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Week in Pictures

This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Leslie Mazoch, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published by The Associated Press in the past week.

DEC. 4, 2025

Sharon Cohen, much-honored AP national writer, dead at 68

AP national writer Sharon Cohen poses for photo in Chicago on July 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato) Sharon Cohen, a matchless reporter who told American stories with great skill and compassion over more than four decades at The Associated Press, died Monday at her Chicago home. She was 68. At her death, more than a […]

APRIL 5, 2021

AP’s extensive conventions coverage to include Facebook Live and shareable content

Editors and producers at member news organizations have been learning of AP’s plans to provide comprehensive 24/7 coverage inside and beyond the convention halls where Republicans and Democrats will gather in the next two weeks.

AP coverage of health care rollout to focus on states

President Barack Obama’s national health care reform is the biggest addition to the nation’s social safety net since the advent of Medicare nearly 50 years ago. The Affordable Care Act is estimated to cover at least 30 million of the nearly 50 million people now uninsured at a cost of $1.7 trillion from 2013 to 2022 -- perhaps more in later decades as greater numbers of people sign up and medical costs keep rising.

JAN. 24, 2013

What to know about Fat Bear Week, and the brawny bruins ready to battle for the title

The brawny bruins on the Alaska Peninsula are ready to brawl it out to see which will win this year’s fattest bear title in the wildly popular annual online voting contest known as Fat Bear Week. The main event featuring adult bears starts next week, but first up Thursday is what the National Park Service […]

SEPT. 18, 2025

Cost-related access challenges, solutions in 18 states

CALIFORNIA The state Department of Motor Vehicles estimated a minimum charge of $19,950 in response to an Associated Press reporter’s request last fall to determine whether poor people had their driver’s licenses suspended at a disproportionate rate. The AP requested the number of suspended driver’s licenses by ZIP code, but the DMV said such a […]

MARCH 13, 2015

LATAM Week in Pictures – Fotos de la semana

DEC. 5, 2025

Tras 448 días preso en Venezuela, argentino Nahuel Gallo reclama por quienes siguen detenidos

“¡No te olvides de nosotros!”. La frase con la que lo despidieron sus compañeros de pabellón todavía resuena en los oídos del argentino Nahuel Gallo, quien estuvo 448 días preso en Rodeo I, la cárcel ubicada a las afueras de Caracas.

MAY 22, 2026

AP photographer wins RFK Journalism Award for Venezuela coverage

Gripping images showing the scope and impact of Venezuela’s political crisis earned AP photojournalist Rodrigo Abd the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for international photography on Thursday.

Election Day effort continues into Wednesday

Though all the votes have been cast in the U.S. midterm elections, the importance of uncounted ballots looms large in some tight contests as AP journalists and race callers continued today to analyze Election Day results. Highlighting the remaining tasks, AP issued an advisory to its customers in the wee hours of this morning:

More on AP’s style on Pvt. Chelsea Manning

Yesterday the AP announced that we will use Pvt. Chelsea Manning to refer to the soldier convicted in the WikiLeaks case, rather than Pvt. Bradley Manning. We also will use female pronouns for Manning.

Interior proposal to limit records requests draws challenge

WASHINGTON (AP) — Advocates for a free press are challenging an Interior Department proposal to limit requests for access to public records under the federal Freedom of Information Act, saying Thursday the moves would “clamp down on transparency.” Separately, Arizona Democratic Rep. Raul Grijalva, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, asked acting Interior Secretary […]

JAN. 24, 2019