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Venezuela Colombia
Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez waves as she waits for Colombian President Gustavo Petro at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, April 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Best of the AP — Honorable Mention

AP reveals prosecutors were told to stand down on Venezuelan leader

JUNE 5, 2026

Pentagon Congress
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on defense hearing on the budget request for the Department of Defense, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Best of the AP — Honorable Mention

Pentagon team scores a pair of scoops related to the Iran war

JUNE 5, 2026

Russia Putin War Narrative
FILE - Smoke rises in the aftermath of a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Zoya Shu, File)

Best of the AP — Honorable Mention

A timely look inside the pressures shaping Putin’s next moves

JUNE 5, 2026

APTOPIX Congo Ebola
A woman cries as Red Cross workers carry the coffin of a person who died of Ebola from a health center in Rwampara, Congo, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Best of the AP — First Winner

AP’s Goma team delivers haunting all-formats coverage of Ebola outbreak in one of the world’s most remote and vulnerable places

MAY 29, 2026

France Paris Bridge
People take pictures of "The Pont Neuf Cave," an inflated art installation by French street artist JR, on Paris' oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, Thursday, May 21, 2026, which will be open to the public from June 6-28. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Best of the AP — Second Winner

AP crushes competition with exclusive and innovative timelapse of the transformation of Paris’ oldest bridge

MAY 29, 2026

Trump China
President Donald Trump gestures to reporters as he walks across the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, May 15, 2026, in Washington, on return from Beijing where he met with China's President Xi Jinping. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Best of the AP — Honorable Mention

AP provides incisive, cascading coverage of the evolving political landscape

MAY 29, 2026

Christian IVF Doctor
Sarah Atkinson, left, and Dr. John Gordon verify patient information while prepping a frozen embryo for transfer at Rejoice Fertility, Jan. 11, 2026, in Knoxville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Best of the AP — First Winner

AP delivers a nuanced look into the debates over IVF through prism of Christian IVF doctor’s career pivot

MAY 22, 2026

APTOPIX Philippines ICC
Senate security run after gunfire was heard along a hallway at the Philippine Senate in Pasay, Philippines, Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Best of the AP — Second Winner

AP delivers speedy coverage after gunfire breaks out in Philippine Senate

MAY 22, 2026

FBI Congress
FBI director Kash Patel testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing on Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request for the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration; the United States Marshals Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives the on Capitol Hill, Tuesday May 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Best of the AP — Honorable Mention

Aggressive investigative reporting and public records tracking expose controversial FBI travel scoop

MAY 22, 2026

Teenage Buddhist Lama
Buddhist lamas, Trulshik Yangsi Rinpoche, left, and Jalue Dorje, who is recognized as the eighth Terchen Taksham Rinpoche, laugh while posing for a portrait at the Yak and Yeti hotel in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

Best of the AP — Honorable Mention

Years of deep source building yields an unmatched all-formats portrait of an American Buddhist lama’s Himalayan journey

MAY 22, 2026

Mexico Violence
A National Guardsman walks past a resident sitting outside her home after armed attacks by local criminal groups forced more than dozens of residents to flee, in Tula, Mexico, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Best of the AP — Honorable Mention

Cross-format bravery and rare access expose the invisible displacement crisis of Indigenous communities in Mexico

MAY 22, 2026

Sweden Military Exercises
Swedish servicemen looks out of an armoured vehicle during a military exercises in Gotland, Sweden, Monday, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Emma Burrows)

Best of the AP — Honorable Mention

Enterprise reporting and sharp linguistic tradecraft turn routine NATO exercise into an agenda-setting scoop on military readiness

MAY 22, 2026

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