Best of the AP

Profound Autism

Ronan Murphy hugs his mother, Andrea, while looking at the snow falling outside their home in Ayer, Mass., on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Shelby Lum)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP cuts through confusion and misinformation about autism with focus on profound needs

FEB. 20, 2026

Navy Leader Aircraft Carriers

FILE - U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Daryl Caudle, talks to selected journalists during his visit in Tokyo, Nov. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi, File)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP interview with a top Navy leader reveals distinctive details on his efforts to shift aircraft carrier strategy

FEB. 20, 2026

Milan Cortina Olympics Alpine Skiing Vonn’s Father

FILE - United States' Lindsey Vonn poses with her career medals with her father Alan Kildow, in the finish area after the women's downhill race, at the alpine ski World Championships in Are, Sweden, Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati, File)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Andrew Dampf wins an exclusive interview with the father of injured Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn

FEB. 20, 2026

PFAS-Forever Stained

Faye Jackson has lived for decades on a patch of rural land, right, in Resaca, Ga., on the banks of the Conasauga River, seen on Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Collaboration shows how the carpet industry’s reliance on forever chemicals in the South polluted a region

FEB. 13, 2026

Afghan Baby-Adoption

FILE - Children stand in front of a home destroyed during a Sept. 5, 2019, night raid by U.S. forces in a village in a remote region of Afghanistan, on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

US government worked against itself to let Marine adopt Afghan girl, documents obtained by AP show

FEB. 13, 2026

Decomposing Bodies One Victim’s Story

Derrick Johnson, whose mother's body was one of 189 left to decay in the Return to Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colo., holds photos of her in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Intimate, thorough and fast coverage of sentencing for Colorado funeral home owner in grisly case sets AP apart

FEB. 13, 2026

Lebanon Israel

An Italian U.N. peacekeeping soldier stands guard at a road that links to a United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon, or UNIFIL base where the Lebanese and Israeli delegations meet, in Naqoura town, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 4, 2021. After a nearly six-month pause, Lebanon and Israel on Tuesday resumed indirect talks with U.S. mediation over their disputed maritime border. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP exposes exclusive details on a spike in Israeli attacks on the UN force in Lebanon

FEB. 13, 2026

APTOPIX Super Bowl Football

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold celebrates after a win over the New England Patriots in the NFL Super Bowl 60 football game, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Teamwork leads to AP dominating Super Bowl coverage with all-format stories on Bad Bunny, President Trump, ads and game context

FEB. 13, 2026

Ethiopia Oromo Conflict

Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) fighters attend an orientation session in western Oromia, Ethiopia, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo)

Best of AP — First Winner

‘Execution, torture, abductions, rape’: Ethiopia’s hidden conflict

FEB. 12, 2026

Milan Cortina Olympics Alpine Skiing

United States' Lindsey Vonn crashes during an alpine ski women's downhill race, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Best of AP — Second Winner

AP photographer captures defining photos of Lindsey Vonn’s downhill crash at the Winter Olympics

FEB. 12, 2026

Maksudur Rahman

Maksudur Rahman, 31, who escaped after fighting for the Russian army, shows a Russian military dog tag during an interview with The Associated Press in Lakshmipur, Bangladesh, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajib Dhar)

Best of AP — First Winner

AP’s cross-border reporting and high-impact visuals expose exploitation of Bangladeshi workers by Russian military

FEB. 6, 2026

Donia Jessop

Hildale Mayor Donia Jessop points to an aerial photograph of Hildale during an interview Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025, in Hildale, Ut. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Best of AP — Second Winner

AP tells a tale of transformation in towns once havens for polygamous sects

FEB. 6, 2026

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