AP Photo / Bullit Marquez, File)

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Exclusive and explosive: WHO leader in Western Pacific accused of racism and abuse

FEB. 4, 2022

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Workers from Craig Station, a coal-fired power plant, pose for a photograph in Craig, Colo., Nov. 17, 2021. From left: Ron Geary, Gene LeFeure, Trinidad Loya and Wes Lytle. The plant has been a source of job security for decades, but it is closing, along with the mine that feeds it. Together they employ about 300 people; all will lose their jobs according the an owner and operator of the plant. (AP Photo / Rick Bowmer)

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Deeply reported package explores the shift away from fossil fuels, impact on states, communities

JAN. 28, 2022

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