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National Guard Shooting

This photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, show Rahmanullah Lakanwal. (U.S. Attorney’s Office via AP)

Best of AP — First Winner

Exclusive AP reporting reveals many warning signs before National Guard shooting

DEC. 5, 2025

Cortina Olympic Village

A view of the athlete's village for the Cortina Milan Winter Olympics, in Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Best of AP — Second Winner

AP is first international media to visit Cortina d’Ampezzo Olympic Village

DEC. 5, 2025

Lebanon Mideast Pope

Pope Leo XIV talks to reporters aboard an airplane as he returns from a six-day visit to Turkey and Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Alessandro Di Meo/Pool Photo via AP)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP cross-regional team delivers striking cross-format coverage of Pope Leo XIV’s first foreign trip

DEC. 5, 2025

Pictures of the Week Global Photo Gallery

FILE - Miguel Laboy releases a stream of smoke while smoking cannabis in Brookline, Mass., Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP team covers increase in marijuana addiction with character-driven, all-formats package

DEC. 5, 2025

California Shooting

Patrice Williams, who was hosting a party for her daughter where gunfire broke out, middle, is consoled by Bernice Bass, left, and Teresa Spivey while being interviewed in Stockton, Calif., Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

On-scene reporting gives AP early visual wins and exclusive interviews after California shooting

DEC. 5, 2025

APTOPIX Hong Kong Fire

Health workers evacuate a woman from a fire which broke out at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong's New Territories, Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP journalists provide round-the-clock all-formats coverage of deadly Hong Kong fire

DEC. 5, 2025

Digital Cage Border Patrol

A license plate reader stands along the side of a road, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, in Stockdale, Texas. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Best of AP — First Winner

AP pulls back curtain on Border Patrol surveillance system that’s monitoring millions of American drivers

DEC. 1, 2025

Be Well Autoimmune Diseases What to Know

Dr. Sachin Surwase uses a microscope to view cells in the lab where he works on autoimmune research at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Best of AP — Second Winner

AP reveals new developments in autoimmune disease medicine through extraordinary patient experiences

DEC. 1, 2025

APTOPIX Immigration Court Takeover

An asylum seeker from Ecuador hugs her father as he is detained by federal agents, Thursday, July 31, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Comprehensive investigation across 21 cities exposes radical reshaping of immigration courts

DEC. 1, 2025

Medicaid Cuts Community Health Centers Photo Essay

Dr. Melissa Buddensee, left, meets with patient Susan Bushby at Ammonoosuc Community Health Services, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, in Franconia, N.H., in the final days before the clinic closes for good. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Intimate reporting reveals the human toll of Medicaid cuts on a rural New England community

DEC. 1, 2025

Federal Enforcement North Carolina

U.S. Border Patrol Commander at large Gregory Bovino looks on, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Deep sourcing uncovers details of the “Swamp Sweep” immigration crackdown in New Orleans

DEC. 1, 2025

ACC Phillips Travels Football

ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips, right, visits with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, left, on the field before an NCAA college football game between Pittsburgh and Notre Dame in Pittsburgh, Nov. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Deep sourcing secures exclusive, behind-the-scenes access to ACC commissioner

DEC. 1, 2025

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