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Biathletes Yekateryna Mashtalier, 18, Mykola Dorofeiev, 16, Maksym Kravchenko, 17, and Nazar Kravchenko, 12, warm up before a training session at the ski base in Chernihiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Photos show Ukraine’s historic center in ruins but children, athletes still train ahead of Olympics
CHERNIHIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s historic Chernihiv biathlon and cross-country training center, which produced the country’s first Olympic medalist, remains in ruins after Russia’s 2022 invasion.
 
Protesters wave transgender pride flags outside the Supreme Court as it hears arguments over state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Photos of demonstrators outside the Supreme Court as it considers upholding transgender sports bans
WASHINGTON (AP) — People for and against letting transgender girls and women play on female school sports teams gathered at The Supreme Court on Tuesday.
 
A woman wears a black mourning veil while attending a mock funeral for the penny, which was discontinued earlier this year, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Photos show mock funeral for the penny at Lincoln Memorial
Wasington (AP) — A mock funeral for the penny, which was discontinued earlier this year, was held Saturday in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.
 
Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Melania Trump holds the Bible during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Pool)
Documenting D.C. in the Trump era
AP photographer Julia Demaree Nikhinson has been documenting Washington, D.C. during the second Trump administration and was one of only seven photojournalists allowed to cover his swearing-in.
 
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks during a news conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Photos of Marjorie Taylor Greene with Epstein survivors before the vote on releasing files
WASHINGTON (AP) — Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a longtime loyalist of President Donald Trump, joined other Republicans outside the Capitol with several survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse, before Congress voted to force the Justice Department to release files related to the convicted sex of
 
Andrii Dzhuma, 58, poses for a portrait while waiting out an air alarm on the job, where his team was supposed to fix power lines damaged following a Russian attack, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Chernihiv, Ukraine. “Somehow, but we still give people light,” Dzhuma says with a shy smile, acknowledging that he is proud of his work and of his colleagues. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
PHOTO ESSAY: Portraits of workers keeping Ukraine out of the dark
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Utility workers in Ukraine are risking their lives as they battle to keep the lights as Russia repeatedly attacks the energy system.
 
Yaroslav Brailovskyi, 43, an energy worker for Chernihiv Oblenergo, poses for a portrait in front of a substation wall damaged following a recent Russian attack, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Chernihiv, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
160 Ukrainian energy workers have been killed as Russia pummels the power system
Almost four years into Russia’s invasion, keeping Ukraine’s lights on has become a battle of its own. It’s a moving front line that Moscow has tried and failed to break.
 
A man dressed as Pennywise dances during a Halloween rave in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Kyiv unleashes Halloween a week early with an afternoon rave in photos
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Partiers kicked off Halloween early with a costumed rave that packed a Kyiv concert hall with hundreds of revelers dressed as Pennywise, the Joker, Medusa and more.
 
Tymofii Lifyrynko, 11, holds his hockey stick while waiting out an air raid alarm in an underground shelter, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Photos show Ukrainians dealing with blackouts as Russia strikes energy infrastructure
SHOSTKA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians are preparing for another winter of blackouts as Russia renews its strikes on the country’s energy grid.
 
Mo'ne Davis throws during the first day of tryouts for the Women's Professional Baseball League, Friday, Aug 22, 2025, at the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Dreams on the diamond: Photos of Women’s Professional Baseball League tryouts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Women’s Professional Baseball League is set to launch next year, with tryouts held Aug. 22-25 in Washington.
 
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, from left, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Finland's President Alexander Stubb, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President Donald Trump, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stand before a group photo in the Grand Foyer of the White House, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
What Zelenskyy and European leaders’ visit to the White House looked like
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Europe’s top leaders met with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine.
 
President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Photos of the Putin-Trump summit in Alaska
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) — President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin held talks Friday in Alaska about the war in Ukraine.
 
President Donald Trump, left, meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, in the Blue Room of the White House, Monday, July 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Photos of Trump’s meeting with Netanyahu and the reaction
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House, while demonstrators protested their gathering both outside the building and in Tel Aviv, Israel.
 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., center, shakes hands with Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., as he celebrates with fellow Republicans after final passage of President Donald Trump's signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 3, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Photos capture the Republicans push to pass Trump tax cuts as opposition fails
WASHINGTON (AP) — The past week has seen Republicans on Capitol Hill working to pass President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”
 
Mari Con Carne applies their makeup before attending Les Miserables at the Kennedy Center in drag, on the night that President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were also in attendance, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Photos of drag queens preparing to attend ‘Les Miserables’ at Kennedy Center, despite Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mari Con Carne put on their make-up, wig and gown before attending “Les Miserables” at the Kennedy Center.
 
A person attends the World Pride parade, Saturday, June 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
PHOTOS: World Pride gathers LGBTQ+ advocates in Washington for 50th anniversary
WASHINGTON (AP) — World Pride gathers LGBTQ+ advocates from around the globe. This year, which marks the 50th anniversary of Washington’s Pride festival, is the first time the city is hosting the gathering.
 
JD Vance is sworn in as vice president by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh as Usha Vance holds the Bible during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Pool)
Inside the intimate inauguration: Close-up encounters between political rivals, some awkward
A president’s inaugural address is a time-honored spectacle: A makeshift grandstand is erected next to the Capitol and hundreds of thousands people line the National Mall.
 
Radio City Rockettes perform the Parade of the Wooden Soldiers dance during the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
An AP photographer conveys the synchronized movements of the Radio City Rockettes in one shot
AP photographer Julia Nikhinson took this photo of the Radio City Rockettes while working on a photo story about Christmas in New York.
 
Parishioners attend the coronation mass of the Giglio feast at the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Wednesday, July 6, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The feast recreates the return of St. Paulinus, the Bishop of Nola, Italy. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
AP PHOTOS: Parishioners, pilgrims flock to Brooklyn festival
NEW YORK (AP) — By the thousands, revelers recently returned to Havemeyer Street in New York City’s Williamsburg neighborhood to celebrate the annual Giglio Feast following its first-ever cancellation in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and then downsized crowds in 2021.
 
Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo pose with 63 and 40 hot dogs, respectively, after winning the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest in Coney Island on Monday, July 4, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
Joey Chestnut is chomp champ again in July 4 hot dog contest
Frankfurter-munching phenom Joey “Jaws” Chestnut has gobbled his way to a 15th win at the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest.