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Australia Beach Boxes

Visitors take photos by the Bathing boxes at Brighton Beach in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo Rod McGuirk)

From Mexico to Germany, photos capture the Day of the Dead celebrations

People around the world are celebrating the Day of the Dead, blending pre-Columbian rituals with the Roman Catholic observance of All Saint’s Day on Nov. 1 and All Soul’s Day on Nov. 2. The holiday, known in Spanish as “ Dia de los Muertos,” is especially popular in Mexico, but is also observed in other countries, including the U.S. […]

NOV. 3, 2025

Monthlong government shutdown in photos: disruptions, delays and divisions

With no endgame in sight, the U.S. government shutdown is expected to roll on for the unforeseeable future, injecting more uncertainty into an already precarious economy. The monthlong closure has halted routine federal operations, furloughed around 750,000 federal employees and left others working without pay. Funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, lapsed after Friday and airports have been […]

NOV. 1, 2025

Join us as we review the key moments that shaped October 2025.

NOV. 1, 2025

This orange flower cloaks Mexico during Day of the Dead. Climate change is putting it at risk

Lucia Ortiz trudges through endless fields of cempasuchil flowers, the luminescent orange petals of which will soon cloak everything from city streets to cemeteries across Mexico. Here, in the winding canals and farms on the fringes of Mexico City, the flower also known as the Mexican marigold has been farmed for generations, and takes the spotlight every year […]

OCT. 31, 2025

Anti-science bills sweep across the U.S.

Reporters Laura Ungar and Michelle Smith have documented how federal funding cuts under President Donald Trump have undermined public health programs across the country. As part of that work, they set out to show how anti-science and “health freedom” ideas were reshaping state laws in ways that put more Americans at risk of disease and […]

OCT. 31, 2025

Strong source work and collaboration put AP out front on sports betting scandal

A collaboration between the AP’s law enforcement and sports teams landed a scoop about the arrest of more than 30 people, including the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers and a player for the Miami Heat, in a massive sports gambling bust. The story began when the U.S. law enforcement team received a tip […]

OCT. 31, 2025

Smart legwork yields AP photos confirming demolition of White House’s East Wing

When the first reports of the demolition of the White House’s East Wing started coming in, the Washington photo team began the hunt for the perfect vantage point. Their quest initially seemed stymied – access to the neighboring Treasury Building wasn’t granted. The Washington Monument and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and […]

OCT. 31, 2025

AP details one family’s globe-spanning migration and deportation saga

In March, Mexico & Central America correspondent Megan Janetsky received a panicked message from Suraiya Hussaini. She was scrambling for any information about her younger brother Amir, who was being deported back to Afghanistan — the country they had both fled. Janetsky had been reporting on the deportation of hundreds of migrants from Afghanistan and […]

OCT. 31, 2025

AP scoops scuttled plans for Adam Driver and Steven Soderbergh’s “Star Wars” movie

Film Writer Jake Coyle caused a major disturbance in the force when he revealed that actor Adam Driver and director Steven Soderbergh had scripted a new “Star Wars” movie but Disney refused to make it. The scoop – which created a viral stir thanks to a large and passionate fan base  – was the culmination […]

OCT. 31, 2025

Dogged reporting and sensitivity focuses on the most vulnerable workers in the U.S.

As global average temperatures rise, extreme heat is becoming the deadliest consequence of a warming planet — and farmworkers who toil under the sun or in humid nurseries are among the most vulnerable. What if those essential workers are also pregnant? Climate reporters Dorany Pineda, Annika Hammerschlag and Melina Walling turned their lens on the […]

OCT. 31, 2025

Scoop of Maine U.S. Senate candidate’s tattoo cover-up is culmination of days of smart coverage

After U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner faced backlash for a chest tattoo that resembled a Nazi symbol, the Maine Democrat initially said he would have it removed. But AP reporters Kimberlee Kruesi and Patrick Whittle stayed close to the story, and turned a short phone interview into a newsmaking scoop: Platner had already covered the […]

OCT. 31, 2025