Each month The Associated Press management honors photographers for outstanding coverage while on assignment. The winners for the November 2015 AP Staff Photo Contest are Leo Correa and Felipe Dana in News Photography for "Brazil: Dam Bursts," Mosa'ab Elshamy in Feature Photography for "Tunisia Jews," and Thanassis Stavrakis in Sports Photography for "Champions League Celebration."

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

News Photography | Brazil: Dam Bursts by Leo Carrea and Felipe Dana

In this Nov. 23, 2015 photo, a car sits precariously on top of the wall of a home, destroyed when the dam of an iron ore mine burst in early November, causing a mudslide, in Bento Rodrigues, Brazil. Thirteen people died in the tragedy, and another 11 remain missing. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Nov. 23, 2015 photo, a satellite dish sits amid debris in a home destroyed when dams of an iron ore mine burst in early November, causing a mudslide, in the village of Bento Rodrigues, Brazil. The village, in the central state of Minas Gerais, was home to about 600 people until Nov. 5, when the dam burst, unleashing a tsunami of mud that swept away nearly everything in its path, flattening houses, uprooting trees and tossing cars asunder. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Aerial view of the debris after a dam burst on Thursday, at the small town of Bento Rodrigues in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, Friday, Nov. 6, 2015. Brazilian rescuers searched feverishly Friday for possible survivors after two dams burst at an iron ore mine in a southeastern mountainous area. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

People carry an injured dog they rescued in the small town of Bento Rodrigues, which flooded after a dam burst in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015. Brazilian searchers are looking for people still listed as missing following the Thursday burst of two dams at an iron ore mine in a southeastern mountainous area. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

A rescue worker searches for victims next tot he carcass of a dead cow, at the site of the town of Bento Rodrigues, after two dams burst on Thursday, in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015. Brazilian rescuers are looking for people still listed as missing following the burst of two dams at an iron ore mine which sent viscous red mud, water and debris flooding into the town, flattening all but a handful of buildings and killing dozens. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Antonio Carlos Carneiro removes mud from his damaged home in Barra Longa after a dam burst on Thursday in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015. Brazilian searchers are looking for 23 people still listed as missing following the burst of two dams at an iron ore mine in a southeastern mountainous area. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

In this Nov. 24, 2015 photo, the color brown on the church's white walls indicate the level which water and mud reached during a recent mudslide triggered by the failing of a dam at a nearby iron ore mine, in Paracatu, Brazil. After the disaster hit, the hamlet of Paracatu and other nearby hamlets like Bento Rodrigues became ghost towns. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Five-year-old Nicole eats a lollipop as she playfully pulls a bed sheet over her eyes, at a hotel housing people displaced from a dam failure, in Mariana, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, Monday, Nov. 9, 2015. Nicole's home was destroyed Thursday when two dams at an iron ore mine flooded Bento Rodrigues, a village in southeastern Brazil. Gov. Fernando Pimentel said it was still not known what triggered the failure of dams at the Samarco mine, which sent viscous red mud, water and debris flooding into Bento Rodrigues, flattening all but a handful of buildings. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

In this Nov. 21, 2015 photo, a girl questions why the man standing next to her was allowed to step ahead of her in a line for free water, at a distribution site, in Colatina, Brazil. Residents were queuing day and night for the bottles of water. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Nov. 24, 2015 photo, a wounded horse, rescued from an area devastated by a recent mudslide, stands in an improvised shelter in Mariana, Brazil. A flood of mud unleashed by the dam burst at the Samarco mine all but erased a nearby hamlet, injuring both man and beast. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Nov. 24, 2015 photo, a framed military police certificate hangs above a framed image of Jesus Christ and Mary with a message that reads in Portuguese "Blessing of the homes," hang on the wall of a home destroyed by an early November mudslide, in Paracatu, Brazil. Then the dam at a nearby iron ore mine burst, it unleashed a tsunami of mud that swept away nearly everything in its path, flattening houses, uprooting trees and tossing cars asunder. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

People perform during a protest against the Brazilian mining company Vale, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Nov. 16, 2015. The demonstrators demand that the company take responsibility for the damage caused by two dams that burst at its iron ore mine, that wiped out a village in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Feature Photography | Tunisia Jews by Mosa'ab Elshamy

In this Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015 photo, a student covering his head with a Kippah poses for the camera as he leaves the main Talmudic school at Hara Kbira, the main Jewish neighbourhood on the Island of Djerba, southern Tunisia. Tunisia’s Jewish population has dwindled from 100,000 in 1956, when the country won independence from France, to less than 1,500, mainly as a result of emigration to France and Israel. But unlike in much of the rest of the Arab world, Tunisian Jews have seen little direct persecution and have only rarely been targeted by extremists. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

In this Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015 photo, a Jewish man rests in La Ghriba, the oldest synagogue in Africa, on the Island of Djerba, southern Tunisia. The Jewish community in the resort island of Djerba traces its roots all the way back to Babylonian exile of 586 B.C., and is one of the few communities of its kind to have survived the turmoil around the creation of Israel, when more than 800,000 Jews across the Arab world either emigrated or were driven from their homes. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

In this Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015 photo, a Jewish man reads the Torah at La Ghriba, the oldest synagogue in Africa, on the Island of Djerba, southern Tunisia. The Jewish community in the resort island of Djerba traces its roots all the way back to Babylonian exile of 586 B.C., and is one of the few communities of its kind to have survived the turmoil around the creation of Israel, when more than 800,000 Jews across the Arab world either emigrated or were driven from their homes. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

In this Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015 photo, a Tunisian Jewish woman prays in La Ghriba, the oldest synagogue in Africa, on the Island of Djerba, southern Tunisia. The Jewish community in the resort island of Djerba traces its roots all the way back to Babylonian exile of 586 B.C., and is one of the few communities of its kind to have survived the turmoil around the creation of Israel, when more than 800,000 Jews across the Arab world either emigrated or were driven from their homes. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

In this Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015 photo, Char Haddad, 45, prepares meat in his kosher slaughterhouse at Hara Kbira, the main Jewish neighbourhood on the Island of Djerba, southern Tunisia. The surrounding streets include a kosher butcher, a bakery that sells a traditional tuna-filled pastry known as “brik” and schools that teach lessons in Hebrew, French and Arabic. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

In this Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015 photo, Yona Sabbagh, 38, works in his Brik restaurant at Hara Kbira, the main Jewish neighbourhood on the Island of Djerba, southern Tunisia. The Jewish community in the resort island of Djerba traces its roots all the way back to Babylonian exile of 586 B.C., and is one of the few communities of its kind to have survived the turmoil around the creation of Israel, when more than 800,000 Jews across the Arab world either emigrated or were driven from their homes. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

In this Friday, Oct. 30, 2015 photo, boys walk inside a Talmudic school at Hara Kbira, the main Jewish neighbourhood on the Island of Djerba, southern Tunisia. When school lets out, the streets around the ancient synagogue on this Tunisian island fill with rambunctious boys wearing Jewish kippahs and girls in long skirts, shouting to each other in Hebrew, Arabic and French. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

In this Friday, Oct. 30, 2015 photo, a boy gestures to the camera as he and his relatives leave school at Hara Kbira, the main Jewish neighbourhood on the Island of Djerba, southern Tunisia. Tunisia’s Jewish population has dwindled from 100,000 in 1956, when the country won independence from France, to less than 1,500, mainly as a result of emigration to France and Israel. But unlike in much of the rest of the Arab world, Tunisian Jews have seen little direct persecution and have only rarely been targeted by extremists. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

In this Friday, Oct. 30, 2015 photo, boys play with marbles outside their school at Hara Kbira, the main Jewish neighbourhood in the Island of Djerba, southern Tunisia. The Jewish community on the resort island of Djerba traces its roots all the way back to Babylonian exile of 586 B.C., and is one of the few communities of its kind to have survived the turmoil around the creation of Israel, when more than 800,000 Jews across the Arab world either emigrated or were driven from their homes. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

In this Friday, Oct. 30, 2015 photo, a boy heads home with freshly baked Challah, a special Jewish bread, at the beginning of Shabbath, at Hara Kbira, the main Jewish neighbourhood on the Island of Djerba, southern Tunisia. The Jewish community in the resort island of Djerba traces its roots all the way back to Babylonian exile of 586 B.C., and is one of the few communities of its kind to have survived the turmoil around the creation of Israel, when more than 800,000 Jews across the Arab world either emigrated or were driven from their homes. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

In this Friday, Oct. 30, 2015 photo, a man prepares meals for his family on the eve of Shabbath, at Hara Kbira, the main Jewish neighbourhood on the Island of Djerba, southern Tunisia. Tunisia’s Jewish population has dwindled from 100,000 in 1956, when the country won independence from France, to less than 1,500, mainly as a result of emigration to France and Israel. But unlike in much of the rest of the Arab world, Tunisian Jews have seen little direct persecution and have only rarely been targeted by extremists. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

In this Friday, Oct. 30, 2015 photo, a girl walks home after sunset, at Hara Kbira, the main Jewish neighbourhood on the Island of Djerba, southern Tunisia. The Jewish community in the resort island of Djerba traces its roots all the way back to Babylonian exile of 586 B.C., and is one of the few communities of its kind to have survived the turmoil around the creation of Israel, when more than 800,000 Jews across the Arab world either emigrated or were driven from their homes. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Sports Photography | Champions League Celebration by Thanassis Stavrakis

Olympiakos' players celebrate after the Champions League Group F soccer match between Olympiakos and Dinamo Zagreb at Georgios Karaiskakis stadium in Piraeus port, near Athens, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015. Olympiakos won 2-1. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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