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The new $50M Literary Arts Fund will support independent publishers and nonprofits

Citing a chronic shortage of financial backing for independent publishers and nonprofits dedicated to writing and reading, a coalition of seven charitable foundations has established a Literary Arts Fund that will distribute a minimum of $50 million over the next five years. The idea for the fund was initiated by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the country’s largest philanthropic supporter of […]

OCT. 28, 2025

LGBTQ+ artists bring pride to Mexico City’s Catrina parade ahead of Day of the Dead, in photos

Thousands of revelers wearing colorful costumes and skeletal face paint filled the streets of Mexico City for the annual Catrina parade, held in the lead-up to the Day of the Dead festivities. Among the participants was the LGBTQ+ collective Exoticas, made up of nearly 200 LGBTQ+ artists, stylists and designers. Exoticas joined more than 40 other […]

OCT. 27, 2025

Kyiv unleashes Halloween a week early with an afternoon rave in photos

 Partiers kicked off Halloween early with a costumed rave that packed a Kyiv concert hall with hundreds of revelers dressed as Pennywise, the Joker, Medusa and more. The daytime techno bash, complete with an on site tattoo parlor, art installations and bean bag lounges, started hours before sunset to beat the city’s midnight curfew. Organized […]

OCT. 26, 2025

Photos from Ivory Coast’s presidential election as 83-year-old incumbent seeks fourth term

Voters in Ivory Coast cast ballots Saturday to elect a new president, as the 83-year-old incumbent Alassane Ouattara sought a fourth term. Several key rivals were barred from running, leaving five candidates in the race jostling for Ivory Coast’s top job. But many see Ouattara, the leader of the world’s biggest producer of cocoa, retaining his seat. […]

OCT. 25, 2025

Madagascar coup leader breaks news through AP that he is “taking the position of president”

Kenya-based photographer Brian Inganga and South Africa senior producer Nqobile Ntshangase deployed to Madagascar as a military coup unfolded and ended up delivering an exclusive news break that led the story around the world. While photographing anti-government protests, Inganga noticed a line of armored vehicles arriving and learned that Col. Michael Randrianirina, the coup leader, […]

OCT. 24, 2025

Dogged reporting reveals use of a full-body restraint suit known as the WRAP by U.S. immigration authorities

Investigative reporter Jim Mustian chipped away at reporting on a full-body restraint suit known as the WRAP for more than a year. In February, he teamed up with fellow investigative reporter Jason Dearen, who found a possible angle buried deep in a FOIA log for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Following that lead, Dearen tracked […]

OCT. 24, 2025

International collaboration and creative digital storytelling tell the story of a lost D-Day diary

Kanis Leung, John Leicester, Alex Turnbull and Will Jarrett collaborated on an all-formats presentation about a meticulously detailed, long-forgotten diary of a Chinese officer that had been rescued by urban explorers from a Hong Kong tenement block before its demolition. The team wove together an engaging text story with an interactive, turn-the-page diary and a […]

OCT. 24, 2025

Rich storytelling and compelling imagery show the impacts of US aid funding cuts in Lesotho

Renata Brito, Bram Janssen, Nqobile Ntshangase and Panagiotis Mouzakis delivered an innovative presentation of powerful testimonies from HIV patients, health workers and officials to show the impact of U.S. foreign aid cuts in Lesotho — a country President Donald Trump once joked “no one has ever heard of,” but one that was deeply reliant on […]

OCT. 24, 2025

AP gets exclusive images inside final moments of Pentagon press office

AP Media Writer David Bauder and freelance photographer Kevin Wolf took readers and viewers inside the final moments of the Pentagon’s press office. When the Pentagon issued new rules for journalists, Bauder wrote timely spot stories and provided video commentary explaining which news organizations refused to sign the new terms and why. He documented the […]

OCT. 24, 2025

PHOTO ESSAY: Istanbul’s porters keep centuries-old trade moving

On the streets of Istanbul, porters hauling massive sacks wrapped in white plastic — on their backs or in handcarts — are a ubiquitous yet often overlooked part of the city’s fabric. Known as hamallık in Turkish, porterage is a profession that has endured from the Ottoman Empire to the present day. It remains especially […]

OCT. 24, 2025

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OCT. 24, 2025