Editorial
Editorial standards
Our archive is a journalistic record. These are the rules that keep it trustworthy.
Captions are never rewritten
Every caption is shown exactly as the journalist filed it. It is the reference text for the photo or video and is never edited by machines.
AI is labelled
We use AI to help people find content — translated keywords, story summaries and entity tags. Anything AI-generated is kept apart from the caption and marked until an APA editor has reviewed it.
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Our content is produced by professional photographers and videographers and checked by our desk before it is published.
Always credited
Every item carries a stable credit line: © APA Images / photographer. Please keep it when you publish.
Watermarked previews
The site shows watermarked previews only. Licensed originals are delivered in full quality without a watermark.
Stable APA IDs
Each photo and video has a permanent APA ID (for example APA-PH-2026-001234) that you can cite in requests and credits.