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

The winners for the April 2019 AP Photo Contest are Gemunu Amarasinghe for News Photography Single Image, of family grieving the death of a 12-year-old victim of a bomb blast in Sri Lanka; Fernando Lllano, Boris Vergara and Ariana Cubillos for News Photography Story, for coverage of the political turmoil in Venezuela.

Ariel Schalit for Feature Photography Single Image, of Ultra-Orthodox Jews watching the funeral of a Rabbi in Jerusalem.

Bernat Armangue for Feature Photography Story, for his story on Hindu Nationalism.

Rich Pedroncelli for Sports Photography Single Image, of Sacramento Kings guard Corey Brewer after a dunk. No winner was named for Sports Photography Story this month.

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

News Photography Single Image | Gemunu Amarasinghe

Relatives weep at the coffin with the remains of 12-year Sneha Savindi, who was a victim of Easter Sunday bomb blast at St. Sebastian Church reach home, Monday, April 22, 2019 in Negombo, Sri Lanka. The Easter Sunday bombings of churches, luxury hotels and other sites was Sri Lanka's deadliest violence since a devastating civil war in the South Asian island nation ended a decade ago. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

News Photography Story | Fernando Llano, Ariana Cubillos and Boris Vergara

Venezuela Political Turmoil

An anti-government protester walks near a bus that was set on fire by opponents of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro during clashes between rebel and loyalist soldiers in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 30, 2019. Venezuela has been rocked by three months of political upheaval since Guaido re-energized a flagging opposition movement by declaring himself interim president, saying Maduro had usurped power. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

An anti-government protester sits by ammunition being used by rebel troops rising up against the government of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro as they all take cover on an overpass outside La Carlota military airbase where the rebel soldiers confront loyal troops inside the base in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Boris Vergara)

Opposition leader Juan Guaido, who has declared himself Venezuela's interim president, speaks to supporters during a rally in San Martin Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Opponents to Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro confront loyalist Bolivarian National Guard troops firing tear gas at them, outside La Carlota military airbase in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Opponents to Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, behind and left, scuffle with a National Guard who is loyal to President Nicolas Maduro during clashes with rebel soldiers attempting a military uprising outside La Carlota military airbase in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Boris Vergara)

Fireworks launched by opponents of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro land near National Guard armored vehicles driven by soldiers loyal to Maduro, during a failed military uprising launched by opposition leader Juan Guaido in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

An opponent to Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro high fives a rebel soldier on a highway overpass outside La Carlota air base amid tear gas fired by loyalist soldiers from inside the base, early in what became a failed military uprising in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Boris Vergara)

Supporters of self-proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido cheer during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, April 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

An opponent to Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro returns a tear gas canister to soldiers who launched it at a small group of civilians and rebel troops gathered outside La Carlota air base in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Armed and masked supporters of President Nicolas Maduro stand at an entrance of the Transportation Ministry in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 30, 2019, during a failed military uprising attempt to oust Maduro. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

A National Guard water canon sprays opponents of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro during an attempted military uprising that eventually failed in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

A man who was run over by a National Guard vehicle is aided by fellow anti-government protesters outside La Carlota airbase during an attempted military uprising in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Boris Vergara)

Feature Photography Single Image | Ariel Schalit

Ultra-Orthodox Jews watch the funeral procession of Rabbi of the Kaliv Hasidic dynasty and Holocaust survivor Menachem Mendel Taub during his funeral in Jerusalem, Sunday, April 28, 2019. Thousands attended the Jerusalem funeral of Menachem Mendel Taub, scion of a Hungarian rabbinic dynasty, who died aged 96. Taub helped produce a two-volume encyclopedia documenting Jewish religious martyrs killed in the Holocaust. His death came days before Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day, honoring six million Jews killed by Nazi Germany. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Feature Photography Story | Bernat Armangue

India Hindu Nationalism

In this Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018 photo, a supporter of the Hindu nationalist political group Vishwa Hindu Parishad is dressed as the Hindu deity Hanuman during a rally in New Delhi, India. Tens of thousands of worshippers gathered in India's capital to demand construction of a Hindu temple on the ruins of a disputed 16th century mosque in northern Indian city of Ayodhya. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

In this Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018 photo, Hindu hardliners gather next to building materials to be assembled in a temple dedicated to Hindu god Ram in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

In this Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018 photo, members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) gather during an early morning shakha, a daily training, in Prayagraj, India. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

This Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018 photo shows vandalized cars and other vehicles in Chingarwathi, near Bulandshahr, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The previous day, two people were killed in mob violence that began with accusations of cow slaughter in the area. About 280 people were injured in more than 100 attacks by vigilantes between May 2015 and December 2018, Human Rights Watch said in a recent report. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

In this Monday, Nov. 26, 2018 photo, Muslims selling meat wait for customers in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Since Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party-led government came to power in 2014, several Indian states have banned the slaughter of cows, sacred to Hindus, giving rise to vigilantes and dozens of lynchings of Muslims, a minority group who have traditionally run meat shops and slaughterhouses. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

In this Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018 photo, a Hindu hardline supporter wears the the name of the god Ram written on his forehead in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India. Tens of thousands rallied to demand a Hindu temple be built on a site in northern India where hardliners in 1992 had attacked and demolished a 16th century mosque, sparking deadly Hindu-Muslim violence. Hindu groups say the mosque was built after a temple dedicated to Ram was destroyed by Muslim invaders. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

In this Monday, Nov. 26, 2018 photo, moviegoers stand as national anthem is played at a cinema before the screening of a movie in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. As with similar movements across the world, Hindu nationalism, once fringe, has now taken a central place in India’s politics. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

In this Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019 photo, a man holds a phone showing a video of Muslim farmer Saghir Khan, 25, moments after being beaten, Mirzapur, India. Most of the attacks by so-called cow vigilantes from Hindu groups have targeted Muslims, who make up 14 percent of India's 1.3 billion people. Hindus make up about 80 percent of the population. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

In this Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018 photo, relatives cry next to the body of police Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh in Chingarwathi, near Bulandshahr, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The previous day, Singh and another person were killed in the mob violence that began with accusations of cow slaughter in the area. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

In this Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018 photo, a supporter of Hindu-extreme political group Vishwa Hindu Parishad wears a poster of the Hindu god Ram during a rally in New Delhi, India. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Sports Photography Single Image | Rich Pedroncelli

Sacramento Kings guard Corey Brewer flips through the air after scoring on a breakaway stuff during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Cleveland Cavaliers Thursday, April 4, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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