2023 Best in Show
Jae C. Hong / Associated Press - Feature Picture Story
First Place - 2023 Feature Picture Story
This series chronicles daily life in war-torn Ukraine as the people of the country try to remain some type of normalcy during the war. A group of recent high school grads leap as they pose for photos to celebrate their graduation in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, July 3, 2023.
Jae C. Hong / Associated Press
First Place - 2023 Feature Picture Story
A boy rides his bicycle past a "I Love Bucha" sign in Bucha, Ukraine, Friday, July 7, 2023.
Jae C. Hong / Associated Press
First Place - 2023 Feature Picture Story
An elderly woman walks out of her apartment destroyed in Russian missile attacks in Odesa, Ukraine, Sunday, July 23, 2023.
Jae C. Hong / Associated Press
First Place - 2023 Feature Picture Story
A woman takes a nap on the lap of her husband on a bench at Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, July 30, 2023.
Jae C. Hong / Associated Press
First Place - 2023 Feature Picture Story
People swim in lake near Druzhbivka in Zhytomyr region in Ukraine, Friday, July 21, 2023.
Jae C. Hong / Associated Press
First Place - 2023 Feature Picture Story
A couple share a laugh in a subway car in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, July 8, 2023.
Jae C. Hong / Associated Press
First Place - 2023 Feature Picture Story
A vendor carries bundles of flowers in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, July 10, 2023.
Jae C. Hong / Associated Press
First Place - 2023 Feature Picture Story
A girl smiles while waiting for her cotton candy in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, July 6, 2023.
Jae C. Hong / Associated Press
First Place - 2023 Feature Picture Story
A cemetery is lit by the evening sunlight near Lviv, Ukraine, Sunday, July 2, 2023.
Jae C. Hong / Associated Press
First Place - 2023 Feature Picture Story
A girl looks at the phots of Ukrainian soldiers killed in the county's war against Russia, at the Wall of Remembrance in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, July 27, 2023.
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First Place - 2023 Feature Picture Story
Newlyweds Nikita Timkov, 25, and his bride, Tamika Timkova, 23, dance to music playing in the street while waiting for their driver in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, July 8, 2023.
Jae C. Hong / Associated Press
First Place - 2023 Feature Picture Story
A dove painted by artist TvBoy adorns the wall of a building damaged by Russian shelling attacks in Irpin, Ukraine, Friday, July 7, 2023.
Jae C. Hong / Associated Press