<p>Coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing war featured heavily in the 2023 Pulitzer Prizes announced in New York on Monday.</p>.<p>The New York Times won in the international reporting category for its "unflinching" coverage of the conflict, including an eight-month investigation into Ukrainian deaths in the town of Bucha, the Pulitzer Prize board announced.</p>.<p>The Associated Press grabbed the public service award -- widely considered the top prize -- for "courageous" reporting on the siege of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, which Russian troops captured a year ago.</p>.<p>The agency also won the breaking news photography award for "unique and urgent images" from the first weeks of the conflict, launched by Russian troops in February 2022.</p>.<p>Elsewhere, the Los Angeles Times scooped the breaking news reporting prize for revealing a secretly recorded conversation between local council members that included racist comments.</p>.<p>Journalists at The Wall Street Journal won the investigative reporting award for stories about the financial conflicts of interest among federal officials at 50 government agencies.</p>.<p>AL.com -- a news outlet in the southern state of Alabama -- took home two awards, including the local reporting prize for exposing how a local police force preyed on residents to inflate its revenue. It also won the commentary accolade.</p>
<p>Coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing war featured heavily in the 2023 Pulitzer Prizes announced in New York on Monday.</p>.<p>The New York Times won in the international reporting category for its "unflinching" coverage of the conflict, including an eight-month investigation into Ukrainian deaths in the town of Bucha, the Pulitzer Prize board announced.</p>.<p>The Associated Press grabbed the public service award -- widely considered the top prize -- for "courageous" reporting on the siege of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, which Russian troops captured a year ago.</p>.<p>The agency also won the breaking news photography award for "unique and urgent images" from the first weeks of the conflict, launched by Russian troops in February 2022.</p>.<p>Elsewhere, the Los Angeles Times scooped the breaking news reporting prize for revealing a secretly recorded conversation between local council members that included racist comments.</p>.<p>Journalists at The Wall Street Journal won the investigative reporting award for stories about the financial conflicts of interest among federal officials at 50 government agencies.</p>.<p>AL.com -- a news outlet in the southern state of Alabama -- took home two awards, including the local reporting prize for exposing how a local police force preyed on residents to inflate its revenue. It also won the commentary accolade.</p>