Each month The Associated Press management honors photographers for outstanding photo coverage while on assignment. The Winners for the September 2015 AP Staff Photo Contest are Julio Cortez, Mel Evans, Carolyn Kaster, Laurence Kesterson, David Goldman, John Minchillo, Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Michael Perez, Matt Rourke, Patrick Semansky and Matt Slocum in News Photography for "Pope Francis' Visit to the U.S.," Vincent Yu in Feature Photography for "Umbrella Protests: Then and Now," and Gregory Bull in Sports Photography for "Bracing for the Douse."

Congratulations to all the photographers for their outstanding work. This month's winning images are featured below.

News Photography | Pope Francis' Visit to the U.S. by Julio Cortez, Mel Evans, Carolyn Kaster, Laurence Kesterson, David Goldman, John Minchillo, Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Michael Perez, Matt Rourke, Patrick Semansky and Matt Slocum

Pope Francis waves to the crowd from the popemobile during a parade along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on Saturday, June 26, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)

An unidentified child, who was carried out from the crowd to meet Pope Francis, reaches out to touch the Pontiff's face during a parade on his way to celebrate Sunday Mass on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Paul Marich of Woodbridge, Va., prays the rosary as he waits outside the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, for a chance to see the Pope Francis after his address to a joint session of Congress. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Pope Francis passes the crowd in his pope mobile on Independence Mall in Philadelphia on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015. The pope spoke at Independence Hall on his first visit to the United States. (AP Photo/Laurence Kesterson, Pool)

Patrick Jonynas, left, and Sommer Brooks, both from Connecticut, kneel and pray on Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, during the Papal Mass with Pope Francis. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Mauro Avila, of Uvalde, Texas, sits with a cross outside a security checkpoint set up in preparation of Pope Francis' visit to Philadelphia, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Pope Francis places a white rose at the south pool of the 9/11 Memorial in downtown Manhattan, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Pope Francis passes a crowd in his pope mobile on Independence Mall in Philadelphia on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015. The pope spoke at Independence Hall on his first visit to the United States. (AP Photo/Laurence Kesterson, pool)

A man holds a child as Pope Francis celebrates Mass, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Pope Francis is greeted by seminarians as he arrives at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, in Wynnewood, Pa. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Pope Francis waves as he rides in the pope mobile in the Papal Parade during the Festival of Families, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, Pool)

A family from Trenton, N.J., originally from Ecuador, walk over the Benjamin Franklin Bridge ahead of a Sunday Mass to be delivered by Pope Francis, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, in Philadelphia. Pope Francis celebrated a climactic outdoor Mass on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway Sunday before flying back to Rome. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Feature Photography | Umbrella Protests by Vincent Yu

This combination of Dec. 1, 2014 file, top, and Sept. 26, 2015 photos shows police officers detaining a protester during a clash as other protesters attempting to surround the Hong Kong government headquarters during the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong, and a woman with an umbrella walking through the same area almost one year later. A year ago, Hong Kong's famously busy streets were shut down by pro-democracy activists who occupied them for 79 days in what became known as the "Umbrella Movement." The protests were led by students and other activists who took to the streets to voice their opposition against Beijing's plan to restrict elections for top leader of the semiautonomous Chinese city. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

This combination of Oct. 4, 2014 file and Sept. 26, 2015 photos shows an umbrella sitting on a deserted tram track upside down at a rally outside the government headquarters during the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong and a woman walking past a tram at the same area. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

This combination of Oct. 1, 2014 file, top, and Sept. 26, 2015 photos shows two students kissing next to barricades in the central business district during the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong, and a couple walking past the same place almost a year later. city.(AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

This combination of Dec. 11, 2014 file, top, and Sept. 25, 2015 photos shows a general view of a main road as police removing barricades and tents outside government headquarters during the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong, and the same road almost one year later. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

This combination of Nov. 8, 2014 file, top, Sept. 26, 2015 photos shows residents eating breakfast at a fast food restaurant near an elevated road where protesters have camped out to protest during the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong, and a tray being left on a table at the same restaurant. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

This combination of Oct. 10, 2014 file, top, and Sept. 26, 2015 shows people walking past barricades on the main street occupied by protesters at the Causeway Bay district during the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong and street cars, buses and other vehicles go through the same street almost a year later. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

This combination of Nov. 11, 2014 file, top, and Sept. 26, 2015 photos shows tents set up by pro-democracy protesters as they occupy the area outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong's Admiralty district during the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong and a normal traffic at the same place almost a year later. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

This combination of Nov. 25, 2014 file, top, and Sept. 25, 2015 photos shows protesters getting ready to push against policemen in their attempt to occupy the area in Mong Kok district during the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong, and a man with an umbrella walking past the same area. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

This combination of Nov. 21, 2014 file, top, and Sept. 26, 2015 photos shows a man walking past yellow paper umbrellas hanging above an escalator in an area occupied by protesters outside government headquarters during the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong, and a man coming down the same escalator almost a year later. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

This combination of Oct. 25, 2014 file, top, and Sept. 26, 2015 photos shows a road sign covered by a slogan as pro-democracy protesters occupying an area outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong's Admiralty district during the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong and the same place almost one year later. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

This combination of Sept. 27, 2014 file, top, and Sept. 26, 2015, photos shows a protester holding a placard that reads: "Occupy Central" between anti-riot policemen and protesters outside the government headquarters during the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong, and the same area almost a year later. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

This combination of Oct. 3, 2014 file, top, and Sept. 26, 2015 photos shows pro-democracy student protesters walking near messages left on a wall of the government complex during the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong, and the same wall after almost one year. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Sports Photography | Bracing for the Douse by Gregory Bull

San Diego Padres second baseman Jedd Gyorko braces himself as he is doused in liquid after hitting a walk-off single to defeat the San Francisco Giants in a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, in San Diego. The Padres won, 5-4. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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