culture

An Ethical Generation
Students from Arizona's BASIS Flagstaff Charter School participate in the semifinal round of the National High School Ethics Bowl in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

culture

AP shows how ‘Ethics Bowl’ offers an alternative to contentiousness for students coming of age

MAY 16, 2025

APTOPIX Mexico Military Corridos
A soldier plays an accordion during the performance of the "corrido" rhythmic style for the media at a military base in Mexico City, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

culture

Meet the Mexican soldier trying to revamp a musical genre accused of glorifying cartels

APRIL 7, 2025

China Punk Photo Gallery
A punk attends a punk festival in Hangzhou, China, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

China

China’s evolving punk scene draws new generation of fans

MARCH 28, 2025

Manuela Sales da Silva Ferreira, owner of the family-run Restaurante Litoral, puts egg yolk on a crabmeat shell in a kitchen of her restaurant in Macao, on Nov. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Anthony Kwan)
Manuela Sales da Silva Ferreira, owner of the family-run Restaurante Litoral, puts egg yolk on a crabmeat shell in a kitchen of her restaurant in Macao, on Nov. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Anthony Kwan)

culture

Preserving Macao’s fusion cuisine with recipes passed down generations

DEC. 9, 2024

FILE - Tampa Bay Rays' Ryan Pepiot, left, adjusts the mustache of starting pitcher Tyler Alexander before a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
FILE - Tampa Bay Rays' Ryan Pepiot, left, adjusts the mustache of starting pitcher Tyler Alexander before a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

culture

Demure, sanewashing, standalone ‘staches, sourdough: Let’s move on in 2025!

DEC. 3, 2024

FILE - Two-month-old baby hippo Moo Deng plays with a zookeeper in the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)
FILE - Two-month-old baby hippo Moo Deng plays with a zookeeper in the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

culture

2024 in pop culture: In a bruising year, we sought out fantasy, escapism — and cute little animals

DEC. 3, 2024

Thailand Halloween
A ghost mannequin at Goosebump market as a part of Halloween festival in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit

culture

AP’s global footprint produces a unique take on ‘spooky season stories’

NOV. 8, 2024

A Hello Kitty figure welcomes visitors at Sanrio Puroland during her 50th birth anniversary celebrations in Tama, a western suburb of Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
A Hello Kitty figure welcomes visitors at Sanrio Puroland during her 50th birth anniversary celebrations in Tama, a western suburb of Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Nov. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

culture

At 50, Hello Kitty is as ‘kawaii’ and lucrative as ever

NOV. 1, 2024

FILE - This undated photo from a court document provided by the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana shows golden eagle feet recovered by law enforcement officers from a Washington state man's vehicle. (Courtesy of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana via AP, File)
FILE - This undated photo from a court document provided by the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana shows golden eagle feet recovered by law enforcement officers from a Washington state man's vehicle. (Courtesy of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana via AP, File)

Animals

Poachers are exploiting the high demand for eagle feathers that are sacred among Native Americans

OCT. 30, 2024

Egypt Sudan Performers
Sudanese Camirata troupe dancers, who lost some of their relatives during the conflict in Sudan, Hoda Othman, right, and Kamal perform Al Saysaed dance from East Sudan during a rehearsal, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Sept.10, 2024. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

culture

In music and dance, Sudanese performers transport refugee audiences back home

OCT. 4, 2024

Reza Alimirzaei
Reza Alimirzaei, 73, who repairs and sells old radios, works at his shop in downtown Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

culture

In Iran, the old-time US radio detective ‘Johnny Dollar’ returns to the airwaves

SEPT. 23, 2024

Election 2024-Stereotyping Through Food
FILE - Crispy Pork Belly is presented at "Love & Thai" restaurant in Fresno, Calif., on Dec. 20, 2023. The Thai restaurant was wrongfully accused of abusing a dog to turn it into meat, a false claim rooted in a racist stereotype. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

China

From Chinese to Italians and beyond, maligning a culture via its foods is a longtime American habit

SEPT. 12, 2024

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