Best of AP — Honorable Mention

China Aircraft Carrier
In this Oct. 8, 2025, satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC, the Chinese aircraft carriers Shandong and Fujian are seen at the Yulin Naval Base near Sanya, China. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Advance preparation put AP in position for quick alerts and full analytical story on China’s newest aircraft carrier

NOV. 14, 2025

Russia Poland Romania Drones
FILE - Romanian Air Force F-16 military fighter jets escort a C-27J Spartan aircraft during a NATO Air Policing exercise above eastern Romania, on March 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, File)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP scoops competition with report that Poland and Romania are deploying a new weapons system to defend against Russian drones

NOV. 14, 2025

Cuba Extreme Weather
A man wades through floodwaters with his dog and belongings from his home flooded by Hurricane Melissa in Santiago de Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramón Espinosa)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP delivers strong coverage of Hurricane Melissa

NOV. 7, 2025

Trump White House Ballroom
Stewart McLaurin, president of the White House Historical Association, poses for a portrait after speaking about the history of the East Wing of the White House, construction of a new ballroom, and President John Adams moving into the White House, during an interview with The Associated Press, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP scores an exclusive interview with a historian on the East Wing demolition

NOV. 7, 2025

Immigrant Church Nations Capital
Parishioners pray during a Sunday Mass at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart Catholic church in Washington, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP details how immigration crackdown stokes fear and solidarity at a Catholic church in the nation’s capital

NOV. 7, 2025

Black Lives Matter Investigation
FILE - A man carries a Black Lives Matter flag in Lafayette Square outside the White House on the fourth night of the Republican National Convention, Aug. 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP lands national scoop on a Black Lives Matter fraud investigation

NOV. 7, 2025

Crossing Guards-Disreguarded
School crossing guard Anthony Taylor directs students on when to cross the street, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP reveals life-threatening dangers faced by school crossing guards

NOV. 7, 2025

Trump Trade Deals
FILE - U.S. President Donald Trump, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP investigation finds that the U.S. government allowed and even helped U.S. firms to sell to China tech used for surveillance. 

NOV. 7, 2025

APTOPIX White House Demolition
Construction workers, bottom right, atop the U.S. Treasury, watch as work continues on a largely demolished part of the East Wing of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Washington, before construction of a new ballroom. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Smart legwork yields AP photos confirming demolition of White House’s East Wing

OCT. 31, 2025

Afghan Refugees
FILE - A boy flies a kite on a hilltop overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP details one family’s globe-spanning migration and deportation saga

OCT. 31, 2025

Film-Adam Driver
FILE - Adam Driver arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" on Dec. 9, 2017. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP scoops scuttled plans for Adam Driver and Steven Soderbergh’s “Star Wars” movie

OCT. 31, 2025

Climate Heat Farmworkers Pregnancy
A worker harvests pears at an orchard in Naches, Wash., Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Dogged reporting and sensitivity focuses on the most vulnerable workers in the U.S.

OCT. 31, 2025

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