Pictures Of the Year International - AP Winners
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Team Picture Story of the Year
Israel Hamas War
Fatima Shbair, Ohad Zwigenberg, Hatem Ali, Mohammed Dahman, Francisco Seco, Leo Correa, Ali Mahmud, Ariel Schalit, Oded Balilty, Adel Hana and Hatem Moussa
The Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel at daybreak Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land, and sea and catching the country off-guard on a major holiday. Israel's retaliation after Gaza's militant Hamas rulers launched the unprecedented attack on Israel killing over 1,200 Israelis and taking captive dozens, has been fierce for Gaza and it’s people.
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National/International News Picture Story
Afghanistan Earthquake
by Ebrahim Noroozi
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake killed and injured thousands when it leveled an untold number of homes in Herat province, Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2023. It's one of the deadliest earthquakes to strike the country in two decades.
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Issue Reporting Picture Story
Ukraine Amputees
by Evgeniy Maloletka
Ukraine is facing the prospect of a future with upwards of 20,000 amputees, many of them soldiers who are also suffering psychological trauma from their time at the frontlines.
Impact 2023 : FINALIST
Israel - Hamas War Picture Story
by Mohammed Dahman
The war on Gaza after the attack on Israeli territory by armed groups, led by Hamas’s Qassam Brigades, which killed 1,139 people and took about 250 captive, has left at least 30,000 Palestinians killed by the Israeli army according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza. Thousands more are missing under the rubble of collapsed buildings and infrastructure, and are presumed dead. Children and women comprise the overwhelming majority of those killed and at least 75,000 people have been injured.
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Sports and Recreational Life
by Abbie Parr
Members of the Vegas Golden Knights celebrate after defeating the Florida Panthers to win the Stanley Cup in Game 5 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals in Las Vegas on June 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Spain's Salma Paralluelo lies on the ground with her medal at the end of the Women's World Cup soccer final between Spain and England at Stadium Australia in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. Spain won 1-0. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Portrait Series : Imperfect Beauty
by Alessandra Tarantino
L'Imperfetta (The Imperfect) model agency represents 'extraordinarily imperfect' women and men of all sizes, heights, ages, genders, backgrounds, and disabilities, people who are difficult to classify into the industry's pre-established standards of beauty.
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General News
Haitian Migrants
by Ivan Valencia
Haitian migrants wade through water as they cross the Darien Gap from Colombia to Panama in hopes of reaching the U.S., Tuesday, May 9, 2023.
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Impact 2023: Israel - Hamas War
by Nasser Nasser
Palestinians pray around the body of Ayham Shafe’e, 14, killed during an Israeli army raid, during his funeral in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023.
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Impact 2023: Israel - Hamas War
by Victor Caivano
Palestinians flee to the southern Gaza Strip, on the outskirts of Gaza City, during the ongoing Israeli bombardment on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023.