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Visitors stop at the statue of John Harvard in Harvard Yard at Harvard University, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr speaks as Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz listens during a Make Indiana Healthy Again initiative event in Indianapolis, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

This is an undated image provided by the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office during the course of their investigation and search of the home of Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa, where the two were found dead Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Santa Fe County Sheriff via AP)

A runner passes daffodils and dormitories at Harvard University, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, left, prays in front of the body of Pope Francis laid out in state inside his private chapel at the Vatican, Monday, April 21, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP, HO)

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Pope Francis worried about greeting crowd in St. Peter’s Square but was thankful he did, report says

APRIL 24, 2025

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FILE – People are silhouetted as they pass The Bank of England in London, Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

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US and global economic outlook deteriorates in Trump trade war, IMF says

APRIL 24, 2025

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FILE – New York University students and pro-Israeli supporters rally across the street from where pro-Palestinian students and supporters rally outside the NYU Stern School of Business building, April 22, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

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Anti-Defamation League says anger at Israel is now the driving force behind antisemitism in the US

APRIL 24, 2025

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FILE – General view of the Memorial for the murdered Jews of Europe, the so called Holocaust Memorial in central Berlin, Germany, June 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

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70% of Jewish Holocaust survivors will be gone in the next 10 years, a report shows

APRIL 24, 2025

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FILE – Pope Francis holds a San Lorenzo soccer jersey after celebrating his first Easter Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, March 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

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Pope Francis loved soccer, San Lorenzo and the sport’s power to unite

APRIL 24, 2025

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Patrick Crusius stands up to listen to the charges from Judge Sam Medrano in the 409th district Commissioners Courtroom at the Enrique Moreno County Courthosue for his sentencing in El Paso, Texas, April 21, 2025. (Omar Ornelas/Pool Photo via AP)

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Gunman in racist attack at a Texas Walmart pleads guilty and families confront him in court

APRIL 24, 2025

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Smoke rises from an explosion following a Russian drone strike on Sumy, Ukraine, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Best of AP — First Winner

AP discovered an apparent new war crime in Ukraine and exposed Russian manipulation

AP obtained a video appearing to show a new war crime in Ukraine and revealed how Russia manipulates the truth—thanks to deep source work, tireless teamwork and multi-layered verification. Years of trust-building paid off when John Leicester obtained a video showing what appeared to be Russian soldiers executing unarmed Ukrainian troops who had surrendered during […]

APRIL 18, 2025

Livestock traders display their wares at a busy market town of Sangi, in the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia, Sunday, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo)

Best of AP — Second Winner

From thousands of miles away, one reporter produces an exclusive, all-formats report on conflict in Ethiopia’s Amhara region

We can finally say his name: Amir Aman Kiyaro. During the war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, Kiyaro was instrumental in AP’s coverage, helping the East Africa bureau win several Best of the Week honors and ultimately the 2021 Gramling Award. But he did it all anonymously, out of fear of reprisal from the Ethiopian government. […]

APRIL 18, 2025

This image provided by Commonwealth Media Services shows damage after a fire at the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion while Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family slept inside on Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Harrisburg, Pa. (Commonwealth Media Services via AP)

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Reporter’s all-formats coverage keeps AP competitive on weekend arson at Pennsylvania governor’s residence

Marc Levy’s aggressive and nimble reporting in text, photos and video kept AP competitive on one of the weekend’s top stories, the arson at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s residence in Harrisburg that forced the family to evacuate hours after enjoying a Passover Seder. Levy flagged word of the overnight fire to the weekend crew, then […]

APRIL 18, 2025

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