Photo Essays

Visually-led storytelling from AP photojournalists around the world

The Associated Press has journalists in nearly 100 countries and all 50 U.S. states. Four billion people see AP’s accurate, fact-based, nonpartisan journalism every day. AP visual journalists are eyewitnesses to the world’s news. The AP has won 59 Pulitzer Prizes, including 36 for photography, since the award was established in 1917.

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Panamanians crawl to reach the Black Christ of Portobelo in annual religious pilgrimage

 
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An artist summons Superman to remind people the power of voting

 
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A look at life inside Paraguay’s overcrowded prisons

 
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South Korea adoptees endure emotional, sometimes devastating searches for their birth families

 
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Argentina’s poverty rate spikes in first 6 months of President Milei’s shock therapy

 
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As Thailand approves same-sex marriage, a couple celebrates feeling freed

 
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A year later, Israeli survivors reflect on the lingering toll of Oct. 7

 
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Democrats are becoming a force in traditionally conservative The Villages

 
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As India ages, a secret shame emerges: Elders abandoned by their children

 
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It’s the longest bridge ever built in Peru, and so far, it goes nowhere

 
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As climate change alters lakes, tribes and conservationists fight for the future of spearfishing

 
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Panama prepares to evacuate first island in face of rising sea levels

 
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Native groups sit on a treasure trove of lithium. Now mines threaten their water, culture and wealth

 
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Displaced, repatriated and crossing borders: Afghan people make grueling journeys to survive

 
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Time is frozen in the empty bedrooms of Israelis kidnapped by Hamas

 
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Biden’s asylum halt is falling hardest on Mexicans and other nationalities Mexico will take

 
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As Israeli settlements thrive, Palestinian taps run dry. The water crisis reflects a broader battle

 
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Thousands of Ukrainians live in agony and uncertainty as they search for their missing loved ones

 
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Americans watch Trump and Biden in election debate

 
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A synthetic drug ravages youth in Sierra Leone. There’s little help, and some people are chained

 
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Drag queens are out, proud and loud in a string of coal towns, from a bingo hall to blue-collar bars