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2 years after Ukrainian POW deaths, survivors and leaked UN analysis point to Russia as the culprit
Two years after explosions ripped through the Russian-controlled Olenivka prison barracks, killing more than 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war and injuring dozens more, independent investigations into the attack have stalled or been abandoned. (AP video/Vasilisa Stepanenko)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Teamwork and patience uncover new answers in mysterious explosion at Ukrainian prisoners of war barracks

AUG. 2, 2024

Climate Greenhouses Heat Workers
A former greenhouse worker at AppHarvest, who wishes to remain anonymous, poses for a portrait behind a sheet of plastic, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Morehead, Ky. Workers say they saw colleagues carried out on makeshift stretchers due to heat, and dozens more helped outside on others' shoulders. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Persistence, source building and originality leads to critical, in-depth coverage of working conditions in greenhouses

JULY 26, 2024

APTOPIX Baldwin Set Trial
Actor Alec Baldwin, right, hugs his defense attorney Alex Spiro after District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer threw out the involuntary manslaughter case for the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during filming of the Western movie "Rust," Friday, July 12, 2024, in Santa Fe, N.M. (Luis Sánchez Saturno/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP delivers fast, definitive coverage of stunning end to Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial

JULY 19, 2024

APTOPIX Climate Spearfishing
Mark Ojibway wades in shallow water looking for walleye during the spring spearfishing season at the Chippewa Flowage on the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation, Sunday, April 14, 2024, near Hayward, Wis. Walleye numbers in some lakes are dwindling due to warming waters, increasingly variable seasonal changes and lakeshore development. Losing the species would mean losing a food source for Ojibwe and other Indigenous people, a sovereign right to fish and a deep connection to tradition and nature. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP journalists highlight climate change threat to Indigenous traditions in comprehensive, empathetic coverage

JULY 19, 2024

Spain Soccer Messi and Lamine Yamal
This photo taken in Sept. 2007 shows a 20-year-old Lionel Messi, who had embarked on his legendary Barcelona career just over four years prior, cradling Lamine Yamal, who was merely six months old at the time during a photo session in the dressing room of the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain. Lamine Yamal is now a soccer sensation for both Spain and Barcelona and he is still only 16-years-old. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP’s coverage of Euro 2024 stands out including the story on Spain star Lamine Yamal’s viral baby photo with Messi

JULY 19, 2024

OLY Paris Swimming
A view of the olympic swimming pool, Wednesday, June 12, 2024 at the Paris La Defense Arena, in Nanterre, outside Paris. The Paris La Defense Arena will host the swimming and some water polo events during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP breaks news on Chinese doping investigation in the US

JULY 12, 2024

South Carolina Senate-Women
South Carolina Sen. Katrina Shealy, R-Lexington, right, talks to Sen. Michael Johnson, R-Tega Cay, the morning after she lost her runoff on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, in Columbia, S.C. Shealy and other other two Republican women Sister Senators were all voted out in their party's primary. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Voters kick all the Republican women out of the South Carolina Senate, and AP pulls back the curtain

JULY 12, 2024

APTOPIX Barbados Tropical Weather
A fisherman looks at fishing vessels damaged by Hurricane Beryl at the Bridgetown Fisheries in Barbados, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

An example of being at the right place, at the right moment, during Hurricane Beryl

JULY 12, 2024

Bolivia Army
Alicia Chura, a supporter of Bolivian President Luis Arce, shouts against a now-ousted Bolivian army chief who led some soldiers to storm the presidential palace, outside police offices in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, June 27, 2024. The rebellion was short-lived as authorities arrested Gen. Juan Jose Zuniga and his soldiers retreated. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Fast reaction and a team effort made for excellent coverage of a failed coup in Bolivia 

JULY 9, 2024

Election 2024 The Age Question
FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a presidential debate hosted by CNN with President Joe Biden, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta. The age question for presidential candidates is more than four decades old. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Smart planning and flexibility gave AP’s customers and audience unparalleled coverage of the presidential debate — with fast photos and a comprehensive live blog 

JULY 9, 2024

MÉXICO-DESPLAZADOS
Soldados patrullan junto a comercios cerrados en Tila, en el estado de Chiapas, México, el martes 18 de junio de 2024. La población huye de la localidad debido a la violencia relacionada con el crimen organizado. (AP Foto/Fernando Llano)

Best of the AP

AP team untangles violence behind largest displacement of people in decades in southern Mexico

JULY 9, 2024

Nate Lord
On the hottest day of the young summer season, Nate Lord uses an ice pick to break a block of ice before delivering it to a guest cabin at Rockywold Deephaven Camps, Thursday, June 20, 2024, in Holderness, N.H. Ice harvested from Squam Lake during the winter is used for refrigeration at each cabin throughout the summer. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Photographer Robert F. Bukaty finds icy gem in heat wave, leads text story on hottest day of year 

JUNE 28, 2024

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