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Wagner Videos War Crimes
In this image from video posted on a Wagner Group-affiliated Telegram channel in July 2024, men in Burkina Faso military uniforms stand around a dead body lying on the ground as it was cut into pieces. (AP Photo)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

A confidential legal brief to the ICC accuses Wagner of promoting atrocities on social media

JUNE 27, 2025

APTOPIX NBA Finals Pacers Thunder Basketball
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Luguentz Dort, left, celebrates with teammates in the locker room after winning the NBA basketball championship with a Game 7 victory against the Indiana Pacers Sunday, June 22, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP provides insight, context and breaking news on and off the court before, during and after the NBA Finals

JUNE 27, 2025

US Protests Los Angeles
A protester against immigration raids waves a flag in front of the 300 North Los Angeles Street Federal Building on Sunday, June 15, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP details no-bid contracts awarded to politically connected companies for immigration detention

JUNE 27, 2025

APTOPIX India Plane Crash
This photo shared by India's Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) shows debris of a plane that crashed in the northwestern Indian city of Ahmedabad, in Gujarat state, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (CISF via AP)

Best of AP — First Winner

AP dominates coverage of the fatal plane crash in India, beating competition with fast coverage and dramatic visuals

JUNE 20, 2025

Africa Russia’s Growing Footprint
FILE - This undated photograph handed out by the French military shows three Russian mercenaries, right, in northern Mali. (French Army via AP)

Best of AP — Second Winner

In an exclusive, an AP team of reporters details how Russia is delivering arms to conflict zones in sub-Saharan Africa

JUNE 20, 2025

Trump Immigration Medicaid
FILE - President Donald Trump, from left, speaks as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., during an event in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, May 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)\

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Trump administration gives personal data of immigrant Medicaid enrollees to deportation officials

JUNE 20, 2025

Dying to Serve Benefits Backlog
FILE - Sharline Volcy holds a wedding picture of her and her deceased husband, Roland Donat, Feb. 3, 2025, in Orange, N.J. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP investigation finds yearslong backlog in federal program promising benefits for families of deceased officers

JUNE 20, 2025

US Immigration Court Arrests
FILE - Federal law enforcement wait in a parking garage to take people into custody outside immigration court, May 21, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP provides inside look at large-scale immigration courthouse arrests

JUNE 20, 2025

APTOPIX Minnesota Lawmakers Shot Vigil
A candlelight vigil for former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, who were fatally shot, at the state Capitol, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Nikolas Liepins)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP uncovers exclusive details about man accused of killing Minnesota lawmakers

JUNE 20, 2025

US Protests Philadelphia
Arndrea Waters King, third from left, and Martin Luther King III, fourth from left, march in the "No Kings" protest, Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Vivid protest coverage showcases AP’s unmatched national footprint

JUNE 20, 2025

Musk-Trump-X Effects
FILE - President Donald Trump, right, speaks during a news conference with Elon Musk in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Best of AP — First Winner

AP leads — quite literally — coverage of Trump-Musk breakup

JUNE 13, 2025

EPA Power Plants
FILE - The Warrick Power Plant, a coal-fired electricity-generating station, operates, April 8, 2025, in Newburgh, Ind. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)

Best of AP — Second Winner

AP team shows potentially staggering consequences of Trump administration’s push to overhaul environmental rules

JUNE 13, 2025

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