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MÉXICO-DESPLAZADOS
Soldados patrullan junto a comercios cerrados en Tila, en el estado de Chiapas, México, el martes 18 de junio de 2024. La población huye de la localidad debido a la violencia relacionada con el crimen organizado. (AP Foto/Fernando Llano)

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AP team untangles violence behind largest displacement of people in decades in southern Mexico

JULY 9, 2024

Nate Lord
On the hottest day of the young summer season, Nate Lord uses an ice pick to break a block of ice before delivering it to a guest cabin at Rockywold Deephaven Camps, Thursday, June 20, 2024, in Holderness, N.H. Ice harvested from Squam Lake during the winter is used for refrigeration at each cabin throughout the summer. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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Photographer Robert F. Bukaty finds icy gem in heat wave, leads text story on hottest day of year 

JUNE 28, 2024

Abandoned Veteran’s Funeral
Former U.S. Marine Gerry Brooks is laid to rest Thursday, June 20, 2024 at the Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Augusta. Hundreds of people attended the funeral after Brooks died alone last May and a funeral home asked for volunteers to serve as pallbearers. (AP Photo/Patrick Whittle)

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Through a story of sadness and dying, AP shows the possibility of hope through the reaction of strangers

JUNE 28, 2024

A Poisoned View
A cruise ship crosses Penobscot Bay, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, in off the coast of Camden, Maine. A homeowner poisoned a neighbor's trees to get a view of the scenic waterfront, sparking outrage in the community. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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AP captivates readers with a tale of wealthy hubris and poisoned trees 

JUNE 28, 2024

Peru Amazon Bridge to Nowhere
A highway bridge that is part of a federal highway project, extends across the Nanay River, background, as a resident walks along a boarded path in the Punchana district of Iquitos, Peru, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. Construction work is at a standstill as the government conducts a study of the area, but the Ministry of Transportation has already built what is the country's largest bridge, which extends 2.3 kilometers (1.4 miles) over the Nanay, a tributary of the Amazon River. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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AP makes rare photos of Amazonian “bridge to nowhere” and its communities 

JUNE 28, 2024

Biden
President Joe Biden turns to the others on the dais after speaking during an event marking the 12th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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AP delivers third scoop in a series on Biden’s immigration moves 

JUNE 28, 2024

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A dog in a dog run at the Melody greets visitors Friday, April 12, 2024, in Atlanta. The Melody is a housing complex made from shipping containers and is intended to help house people from Atlanta's homeless population. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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A good news story in homelessness

JUNE 21, 2024

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A damaged election poster shows German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

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Sharp planning and long-term vision put AP ahead on the surge to the right in EU elections

JUNE 21, 2024

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A female periodical cicada makes slits in a tender branch with the egg-laying appendage called an ovipositor at Morton Arboretum on Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Lisle, Ill. The slits are to create egg nests that serve as the nursery for the cicada's developing eggs. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Advanced planning, thorough reporting and extensive subject knowledge leads to AP wins on cicada invasion

JUNE 21, 2024

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In a May 24, 2011 photo, Sam Shaya, 4, of Metairie, La, makes his way to another vantage point as he watches Mississippi River waters pour through the Bonnet Carre Spillway structure in St. Charles Parrish, La. The spillway diverts water from the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain. (AP Photo/The Times Picayune, David Grunfeld)

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For shrinking Mississippi River towns, frequent floods worsen fortunes

JUNE 21, 2024

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US WWII veteran Harold Terens, 100, left, and Jeanne Swerlin, 96, arrive to celebrate their wedding at the town hall of Carentan-les-Marais, in Normandy, northwestern France, on Saturday, June 8, 2024. Together, the collective age of the bride and groom was nearly 200. But Terens and his sweetheart Jeanne Swerlin proved that love is eternal as they tied the knot Saturday inland of the D-Day beaches in Normandy, France. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez)

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AP celebrates diverse veterans, a centenarian wedding in coverage of D-Day 80th anniversary

JUNE 14, 2024

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The Bed Bath & Beyond corporate headquarters building stands in Union, N.J., Wednesday, June 5, 2024. An Associated Press analysis found the number of publicly-traded “zombie” companies — those so laden with debt they're struggling to pay even the interest on their loans — has soared to nearly 7,000 around the world, including 2,000 in the United States. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

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Zombies: Ranks of world’s most debt-hobbled companies are soaring, and not all will survive

JUNE 14, 2024

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