The Washington Post newspaper won the Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the January 2021 attack on the US Capitol.

The paper received the award in the Public Service category for its "persuasively told and vividly presented reports on the attack on Washington."

They gave the public a "thorough and unflinching understanding of one of the nation's darkest days," the statement said at the awards ceremony in New York on Monday.

Getty Images also recognized several journalists for their photo coverage of the Capitol storm.

On January 6, 2021, supporters of US President Donald Trump stormed the seat of the US Congress in Washington to prevent the election victory of his Democratic challenger Joe Biden from being confirmed.

Five people were killed in the attack.

The attack on the heart of US democracy, with many members of parliament and senators fearing for their lives, shook the country.

Trump had incited his supporters in a speech before the storm.

"Courage, perseverance and commitment"

When it came to foreign reporting, the “New York Times” dominated with three out of four nominations.

The well-known newspaper ultimately won the Pulitzer for its research into the high number of civilian casualties in US airstrikes in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan.

Other award winners included the Tampa Bay Times for investigative research, the Miami Herald in the Breaking News Reporting category, and the Chicago Tribune for local reporting.

Journalists from Ukraine received a special mention at the 106th edition of what is probably the world's most famous journalism award "for their courage, perseverance and commitment to truthful reporting during Vladimir Putin's ruthless invasion of their country," it said.

"Despite bombings, kidnappings, occupations and even deaths in their own ranks," the journalists "would not have stopped providing an accurate picture of a horrifying reality, doing credit to Ukraine and journalists around the world," said award administrator Marjorie Miller .

The Russian President gave the order for an invasion of Ukraine in February.

Since then, several reporters have died while working on site.

Fifteen of the Pulitzer Prize's 22 categories are reserved for journalistic work, from investigative stories to photos to cartoons.

The award is also given for literature, music and theatre.

The winners are determined by a jury based at New York's Columbia University.