They say a picture is worth 1,000 words, but these photos may be worth a Nobel Prize.
In the early hours of Monday morning, Seattle-based AP photographer Lindsey Wasson got the call that a pair of Nobel Prize winners lived nearby and raced to the home of Mary E. Brunkow, the recipient of the Nobel Prize in medicine, to cover her reaction.
Mary E. Brunkow listens as her husband Ross Colquhoun reads the AP story about her honor on his phone, in Seattle, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
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