Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez waves as she waits for Colombian President Gustavo Petro at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, April 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on defense hearing on the budget request for the Department of Defense, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

FILE - Smoke rises in the aftermath of a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Zoya Shu, File)

President Donald Trump gestures to reporters as he walks across the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, May 15, 2026, in Washington, on return from Beijing where he met with China's President Xi Jinping. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

FBI director Kash Patel testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing on Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration; the United States Marshals Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives the on Capitol Hill, Tuesday May 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Buddhist lamas, Trulshik Yangsi Rinpoche, left, and Jalue Dorje, who is recognized as the eighth Terchen Taksham Rinpoche, laugh while posing for a portrait at the Yak and Yeti hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

A National Guardsman walks past a resident sitting outside her home after armed attacks by local criminal groups forced more than dozens of residents to flee, in Tula, Mexico, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Swedish servicemen looks out of an armoured vehicle during a military exercises in Gotland, Sweden, Monday, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Burrows)

A plastic dollhouse sits among a pile of furniture discarded by families in a public housing subdivision in Port Isabel, Texas, on April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Valerie Gonzalez)

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent meets with members of the Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC), about financial literacy, Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at the Treasury Department, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a press briefing in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

President Donald Trump greets Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla for a departure ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday, April 30, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)