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California Wildfires Photo Gallery
A woman cries as the Palisades Fire advances in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)

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Homes were burning and roads already jammed when Pacific Palisades evacuation order came, AP finds

JAN. 24, 2025

Thailand Uyghurs Deportation
Police stand outside an immigration detention center of the Immigration Bureau where Uyghur detainees are held in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. The detainees say they are facing deportation back to China, where they fear persecution. (AP Photo/Haruka Nuga)

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AP first to report on detained Uyghurs in Thailand who face deportation and persecution in China

JAN. 17, 2025

Congress Transgender Trailblazer
U.S.-Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, D-Del., hugs Delaware State Democrat Senator Laura Sturgeon from District 4 on the Senate floor during a special session, McBride's last day as a Delaware state senator, at the Delaware Legislative Hall in Dover, Del., Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Transgender trailblazer Sarah McBride heads to her debut in Congress, hoping for a touch of grace

JAN. 10, 2025

Indigenous Spirituality Peyote Church
The property of the late Amada Cardenas, who was one of the first federally licensed peyote dealers, alongside her husband, to harvest and sell the sacramental plant to followers of the Native American Church, in Mirando City, Texas, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

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Trust-building pays off for AP journalists documenting threats to sacred peyote 

JAN. 3, 2025

APTOPIX Mayotte Cyclone Chido
A woman carrying her belongings walks past debris after Cyclone Chido in the Kaweni slum Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, on the outskirts of Mamoudzou, in the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte. (AP Photo/Adrienne Surprenant)

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Survivors recount ‘very apocalyptic’ cyclone that ripped through French territory of Mayotte

DEC. 27, 2024

Congo Threatened Wildlife Reserve
Deforestation is visible near the Muchacha mine in November 2020, near the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in Congo. (AP Photo)

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Exclusive reporting reveals Chinese mining in shrinking reserve in Congo

DEC. 20, 2024

Chronic Absenteeism Indigenous Students
Attendance Clerk Katrice Grant speaks to siblings Melanie Pacheco, 8, left, and Marilynn Pacheco, 5, in the hallway before heading to their classrooms, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, at Algodones Elementary School in Algodones, N.M. (AP Photo/Roberto E. Rosales)

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Native American students miss school at higher rates. It only got worse during the pandemic

DEC. 13, 2024

Osprey Why It Crashes
FILE - An MV-22 Osprey takes off as Japan Ground Self-Defense Force guards the landing zone during a joint military drill with U.S. Marines in Gotemba, southwest of Tokyo, March 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

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Deep source reporting and exclusive interviews breaks news on the Osprey aircraft’s safety record 

DEC. 6, 2024

Russia Ukraine War 1000 Days Day In The Life
Ukrainian servicemen of the Bugskiy Gard unit prepare mortar shells at frontline positions in the Kherson region, Ukraine, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

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Compelling snapshot of everyday life marks 1,000 days of war in Ukraine

DEC. 2, 2024

China Raves
Rave attendees dance to electronic music in Changchun in northeastern China's Jilin province on Oct. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)

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AP offers rare look at China’s techno rave subculture, and the rebellious angst behind it

NOV. 22, 2024

Quincy Jones
FILE - Music producer Quincy Jones poses for a portrait to promote his documentary "Quincy" during the Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 7, 2018, in Toronto. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

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A late-night call puts AP ahead on reporting news of Quincy Jones’ death

NOV. 15, 2024

Israel Palestinians Gaza Hospital Sieges
A woman sits on a bed in a room of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Aug. 25, 2024. AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File

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Still wrecked from past Israeli raids, hospitals in northern Gaza come under attack again

NOV. 8, 2024

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