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

The winners for the October 2019 AP Photo Contest are Rebecca Blackwell for News Photography Single Image, for her image of a grieving family during a funeral for a man killed during political violence in Haiti. Bernat Armangue for News Photography Story, for his coverage of clashes in Spain related to Catalonia independence.

Chris O’Meara for Feature Photography Single Image, for his image of the 39th annual swan roundup in Florida.

Felipe Dana for Feature Photography Story, for his story on a river in Albania as part of AP’s climate series “What Can Be Saved.”

Andy Wong for Sports Photography Single Image, for his photo of Simona Halep of Romania hitting a return shot against Bianca Andreescu of Canada during the WTA Finals Tennis Tournament in China.

Matthias Schrader for Sports Photography Story, for his coverage of the Gymnastics World Championships in Stuffgart, Germany.

Congratulations to all the photographers for their outstanding work. This month’s winning images, judged by Dar Yasin, are featured below.

News Photography Single Image | Rebecca Blackwell

Grieving

Family members grieve beside the coffin of one of the men killed during a month of demonstrations aimed at ousting Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, during a joint funeral for two victims in a public plaza near the National Palace in central Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. Funerals for 11 of at least 20 people killed were held in six cities. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

News Photography Story | Bernat Armangue

Catalonia Clashes

A Catalan pro-independence protestor throws a stone during clashes with police in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Oct. 18, 2019.The Catalan regional capital is bracing for a fifth day of protests over the conviction of a dozen Catalan independence leaders. Five marches of tens of thousands from inland towns are converging in Barcelona's center for a mass protest. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Protesters use makeshift barricades during a demonstration at El Prat airport, outskirts of Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. Spain's Supreme Court on Monday sentenced 12 prominent former Catalan politicians and activists to lengthly prison terms for their roles in a 2017 bid to gain Catalonia's independence, sparking protests across the wealthy Spanish region. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Police clash with protesters during a demonstration at El Prat airport, outskirts of Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. Spain's Supreme Court on Monday sentenced 12 prominent former Catalan politicians and activists to lengthly prison terms for their roles in a 2017 bid to gain Catalonia's independence, sparking protests across the wealthy Spanish region. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Trolleys block an entrance at El Prat airport, outskirts of Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. Spain's Supreme Court on Monday sentenced 12 prominent former Catalan politicians and activists to lengthly prison terms for their roles in a 2017 bid to gain Catalonia's independence, sparking protests across the wealthy Spanish region. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Policemen run as a police van drives over a burning barricade during clashes between protestors and police in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. Spain's government said Wednesday it would do whatever it takes to stamp out violence in Catalonia, where clashes between regional independence supporters and police have injured more than 200 people in two days. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Paramedics attend a protestor during clashes with police in Barcelona, Spain, early Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. Catalonia's separatist leader vowed Thursday to hold a new vote to secede from Spain in less than two years as the embattled northeastern region grapples with a wave of violence that has tarnished a movement proud of its peaceful activism. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A Catalan pro-independence throws a flare during clashes with police in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Oct. 18, 2019.The Catalan regional capital is bracing for a fifth day of protests over the conviction of a dozen Catalan independence leaders. Five marches of tens of thousands from inland towns are converging in Barcelona's center for a mass protest. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A car catches fire next to a burning barricade during clashes between protestors and police in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. Spain's government said Wednesday it would do whatever it takes to stamp out violence in Catalonia, where clashes between regional independence supporters and police have injured more than 200 people in two days. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A damaged traffic light, following Friday clashes between protestors and police, in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019. Masses of flag-waving demonstrators demanding Catalonia's independence and the release from prison of separatist leaders jammed downtown Barcelona on Friday as the northeastern Spanish region endured its fifth straight day of unrest. On Friday, the demonstrations were mostly peaceful, though police clashed with a few hundred young protesters who hurled bottles, eggs and paint at the gates of the police headquarters in the center of the city. Large trash containers were burned before police responded, using rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse the crowds. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A protester wearing an Estelada or Catalan independence mask stands in front police, not seen, moments before clashes in Barcelona, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019. The clash comes after 350,000 people protested peacefully Saturday against the imprisonment of nine Catalan separatist leaders for their roles in an illegal 2017 secession bid. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A woman crosses through a street full of rubble during clashes between police and Catalan pro-independence protestors in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Oct. 18, 2019.The Catalan regional capital is bracing for a fifth day of protests over the conviction of a dozen Catalan independence leaders. Five marches of tens of thousands from inland towns are converging in Barcelona's center for a mass protest. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A poster lies on the ground during clashes between pro-independence supporters and police outside a police station in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Oct. 18, 2019.The Catalan regional capital is bracing for a fifth day of protests over the conviction of a dozen Catalan independence leaders. Five marches of tens of thousands from inland towns are converging in Barcelona's center for a mass protest. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Feature Photography Single Image | Chris O’Meara

Swan Roundup

Steve Platt, a supervisor at the Lakeland Parks and Recreation Dept., reaches for a swan during the 39th annual swan roundup on Lake Morton Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, in Lakeland, Fla. The city’s parks and recreation department catches all the swans so they undergo health examinations before being released back into the lake. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Feature Photography Story | Felipe Dana

What Can Be Saved: Rivers

In this June 14, 2019 photo, Jorgji Ilia, 71, stands on the shore of the Vjosa River after collecting water from a small spring in the village of Kanikol, Albania. "There is nothing else better than the river," the retired schoolteacher says. "The Vjosa gives beauty to our village." (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

In this June 19, 2019 photo, Jorgji Ilia, 71, a retired schoolteacher, sits with his wife, Vito, 64, inside their home in the village of Kanikol, Albania. "There is nothing else better than the river," he says. "The Vjosa gives beauty to our village." (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

In this June 18, 2019 photo, a man crosses a bridge over the Langarica River, a tributary to the Vjosa near the city of Permet, Albania. Albania's government has set in motion plans to dam the Vjosa and its tributaries to generate much-needed electricity for one of Europe's poorest countries, with the intent to build eight dams along the main river. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

In this June 28, 2019 photo, Shyqyri Seiti, pulls his fishing net from the Vjosa River near Ane Vjose, Albania. The 65-year-old boatman has been transporting locals, goods and livestock across the river for about a quarter century. The construction of the Kalivac dam would spell disaster for him. Many of the fields and some of the houses in his nearby village of Ane Vjose would be lost. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

In this June 27, 2019 photo, sheep are pastured near the shore of the Vjosa River in Ane Vjosa, Albania. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

In this June 20, 2019 photo, people bathe in a thermal spring on the banks of the Langarica River, a tributary to the Vjosa near Permet, Albania. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

In this June 26, 2019 photo, children play outside at dusk in the village of Kute, Albania. The village overlooks the Vjosa River as it snakes its way north to the sea. Residents here joined a lawsuit against the Pocem dam that would flood their fields, some houses and, crucially for many, a cemetery. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

This June 20, 2019 photo shows the Langarica hydropower plant, on a tributary to the Vjosa River near Permet, Albania. As pressure to build dams intensifies in less developed countries, the opposite is happening in the U.S. and western Europe, where there's a movement to tear down dams considered obsolete and environmentally destructive. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

In this June 26, 2019 photo, 13-year-old Eriko, sits in the driver's seat of a car in the village of Kute, Albania. The village overlooks the Vjosa River as it snakes its way north to the sea. Residents here joined a lawsuit against the Pocem dam that would flood their fields, some houses and, crucially for many, a cemetery. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

In this June 26, 2019 photo, residents play dominoes in a small bar in the village of Kute, Albania. Dozens of residents from the village joined nonprofit organizations to file what was Albania's first environmental lawsuit against the construction of a dam in the Pocem gorge. They won in 2017, but the government has appealed. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

In this June 20, 2019 photo, people walk along the Langarica River, a tributary to the Vjosa near Permet, Albania. Albania's government has set in motion plans to dam the Vjosa and its tributaries to generate much-needed electricity for one of Europe's poorest countries, with the intent to build eight dams along the main river. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

In this June 22, 2019 photo, Jonuz Jonuzi, 70, rides his horse on the banks of the Vjosa River in the Kelcyre Gorge, Albania. He raised his children here and now watches his grandchildren play in the Vjosa's waters. Before dawn each day, he crosses a bridge over a narrow gorge to tend to his goats before his son drives them to drink from a local spring, where the water emerges cold and crystal clear. "Everything I have, I have because of the river," he says. "Albania needs electrical energy. But not by creating one thing and destroying another. Why do such damage that will be irreparable for life, that future generations will blame us for what we've done?" (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Sports Photography Single Image | Andy Wong

Return Shot

Simona Halep of Romania hits a return shot against Bianca Andreescu of Canada during the WTA Finals Tennis Tournament at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center in Shenzhen, China's Guangdong province, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Sports Photography Story | Matthias Schrader

Gymnastics World Championships

Samuel Mikulak of the United States chalks his feet prior to his performance on the floor in the men's all-around final at the Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Simone Biles of the U.S. prepares for the start at the floor during women's team final at the Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Joel Alvarez of Chile sports a tattoo as he prepares the parallel bars during men's qualifying sessions for the Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Tingting Liu of China performs on the balance beam during women's team final at the Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Simone Biles of the United States performs on the balance beam in the women's all-around final at the Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Xijing Tang of China performs on the floor during the women's all-around final at the Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Britain's Rebecca Downie sports a tattoo as she performs on the balance beam during qualifying sessions for the Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019.(AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Diana Varinska of Ukraine puts on her shoes to perform on the floor in the women's all-around final at the Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Elisabeth Seitz of Germany performs on the balance beam during the women's all-around final at the Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Sanne Wevers of the Netherlands performs on the balance beam during qualifying sessions for the Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019.(AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Anastasiya Alistratava of Belarus performs on the balance beam during qualifying sessions for the Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, Friday, Oct.4, 2019. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)