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Pictures of the Week Latin America and Caribbean Photo Gallery
Members of a local self-defense group formed by residents in response to cartel violence patrol in Guajes de Ayala, Mexico, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Best of AP — Second Winner

AP team shines spotlight on armed vigilantes who are last line of defense against cartel expansion

MARCH 27, 2026

APTOPIX Venezuela WBC Baseball
Venezuela fans celebrate their country's win against the United States in the championship match of the World Baseball Classic a day prior, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP’s Venezuela team delivers standout all-formats report on a nation’s rare moment of collective joy

MARCH 27, 2026

WNBA CBA Basketball
FILE - The WNBA logo is seen near a hoop before an WNBA basketball game at Mohegan Sun Arena, May 14, 2019, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Relentless 8-day stakeout delivers extensive breaking coverage of landmark WNBA labor deal

MARCH 27, 2026

Pictures-of-the-Week-Global-Photo-Gallery
Initiates return after completing their passage to manhood at a traditional initiation school, in Phuthaditjhaba, South Africa, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Alfonso Nqunjana)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Local expertise breaks through culture of silence around deadly initiation rites in South Africa

MARCH 27, 2026

APTOPIX Venezuela Oil
Fishermen pass an oil tanker in the Gulf of Venezuela off the shore of Punta Cardon, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Source development and strategic planning deliver market-sensitive scoop on easing of Venezuela oil sanctions

MARCH 27, 2026

Iran US Israel
A woman sits on rubble across from a residential building damaged last Sunday during the U.S.-Israeli air campaign in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Best of AP — First Winner

AP’s Tehran team covers story under increasingly grim circumstances

MARCH 20, 2026

Mideast Wars Palestinians Transferred from Gaza
Palestinians who traveled to South Africa via a charter flight organized by an Israeli group whose founder supported U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to resettle Palestinians from Gaza stand in their temporary flat in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Best of AP — Second Winner

AP finds an Israeli group behind the mystery flights that have evacuated Palestinians from Gaza

MARCH 20, 2026

Trump Sewage Leak Infrastructure
Workers build a cofferdam to stop the flow of raw sewage into the Potomac River after a massive sewage pipe rupture in Glen Echo, Md., Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Human waste backing up in basements is a gut-churning sign of US infrastructure problems

MARCH 20, 2026

Trump Immigration Missing Data
FILE - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detain a person, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Immigration data story points out holes in administration’s transparency claims

MARCH 20, 2026

Hakan Fidan
Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

World exclusive interview with Turkish foreign minister on the war engulfing the Middle East

MARCH 20, 2026

Immigration Detention Conditions
Owen Ramsingh, who spent months in Camp East Montana before his deportation to The Netherlands, poses for a portrait in his father's home in Utrecht, Netherlands, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Best of AP — First Winner

AP uses 911 calls to offer one of the most detailed accounts of life inside largest ICE detention camp

MARCH 13, 2026

Trump
President Donald Trump arrives for a Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Monday, March 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Best of AP — Second Winner

Bauder approaches media beat with sharp, audience-friendly coverage

MARCH 13, 2026

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