Alyssa GoodmanJune 11, 2021Comment

AP photographers named finalists for the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography⁠

Alyssa GoodmanJune 11, 2021Comment

The Associated Press was a 2021 Pulitzer Prize finalist in breaking news photography for images of the immediate aftermath of the port explosion that leveled part of Beirut. The photographers who were part of the series were Hassan Ammar, Hussein Malla and Felipe Dana.

AP photographers won the Pulitzer Prize in both breaking news photography and feature photography on Friday. The winners dodged tear gas to capture protests against racial injustice and patiently built trust with elderly people to empathetically document the toll of the coronavirus pandemic.

This combination of photos shows Associated Press photographers from left, Hassan Ammar, Hussein Malla and Felipe Dana. (AP Photo)

This is the second year in a row AP has won the Pulitzer for feature photography. AP last won both photography prizes in 1999.

The news cooperative, which is celebrating its 175th anniversary this year, has won 56 Pulitzer Prizes, including 34 for photography.

Here are the images:

Civilians help to evacuate an injured sailor from a ship which was docked near the explosion scene that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

An injured man walks at the explosion scene that hit the seaport, in Beirut Lebanon, Aug. 4, 2020. AP Photo by Hussein Malla

A damaged hospital is seen after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Civilians carry a victim at the explosion scene that hit the seaport in Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A painting hangs on the wall of a heavily damaged room in the Sursock Palace after the explosion in the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 8, 2020. The Sursock palace, built in 1860 in the heart of historical Beirut on top of a hill overlooking the now-obliterated port, is home to beautiful works of arts, Ottoman-era furniture, marble and paintings from Italy. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Lebanese soldiers search for survivors after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

A man evacuates an injured person after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 4, 2020. AP Photo by Hassan Ammar

Wounded people are evacuated as smoke rises from a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

A Lebanese man helps an injured man who was wounded by an explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Aftermath of a massive explosion is seen in in Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

A wounded woman is evacuated after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Injrued are evacuated after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

A broken statue from the 19th century lays on the floor of the Sursock Palace, heavily damaged after the explosion in the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, Aug. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)