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Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz made their joint debut as the 2024 Democratic ticket Monday night at a packed rally in Philadelphia.

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Strong sourcing and preparation keep AP competitive in veepstakes

AUG. 16, 2024

Dam Removals Infrastructure Spending
The Shulls Mill Dam in Boone, North Carolina, is removed as part of a national effort to restore habitats across the United States.

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Federal infrastructure funding is fueling a push to remove dams and restore river habitat

AUG. 16, 2024

Belarus Prisoners Left Behind
This photo combination shows Belarus political prisoners, clockwise from top left, Viasna human rights group founder and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski in , Belarus' opposition activist Maria Kolesnikova, journalist Andrzej Poczobut and opposition activist Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya holding a portrait of her jailed husband Syarhey Tsikhanousky.

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Strong reporting and storytelling on the little-told Belarus element of the headline-grabbing East-West prisoner swap

AUG. 16, 2024

Biden Russia Prisoner Swap
Reporter Evan Gershkovich hugs his mother, Ella Milman, as President Joe Biden, right, looks on at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., following their release as part of a 24-person prisoner swap between Russia and the United States, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Best of AP — First Winner

Source work and prep result in fast reports on the massive prisoner swap with Russia

AUG. 9, 2024

Khelif Interview Boxing
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif speaks during an interview with SNTV at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Best of AP — Second Winner

AP wins the biggest story from the Olympics with exclusive interview of Algerian boxer Imane Khelif

AUG. 9, 2024

Venezuela Failed Coup Arrest
FILE - In this March 12, 2020 file photo, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gives a press conference at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela. Jordan Goudreau, a former U.S. Green Beret who organized a failed crossborder raid in 2020 to remove President Maduro has been arrested in New York. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

US arrests a former Green Beret over the failed 2020 raid into Venezuela to remove Maduro

AUG. 9, 2024

Hawaii Wildfire Anniversary Housing
Josephine Fraser, 22, who was born and raised in Lahaina, holds her son Zyon Dias, 18 months, as she watches Ireh Dias, 3, front, run around outside their small home at Ke Ao Maluhia at the Maui Lani housing development, spearheaded by the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, Wednesday, July 10, 2024, in Kahului, Hawaii. The family has moved multiple times over the past 11 months after being displaced by the 2023 wildfire and are the first to move into the modular home community being built for those affected. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP delivers powerful, all-formats coverage of first Maui wildfire anniversary and breaks major news in the process

AUG. 9, 2024

Venezuela Election
Protesters demonstrate against the official election results declaring President Nicolas Maduro won reelection in the Catia neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, July 29, 2024, the day after the vote. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP had competitive and exclusive coverage of the Venezuelan election and the post-electoral crisis

AUG. 9, 2024

Best of First Winner Screenshot

Best of AP — First Winner

AP scoops when Harris secured majority of DNC delegates

AUG. 2, 2024

APTOPIX Venezuela Election
President Nicolas Maduro gestures to supporters during a speech from the presidential palace in defense of his reelection, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Best of AP — Second Winner

AP experimented with a live blog in Spanish to resounding success in Venezuela election  

AUG. 2, 2024

Kimberly Cheatle
U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle prepares to testify about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign event in Pennsylvania before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, at the Capitol, Monday, July 22, 2024 in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP out front of the competition on resignation of Secret Service director

AUG. 2, 2024

Biomass Boom Environmental Justice
Shelia Mae Dobbins walks with her oxygen tube inside her home in Gloster, Miss., Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Dobbins feels her life — and health — were better before Drax began compressing tons of wood chips nearby, (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Wood pellets production boomed to feed EU demand. It’s come at a cost for Black people in the South

AUG. 2, 2024

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