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Mideast Wars Gaza Children

Old photos of 3-year-old Amr al-Hams are displayed on a phone as he lies in a bed with brain damage caused by an Israeli army strike on his family's tent in April, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mariam Dagga)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP tells the heartbreaking story of Amr, a 3-year-old boy in Gaza, fighting for his life after surviving a strike that killed his mother

JULY 11, 2025

Democrats Trump

A local resident listen to a speech during an Iowa Democratic Party rally, Thursday, July 3, 2025, in Windsor Heights, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP team captures notable images of the passage of President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill

JULY 11, 2025

France China Warplanes

FILE - A French-made Rafale fighter jet takes off on the inaugural day of the Aero India 2021 at Yelahanka air base in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP investigation obtains exclusive intelligence findings showing Chinese efforts to undermine France’s flagship fighter jet

JULY 11, 2025

JEFFREY EPSTEIN ARCHIVOS

Foto difundida por el Registro de Delincuentes Sexuales del estado de Nueva York, que muestra al financista Jeffrey Epstein, el 28 de marzo del 2017. (Registro de Delincuentes Sexuales del estado de Nueva York via AP)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP scores a scoop and major online traffic with a deeply reported accountability story on Attorney General Pam Bondi’s claim about Epstein videos

JULY 11, 2025

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)

Best of AP — First Winner

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

JULY 7, 2025

APTOPIX Climate Hail Chasing Journey Photo Essay

The Project ICECHIP command vehicle drives toward an approaching rainstorm with a rain shaft during an operation Tuesday, June 3, 2025, near Tipton, Okla. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Best of AP — Second Winner

AP takes audiences inside a hailstorm with exclusive multiformat report on cutting-edge research

JULY 7, 2025

APTOPIX Netherlands NATO Summit

President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte attend a plenary session at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP asks NATO boss about his flattery of Trump – and crushes coverage of crucial NATO summit

JULY 7, 2025

Twelve New Priests

The Rev. Alfredo Tuesta gives his first blessing as a newly ordained priest to Bishop Michael Burbidge, who leads the Diocese of Arlington, at the Cathedral of Saint Thomas More in Arlington, Va., on Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Trusted religion reporting leads to special access for must-read priest story

JULY 7, 2025

Election 2025 NYC Mayor

Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani takes selfies with supporters after speaking at his primary election party, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

A detailed look at the results of New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary

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)

Best of AP — First Winner

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

JUNE 27, 2025

Overtourism Explainer

FILE - Demonstrators march shouting slogans against the Formula 1 Barcelona Fan Festival in downtown Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, June 19, 2024, during residents protest against mass tourism. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

Best of AP — Second Winner

AP beats the competition reporting on a surprise Louvre strike and overtourism

JUNE 27, 2025

Belarus-Tsikhanouski

Syarhei Tsikhanouski, a Belarusian opposition activist released from a prison by Belarusian authorities, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP secures the first sit-down interview with Belarusian dissident Siarhei Tsikhanouski after his release from prison

JUNE 27, 2025

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