Best of the AP

Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen Monday, June 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Best of the AP — Second Winner

AP Supreme Court writers lapped the field in delivering the court’s ruling on birthright citizenship 

JULY 10, 2026

Europe Russia Drones
FILE - The tanker Boracay that allegedly belongs to Russia's so-called shadow fleet, is seen Oct. 2, 2025, off Saint-Nazaire, France's Atlantic coast. (AP Photo/Mathieu Pattier, File)

Best of the AP — Honorable Mention

Exclusive reporting and innovative visual storytelling explain complex Russian security threat in Europe 

JULY 10, 2026

Global Scams Technology
Safeer Mohammed Koorimannil, who was trafficked into scamming, looks out from the window of his CM Fisheries office before starting the day, in Sulthan Bathery in the southern state of Kerala, India, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Best of the AP — Honorable Mention

AP investigation shows how AI and other American technologies are abused to fuel scam industry

JULY 10, 2026

APTOPIX Switzerland Vatican Defiant Traditionalists
Newly consecrated bishops, from left, Pascal Schreiber, Michael Goldade, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry and Marc Hanappier, wearing their miters and holding their pastoral staffs, pray at the end of their consecration ceremony in a tent set up outside the Society of St. Pius X seminary in Econe, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)

Best of the AP — Honorable Mention

AP provides in-depth coverage of a historic schism in the Catholic Church 

JULY 10, 2026

APTOPIX Taylor Swift Wedding
A "Just Married" sign is displayed on Madison Square Garden during a wedding between singer Taylor Swift and National Football League player Travis Kelce on Friday, July 3, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)

Best of the AP — Honorable Mention

AP delivers dominant live video, pre-wedding scoops on Swift-Kelce nuptials 

JULY 10, 2026

Media Lost Generation
FILE - Columbia College Chicago student Kailey Ryan reads a newspaper in Chicago on Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Best of the AP — Honorable Mention

America 250 polling reveals depths of nation’s divisions ahead of US anniversary 

JULY 10, 2026

Western Wildfires
A helicopter flies near the Cottonwood Fire in Beaver, Utah, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil)

Best of the AP — Honorable Mention

Building on beat expertise, reporters connect wildland firefighter deaths to policy changes 

JULY 10, 2026

APTOPIX Venezuela Earthquake
A man jumps on a collapsed building after an earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Adrian Naranjo)

Best of the AP — First Winner

Defining the story: AP’s comprehensive coverage of Venezuela’s double earthquake   

JULY 6, 2026

Climate Michigan Flooding Insurance
Damaged materials from the home of John Solum from recent floods at Black Lake sit outside on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Grant Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Best of the AP — Second Winner

A vivid multiformat rendering of the consequences of outdated flood maps 

JULY 6, 2026

DEA Unseized Fentanyl
DEA Special Agent David Howell, who filed a whistleblower complaint, poses for a portrait outside the U.S. district courthouse in Albuquerque, N.M., on Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

Best of the AP — Honorable Mention

Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit streets as the DEA watched and took no action, records show 

JULY 6, 2026

America 250 Voting Rights
Lisa McNair arranges flowers on the grave of her late sister, Carol Denise McNair, Monday, June 1, 2026, in Birmingham, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Best of the AP — Honorable Mention

Powerful collaboration and visual journalism reframe America’s anniversary through the lens of voting rights   

JULY 6, 2026

APTOPIX Britain Politics
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to the media to announce his resignation outside 10 Downing Street in London, Monday, June 22, 2026.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Best of the AP — Honorable Mention

Strategic multiformat preparation and agility deliver definitive global coverage of British prime minister’s resignation  

JULY 6, 2026

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