Each month The Associated Press management honors photographers for outstanding coverage while on assignment.

The winners for the April 2017 AP Staff Photo Contest are Fernando Llano and Ariana Cubillos in News Photography for “Venezuela Political Crisis,” and Kin Cheung in Feature Photography for “Hong Kong Cubicle Homes.”

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

News Photography | Fernando Llano and Ariana Cubillos

Venezuela Political Crisis

Opponents of President Nicolas Maduro take cover behind homemade shields during clashes with security forces blocking them from marching to the Ombudsman's office in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 26, 2017. Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have flooded the streets over the last month to demand an end to Maduro’s presidency. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela Political Crisis

In this Monday, April 24, 2017 photo, anti-government protesters block a highway in Caracas, Venezuela. President Nicolas Maduro has repeatedly called for renewed talks between the two sides, but opposition leaders have discarded that as an option after earlier talks collapsed in December. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Venezuela Political Crisis

Opposition lawmaker Juan Requesens, center, is escorted by his colleague Jose Manuel Olivares, right, after begin injured by alleged pro government supporters as they protest outside of the Ombudsman's offices in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, April 3, 2017. A group of opposition lawmakers was attacked by suspected followers of the Government during a demonstration in the center of the capital that left at least one injured Congressman. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Venezuela Political Crisis

Demonstrators use a improvised shield to take cover from a water cannon fired by riot police during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, April 6, 2017. Tens of thousands of demonstrators shut down Venezuela's capital on Thursday, blocking the city's main artery to protest what they call an attempted coup by the socialist administration. Many carried signs reading "No to Dictatorship" as they crowded Caracas' principal highway that cuts from the city's wealthy eastern section to the downtown. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Venezuela Political Crisis

Anti-government demonstrators take cover from advancing Bolivarian Police officers during protests in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Opponents of President Nicolas Maduro called on Venezuelans to take to the streets in marched against the embattled socialist leader. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela Political Crisis

A man screams during an anti-government protest in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, April 13, 2017. Venezuela officials are confirming that a fifth person has died in a two-week old anti-government protest movement. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela Political Crisis

A protester holds an acrylic shield during clashes with security forces blocking opponents of President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 26, 2017. Venezuela is threatening to pull out of the Organization of American States as the government’s response to political unrest blamed for 27 deaths in recent weeks draws rebuke from the hemisphere’s major powers. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela Political Crisis

Demonstrators escort a man that was beaten, accused of been a thief, during anti-government protests in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Tens of thousands of opponents of President Nicolas Maduro flooded the streets of Caracas in what's been dubbed the "mother of all marches" against the embattled socialist president. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela Political Crisis

Demonstrators lie on the ground overwhelmed by tear gas fired by the Bolivarian the National Guard, during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, April 6, 2017. The South American country has seen near-daily protests since the Supreme Court issued a ruling nullifying congress last week. The court pulled that decision back after it came under heavy criticism, but opposition leaders said the attempt to invalidate a branch of power revealed the administration's true dictatorial nature. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela Political Crisis

An anti-government protester holds a bible in the middle of a cloud of tear gas during a march in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, April 20, 2017. Tens of thousands of protesters flooded the streets again, one day after three people were killed and hundreds arrested in the biggest anti-government demonstrations in years. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Venezuela Political Crisis

Anti-government protesters launch stones with a sling during clashes in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Tens of thousands of opponents of President Nicolas Maduro flooded the streets of Caracas in what's been dubbed the "mother of all marches" against the embattled socialist president. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Venezuela Political Crisis

A couple hold hands at a road block set by anti-government protesters in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, April 24, 2017. Thousands of protesters shut down the capital city's main highway to express their disgust with the socialist administration of President Nicolas Maduro. Protesters in at least a dozen other cities also staged sit-ins as the protest movement is entering its fourth week. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Feature Photography | Kin Cheung

Hong Kong Cubicle Homes

In this Thursday, May 4, 2017 photo, Kitty Au plays with her hamster in her "coffin home" in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, "coffin homes" and other "inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Hong Kong Cubicle Homes

In this Thursday, March 28, 2017 photo, residents who only gave their surname Yeung, left and Lui, take rest in their "coffin homes" in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, "coffin homes" and other "inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Hong Kong Cubicle Homes

In this Thursday, March 28, 2017 photo, Wong Tat-ming, 63, sits in his "coffin home" which is next to a set of grimy toilets in Hong Kong as he pays HK$2,400 ($310) a month for a compartment measuring three feet by six feet. It's crammed with all his meager possessions, including a sleeping bag, small color TV and electric fan. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Hong Kong Cubicle Homes

In this Friday, March 17, 2017 photo, Li Suet-wen and her son, 6, and daughter, 8, live in a 120-square foot room crammed with a bunk bed, small couch, fridge, washing machine and small table in an aging walkup in Hong Kong as she pays HK$4,500 ($580) a month in rent and utilities. That's nearly half the HK$10,000 ($1,290) she earns at a bakery decorating cakes. They're among an estimated 200,000 people in the former British colony living in "subdivided units." That's 18 percent more than four years ago and includes 35,500 children 15 and under, government figures show. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Hong Kong Cubicle Homes

In this Thursday, March 28, 2017 photo, a resident who only gave his surname Lui, has dinner in his "coffin home" in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, "coffin homes" and other "inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Hong Kong Cubicle Homes

In this Thursday, March 28, 2017 photo, a resident who only gave his surname Yeung, takes rest in his "coffin home" in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, "coffin homes" and other "inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Hong Kong Cubicle Homes

In this Tuesday, April 25, 2017 photo, a bus drives past a residential and commercial building where the "coffin homes" are located in Hong Kong. There‚Äôs a dark side to the property boom in wealthy Hong Kong, where hundreds of thousands of people priced out of the market must live in partitioned apartments, ‚Äúcoffin homes‚Äù and other inadequate housing. As a new leader for the territory prepares to take office, housing unaffordability remains one of the Asian financial center‚Äôs biggest social problems.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Hong Kong Cubicle Homes

In this Thursday, May 4, 2017 photo, a resident who only gave his surname Sin, 55, tidies up the bed in his "coffin home" in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, "coffin homes" and other "inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Hong Kong Cubicle Homes

In this Friday, March 17, 2017 photo, Li Suet-wen and her son, 6, and daughter, 8, live in a 120-square foot room crammed with a bunk bed, small couch, fridge, washing machine and small table in an aging walkup in Hong Kong as she pays HK$4,500 ($580) a month in rent and utilities. That's nearly half the HK$10,000 ($1,290) she earns at a bakery decorating cakes. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Hong Kong Cubicle Homes

In this Thursday, May 4, 2017 photo, Hong Kong residents, who only gave their surname, Lam, top left, Wan, top right, and Kitty Au, pose at their "coffin homes" in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, "coffin homes" and other "inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Hong Kong Cubicle Homes

In this Saturday, May 6, 2017 photo, a resident walks outside his illegal rooftop hut where is located next to a public housing estate, at the background, in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, "coffin homes" and other "inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Hong Kong Cubicle Homes

In this Thursday, March 28, 2017 photo, Cheung Chi-fong, 80, sleeps in his tiny "coffin home" where he cannot stretch out his legs in Hong Kong. In wealthy Hong Kong, there's a dark side to a housing boom, with hundreds of thousands of people forced to live in partitioned shoebox apartments, "coffin homes" and other "inadequate housing.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung)