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US WWII veteran Harold Terens, 100, left, and Jeanne Swerlin, 96, arrive to celebrate their wedding at the town hall of Carentan-les-Marais, in Normandy, northwestern France, on Saturday, June 8, 2024. Together, the collective age of the bride and groom was nearly 200. But Terens and his sweetheart Jeanne Swerlin proved that love is eternal as they tied the knot Saturday inland of the D-Day beaches in Normandy, France. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP celebrates diverse veterans, a centenarian wedding in coverage of D-Day 80th anniversary

JUNE 14, 2024

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The Bed Bath & Beyond corporate headquarters building stands in Union, N.J., Wednesday, June 5, 2024. An Associated Press analysis found the number of publicly-traded “zombie” companies — those so laden with debt they're struggling to pay even the interest on their loans — has soared to nearly 7,000 around the world, including 2,000 in the United States. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

Zombies: Ranks of world’s most debt-hobbled companies are soaring, and not all will survive

JUNE 14, 2024

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Bao Le, 18, sits for a photo on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. The Associated Press spoke with teenagers and young adults about their experiences on social media and what they wish they had known when they first got online. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

With ‘Influenced,’ Education and Tech teams bring new perspectives to teens’ social media use

JUNE 14, 2024

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Craig Jones posa para una fotografía frente a la farmacia Basin el miércoles 21 de febrero de 2024, en Basin, Wyoming. Es el punto clave de acceso a servicios médicos para el poblado de unos 1.300 habitantes y el área circundante. (AP Foto/Mike Clark)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP documents gaps in pharmacy access in the U.S. with exclusive dataset and interactive map

JUNE 14, 2024

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Former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Trump Tower, Friday, May 31, 2024, in New York. A day after a New York jury found Donald Trump guilty of 34 felony charges, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee addressed the conviction and likely attempt to cast his campaign in a new light. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Best of AP — Special Citation

Special Citation: Dozens contribute to wide-ranging coverage of Trump hush money trial

JUNE 7, 2024

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Supporters of ruling party presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum celebrate at the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, after the National Electoral Institute announced she held an irreversible lead in the election, early Monday, June 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Best of AP — First Winner

With weeks of planning, AP delivers multifaceted and competitive coverage of Mexico’s presidential election and campaign

JUNE 7, 2024

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Tourists swim in the cenote "Dos Ojos," or Two Eyes, on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Saturday, March 9, 2024. These glowing sinkhole lakes, known as cenotes, are a part of one of Mexico's natural wonders: A fragile system of thousands of subterranean caverns, rivers, and lakes that wind beneath Mexico's southern Yucatan peninsula. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Best of AP — Second Winner

AP reporters go deep — underwater — for an untold story of environmental destruction

JUNE 7, 2024

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Members of the W.R.N.S. are playing an important part in the War. Among their various duties is that of dispatch riders six dispatch riders are on duty at the Admiralty Carrying dispatches from where to all parts. They work in various shifts and also carry out the maintenance of their motor-cycles and practically no repair to the machine in beyond them. Dispatch riders having their knowledge of the London area checked by a leading Wren, July 29, 1940. (AP Photo)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP highlights the oft-overlooked women of D-Day

JUNE 7, 2024

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President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at Girard College, Wednesday, May 29, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

One scoop leads to an even bigger break on details of Biden’s long-awaited immigration plan

JUNE 7, 2024

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Captain of the cargo ship Monarch Princess, Ievgen Slautin of Ukraine, speaks during an interview in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Feb. 5, 2024. Teeters Agency & Stevedoring, which owned the vessel, became insolvent and stopped paying dockage fees in Florida. Slautin said although he was still owed around $15,000, he thanked God he was abandoned in the United States. "If it was in some other country, I could have been left there to simply die." (AP Photo/Daniel Kozin)

Best of AP — Honorable Mention

AP exposes story of shipowners who abandon their crews amid financial difficulty

JUNE 7, 2024

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People pray for President Ebrahim Raisi in a ceremony at Vali-e-Asr square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 19, 2024.

Best of AP — First Winner

Tehran bureau and Jon Gambrell make AP first with helicopter crash that killed Iran’s president

MAY 31, 2024

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Passengers travel in a general compartment of the Thirukkural Express, India, Saturday, April 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Best of AP — Second Winner

Indian voters dissect Modi’s politics while traversing the country by train

MAY 31, 2024

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