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Israel Iran Mideast Wars

A smoke trail from the Israeli Iron Dome air defense system streaks across the sky as it intercepts missiles launched during an Iranian attack, as seen from Haifa, Israel, early Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)

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AP teams across the Middle East, Washington and Europe deliver authoritative coverage of the Israel-Iran war

JULY 7, 2025

CORRECTION APTOPIX Kenya Blogger Dead

CORRECTS ACTION TO ATTACKED - A suspected pro government supporter is attacked by protesters during a demonstration over the death of blogger Albert Ojwang in police custody, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

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AP photographer shows the moments a Kenyan police officer shoots a bystander at a police-brutality protest

JUNE 27, 2025

APTOPIX India Plane Crash

This photo shared by India's Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) shows debris of a plane that crashed in the northwestern Indian city of Ahmedabad, in Gujarat state, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (CISF via AP)

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AP dominates coverage of the fatal plane crash in India, beating competition with fast coverage and dramatic visuals

JUNE 20, 2025

Musk-Trump-X Effects

FILE - President Donald Trump, right, speaks during a news conference with Elon Musk in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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AP leads — quite literally — coverage of Trump-Musk breakup

JUNE 13, 2025

Ukrainian POWs Dying in Prison

Halyna Hryhorieva of Pyriatyn, Ukraine, shows her tattoo of words often spoken by her husband, who was a prisoner of war in Russia: "Everything will be all right," on March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

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AP uncovers the brutal fate of Ukrainian POWs in Russian captivity

JUNE 6, 2025

Immigration Courts Arrests

Federal agents take a person into custody after an immigration court hearing outside an immigration court, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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AP leverages geographic footprint, storytelling to report on immigration court arrests

MAY 30, 2025

DEA Informant

This undated photo provided by the Colombian National Police in a March 2024 document shows Diego Marín. (Colombian National Police via AP)

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In an exclusive, AP’s investigative reporters obtain rare federal papers, detail the link between Colombia’s “Contraband King” and a corrupt DEA agent

MAY 23, 2025

Vatican Pope Conservatives

FILE- Pope Leo XIV speaks from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday, May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, File)

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AP is exclusive witness to the new pope’s first phone call with his brother in Chicago, days after dominating live YouTube coverage of the Vatican conclave

MAY 16, 2025

Trump

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Innovation, teamwork and strong beat coverage result in impressive and creative stories about Trump’s first 100 days in office

MAY 9, 2025

nepal

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Two girls survived Nepal’s 2015 earthquake. Each lost a leg but found a friendship.

MAY 2, 2025

Pope Francis

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AP’s Italy bureau showed the power of preparation to cover Pope Francis’ death

APRIL 25, 2025

APTOPIX Russia Ukraine War

Smoke rises from an explosion following a Russian drone strike on Sumy, Ukraine, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

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AP discovered an apparent new war crime in Ukraine and exposed Russian manipulation

APRIL 18, 2025

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