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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

APTOPIX France Election
People gather at the Republique plaza after the second round of the legislative election, Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Paris. Surprise polling projections in France say a leftist coalition that came together to try to keep the far right from power has won the most parliamentary seats in runoff elections after a high turnout among voters. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Best of AP — Special Citation

AP produced competition-beating live blog and top shots for historic elections

JULY 12, 2024

India Floods Baby
25-year-old Jahanara Khatoon, who is at full-term pregnancy, reacts in pain with onset of labour as she travels on a boat on her way to a health centre, over the River Brahmaputra, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Best of AP — First Winner

Extreme climate turns personal as woman gives birth on a boat in an Indian monsoon

JULY 12, 2024

Baldwin Set Shooting Trial Photo Gallery
FILE - In this image taken from video released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office, Alec Baldwin speaks with investigators following a fatal shooting on the movie set "Rust", in Santa Fe, N.M. (Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Best of AP — Second Winner

In a competitive landscape, New Mexico statehouse reporter uses expertise to land an Alec Baldwin-related scoop

JULY 12, 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

Julian Assange WikiLeaks
FILE - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange waves after landing at RAAF air base Fairbairn in Canberra, Australia, June 26 2024. The abrupt guilty plea by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was the culmination of negotiations that began a year and a half ago and accelerated in recent months. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

Best of AP — First Winner

Global teamwork gives AP scoops on plea deal of Julian Assange 

JULY 9, 2024

South Sudan Animal Migration
Tiang, a type of the antelope, hide under a tree in South Sudan's national parks and the surrounding areas, Wednesday, June 19, 2024. The country's first comprehensive aerial wildlife survey, released Tuesday, June 25, found about 6 million antelope. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Best of AP — Second Winner

South Sudan’s 6M antelope now make up world’s largest land mammal migration, but poaching on rise  

JULY 9, 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

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