Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Carole, a 32-year-old former combatant, sits in her home in Bouar, Central African Republic, March 7, 2024. Nearly 5,000 fighters have put down their arms in Central African Republic since a disarmament program launched nearly a decade ago. Yet former rebels, communities and conflict experts say it‘s hard to halt fighting in a country still in conflict and where little other paid work exists. AP PHOTO / SAM MEDNICK

Salvage work continues on the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, April 2, 2024, in Baltimore. AP PHOTO / JULIA NIKHINSON

Rescue workers stand near the site of a leaning building in the aftermath of an earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan, April 3, 2024. AP PHOTO / JOHNSON LAI

Charlie Russo describes how he shot home movie footage of Hank Aaron’s record-breaking home run in 1974 during an interview at his home March 26, 2024, in Savannah, Ga. AP PHOTO / JOHN BAZEMORE

A migrant family from Venezuela eats breakfast alongside the railroad tracks in Mexico City, March 26, 2024. AP PHOTO / FERNANDO LLANO

Liam Sawyer, of Indianapolis, charges his 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E, March 8, 2024, at an electric vehicle charging station in London, Ohio. AP PHOTO / JOSHUA A. BICKEL

Hillary Amofa listens to others member of the Lincoln Park High School step team after school, March 8, 2024, in Chicago. When she started writing her college essay, Amofa told the story she thought admissions offices wanted to hear. She wrote about being the daughter of immigrants from Ghana, about growing up in a small apartment in Chicago. She described hardship and struggle. Then she deleted it all. “I would just find myself kind of trauma-dumping,” said the 18 year-old senior, “And I'm just like, this doesn't really say anything about me as a person.” AP PHOTO / CHARLES REX ARBOGAST

Nadav Tzabari looks at the damage inside his home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, Israel, Feb. 7, 2024. AP PHOTO / LEO CORREA

A woman suspected in the kidnapping and killing of an 8-year-old girl, is dragged out of a police vehicle by a mob in Taxco, Mexico, March 28, 2024. AP PHOTO / FERNANDO LLANO

A detail of Michelangelo's 16th century statue of David is seen on display at the Accademia gallery, in Florence, central Italy, March 18, 2024. AP PHOTO / ANDREW MEDICHINI

People gather to protest against the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD party, and right-wing extremism in front of the parliament building in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 21, 2024. Millions of Germans have joined rallies all over the country for weeks in a row, attending events with slogans such as “Never Again is Now.” The protesters have been alarmed by the AfD's policies and its growing popularity. AP PHOTO / EBRAHIM NOROOZI

Town Clerk Sandra Lacasse, places a sign outside the town office as polls opens March 5, 2024, for Super Tuesday and when the town holds its annual Town Meeting in Elmore, Vt. AP PHOTO / DAVID GOLDMAN