Each month The Associated Press management honors photographers for outstanding coverage while on assignment. The winners for the April 2016 AP Staff Photo Contest are Rodrigo Abd and Dolores Ochoa in News Photography for “Ecuador Earthquake,” Niranjan Shrestha in Feature Photography for “Nepal Earthquake: Two Girls,” and Ross D. Franklin in Sports Photography for "Face Foul."

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

News Photography | Ecuador Earthquake by Rodrigo Abd and Dolores Ochoa

Ecuador Earthquake

In this April 18, 2016 photo, a mourner is revived with spalashes of water, before family members head to a nearby cemetery to bury their loved ones who were victims of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake, in Portoviejo, Ecuador. The Saturday night quake left a trail of ruin along Ecuador’s normally placid Pacific Ocean coast. At least 350 people died and thousands are homeless. President Rafael Correa said early Monday that the death toll would “surely rise, and in a considerable way.” (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Ecuador Earthquake

In this April 19, 2016 photo, Ruben Mero is assisted by a relatives and paramedics after he was overcome with grief during the funeral of his niece Kexly Valentino who died in the earthquake, in Montecristi, Ecuador. The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast, sending the Andean nation into a state of emergency. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Ecuador Earthquake

In this April 19, 2016 photo, a man jokes around after taking some pictures of a section of highway that collapsed due to a 7.8-magnitude earthquake, in Chacras, Ecuador. The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast, sending the Andean nation into a state of emergency. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Ecuador Earthquake

In this April 19, 2016 photo, Maria Victoria, 89, is comforted by her daughter Mariana in Estancia Las Palmas, Ecuador. Maria Victoria was injured when a column fell on her after 7.8-magnitude earthquake collapsed her home. The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast, sending the Andean nation into a state of emergency. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Ecuador Earthquake

In this April 17, 2016 photo, a woman cries as she stands next to house destroyed by the earthquake in the Pacific coastal town of Pedernales, Ecuador. The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast, sending the Andean nation into a state of emergency. As rescue workers rushed in, officials said Sunday at least 77 people were killed, over 570 injured and the damage stretched for hundreds of miles to the capital and other major cities.(AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Ecuador Earthquake

In this April 17, 2016 photo, volunteers rescue a body from a destroyed house after a massive in earthquake in Pedernales, Ecuador. The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast, sending the Andean nation into a state of emergency. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Ecuador Earthquake

In this April 19, 2016 photo, a family wakes up after sleeping outside their collapsed home which was destroyed by an earthquake in Manta, Ecuador. The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast, sending the Andean nation into a state of emergency. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Ecuador Earthquake

In this April 22, 2016 photo, a man sleeps in a hammock on the porch of an earthquake-damaged home in Pedernales, Ecuador. President Rafael Correa said Ecuador's worst earthquake in decades caused billions of dollars of damage and he is raising sales taxes and putting a one-time levy on millionaires to help pay for reconstruction. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Ecuador Earthquake

In this April 17, 2016 photo, a formal dress hangs from a wardrobe closet in a home destroyed by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Pedernales, Ecuador. The April 16 earthquake destroyed or damaged about 1,500 buildings and left some 23,500 people homeless, the government said. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Ecuador Earthquake

In this April 20, 2016 photo, a man stands on an earthquake-damaged building in Pedernales, Ecuador. Ecuadoreans began burying loved ones felled by the country's deadliest earthquake in decades, while hopes faded that more survivors will be found. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Ecuador Earthquake

In this April 21, 2016 photo, the portrait of a teenager hangs on a damaged wall after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake, in Canoa, Ecuador. President Rafael Correa said Ecuador's worst earthquake in decades caused billions of dollars of damage and he is raising sales taxes and putting a one-time levy on millionaires to help pay for reconstruction. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Ecuador Earthquake

This April 24, 2016 photo shows the second-floor of a home, damaged in a 7.8-magnitude earthquake, in Pedernales, Ecuador. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Feature Photography | Nepal Earthquake: Two Girls by Niranjan Shrestha

Two Girls

In this Sept. 8, 2015 photo, best of friends Khendo Tamang, left, and Nirmala Pariyar, both 8, wait to be measured for a new prosthetic legs in Kathmandu, Nepal. The girls became close friends while in recovery after each one lost a leg in Nepal's massive April 25, 2015 earthquake that killed nearly 9,000 people dead and more than 22,000 injured. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Two Girls

In this July 24, 2015 photo, Khendo Tamang, 8, in yellow, stands by the bedside of her best friend Nirmala Pariyar, also 8, as she cries in pain during treatment on her amputated right leg in the Bir Trauma Center in Kathmandu, Nepal. Losing a leg each in the massive Nepal earthquake in 2015, they were both taken to Bir Hospital and Kathmandu's main trauma ward where they spent the next three months with surgeries and physical therapy with their new prostheses. During this time the girls' friendship grew and have become inseparable. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)

Two Girls

In this July 24, 2015 photo, Nepalese girl Nirmala Pariyar, 8, draws pictures of herself and her friend Khendo Tamang, also 8, at the Bir Trauma Center in Kathmandu, Nepal. Losing a leg each in the massive Nepal earthquake in 2015, both Nirmala and Khendo were both taken to Bir Hospital and Kathmandu's main trauma ward where they spent the next three months together with surgeries and physical therapy with their new prostheses. During this time the girls' friendship grew and have become inseparable. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Two Girls

In this Sept. 8, 2015 photo, amputee victims in the Nepal's 2015 earthquake, Nepalese girls Khendo Tamang, left, and Nirmala Pariyar, both 8, sit together as they are fitted for new prostheses at a clinic in Kathmandu, Nepal. Losing a leg each from the massive quake, both Nirmala and Khendo were both taken to Bir Hospital and Kathmandu's main trauma ward where they spent the next three months together with surgeries and physical therapy with their new prostheses. During this time the girls' friendship grew and have become inseparable. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Two Girls

In this July 15, 2015 photo, Nepalese amputee victims Khendo Tamang, left, and Nirmala Pariyar, both 8, share a single pair of shoes at the Bir Trauma Center in Kathmandu, Nepal. After suffering serious leg wounds in Nepal's massive 2015 earthquake that killed and injured thousands, both girls were brought to the Bir Trauma Center in Kathmandu, to receive single leg amputations. Following their surgeries, Nirmala's relentless cheerfulness drew a still very depressed Khendo close and both found an inseparable friendship which has helped their emotional wounds heal. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Two Girls

In this Aug.19, 2015 photo, Nirmala Pariyar, 8, looks out a car window after her best friend Khendo, also 8, was dropped off at a relative's house. Both girls had grown inseparable after each lost a leg in the massive 2015 Nepal earthquake and spent the following months in recovery together. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Two Girls

In this Aug.19, 2015 photo, Mangale Dong Tamang carries his crying daughter Khendo, 8, after she was released from the amputee hospital, in Kathmandu, Nepal. Khendo, an amputee victim in the 2015 Nepal earthquake, was heartbroken after being separated from her closest friend Nirmala who also lost a leg in the quake. Following their discharge from the hospital, the girls continue physical therapy in the same Kathmandu clinic, partly funded by the aid group Handicap International. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Two Girls

In this Aug. 19, 2015 photo, Nepalese girl Nirmala Pariyar, 8, who lost one leg in Nepal's massive April 2015 earthquake, is carried by her brother on a walkway in Kathmandu, Nepal. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Two Girls

In this April 8, 2016 photo, Khendo Tamang, 8, stands near the debris of the collapsed home she was trapped in after the April 25, 2015 earthquake struck in Banskharka, Nepal. Khendo was in a packed house with her grandmother, sister and many other villagers discussing ways to alleviate their poverty. When the quake struck, the house collapsed, killing her grandmother and her sister and leaving Khendo with severe leg injuries. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Two Girls

In this March 9, 2016 photo, Khendo Tamang, 8, adjusts her prosthetic leg in Kathmandu, Nepal. Khendo was in her home village, Banskharka, when Nepal's massive April 2015 earthquake stuck. Her grandmother and sister were both killed when the house they were in collapsed during the quake. Khendo was pulled with severe leg injuries from the wreckage. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Two Girls

In this April 20, 2016 photo, Nepalese earthquake amputee victim Khendo Tamang, 8, left, and other classmates sing a song at school in Kathmandu, Nepal. Khendo is now attending school in Kathmandu with the help of a man her family met following her severe leg injuries sustained in Nepal's massive 2015 earthquake in her village. This surprise benefactor, a westerner studying Buddhism in Nepal _ is paying all her fees, which come close to $1,300 a year. The family still does not know the man's full name. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Two Girls

In this March 25, 2016 photo, Nepalese earthquake amputee victim Nirmala Pariyar, 8, helps her father at a textile factory in Kathmandu, Nepal. Nirmala lives with her parents in a makeshift room of a small textile factory where her father works in Kathmandu. He left their farming village years ago to come to the capital to earn more money. While on a visit with her father in Kathmandu, Nirmala was in a neighbor's apartment that collapsed when the quake struck. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Sports Photography | Face Foul by Ross D. Franklin

Arizona Diamondbacks' Nick Ahmed fouls a pitch off his face during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday, April 22, 2016, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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