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AP’s 2021 Pulitzer Prize-winning photos

AP today swept the Pulitzer Prize photography awards, winning both the breaking news and feature photography prizes for images of explosive protests over racial injustice and the pandemic’s toll on the elderly in Spain.

Click the slideshow below to see the winning photographs:

The Pulitzer juries nominated five AP finalists, including the two winners:

  • Investigative reporters Margie Mason and Robin McDowell, investigative reporting, for a series that exposed widespread abuse in the lucrative palm oil industry and traced the oil to major Western companies.
  • Beijing-based reporter Dake Kang and AP staff, investigative reporting, for reporting that held China accountable for its early mishandling of COVID-19 and human rights violations against the Uyghurs.
  • Photographers Hassan Ammar, Felipe Dana and Hussein Malla, breaking news photography, for images of the immediate aftermath of the Beirut port explosion that leveled part of the city.
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