AP monthly staff photo contest
Each month The Associated Press honors photographers for outstanding coverage while on assignment.
The winners for the September 2020 AP Photo Contest are Petros Giannakouris for News Photography Single Image, for his photo of refugees and migrants carrying their belongings as they flee a fire burning at the Moria camp, in Lesbos island, Greece. John Locher for News Photography Story, for his coverage of Pacific Northwest wildfires in the United States.
Emilio Morenatti for Feature Photography Single Image, for his photo of Francisco España, 60, surrounded by members of his medical team as he looks at the Mediterranean sea from a promenade next to the Hospital del Mar in Barcelona, Spain, after an extended bout with coronavirus.
Esteban Felix for Feature Photography Story, for his story on Peruvian migrant Jose Collantes who lost his wife to coronavirus.
Julio Cortez for Sports Photography Single Image, for his image of New York Mets center fielder Jake Marisnick as he smashes into the center field wall while chasing a triple by Baltimore Orioles' Pedro Severino during the second inning of a baseball game in Baltimore.
Christophe Ena and Thibault Camus for Sports Photography Story, for their combined coverage of the Tour de France bicycle race.
Congratulations to all the photographers for their outstanding work. This month’s winning images, judged by Ramon Espinosa, are featured below.
News Photography Single Image | Petros Giannakouris
Refugees and migrants carrying their belongings flee a fire burning at the Moria camp, in Lesbos island, Greece, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Fire struck for second day in Greece's notoriously overcrowded refugee camp, leaving thousands in need of emergency shelter. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
News Photography Story | John Locher
Charred trees stand above a neighborhood devastated by the Almeda fire, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020, in Phoenix, Ore. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Shayanne Summers holds her dog Toph while wrapped in a blanket after severals days staying in a tent at an evacuation center at the Milwaukie-Portland Elks Lodge, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, in Oak Grove, Ore. “It’s nice enough here you could almost think of this as camping and forget everything else, almost,” said Summers about staying at the center after evacuating from near Molalla, Oregon which was threatened by the Riverside Fire. (AP Photo/John Locher)
A couple, who declined to give their names, embrace while touring in an area devastated by the Almeda fire, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020, in Phoenix, Ore. (AP Photo/John Locher)
George Coble walks through what remains of a home on his property destroyed by a wildfire Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, in Mill City, Ore. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Metal melted from a truck by the Almeda fire, is seen on a hill, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020, in Talent, Ore. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Desiree Pierce cries as she visits her home destroyed by the Almeda Fire, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in Talent, Ore. “I just needed to see it, to get some closure,” said Pierce (AP Photo/John Locher)
Local residents ride in the back of a truck through an area burned by the Riverside Fire on their way to help cut a fire line to protect other parts of the area from the fire, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, near Molalla, Ore. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Erik Tucker pours water on a smoldering stump in an area around his home burned by the Beachie Creek Fire, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, in Lyons, Ore. Tucker lost a shed but his him was intact. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Aaron Cleys holds a jug of water he was using to douse hot spots at a home destroyed by the the Riverside Fire, Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in Estacada, Ore. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Feature Photography Single Image | Emilio Morenatti
Francisco España, 60, is surrounded by members of his medical team as he looks at the Mediterranean sea from a promenade next to the Hospital del Mar in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. Francisco spent 52 days at the Intense Care of the hospital due to an infection of Coronavirus and he has being allowed by his doctors today to spend almost ten minutes at the seaside as part of a therapy to recover from the Intense Care Unit. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Feature Photography Story | Esteban Felix
Peruvian migrant Jose Collantes grieves as he cries on the coffin that contains the remains of his wife Silvia Cano, who died due to COVID-19 complications, according to Collantes, at a Catholic cemetery in Santiago, Chile, Friday, July 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
FILE - In this July 3, 2020 file photo, Jose Collantes watches workers take over the job of shoveling dirt over the coffin of his wife Silvia Cano, who died of COVID-19, after he could no longer do it due to emotional exhaustion, at the Catholic Cemetery in Santiago, Chile. Collantes said he wanted to cremate her so he could take her ashes home, but that due to cemetery bureaucracy he had been waiting two weeks and didn't want more time to pass before laying her to rest. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)
Jose Collantes holds his daughter Kehity by the grave of his wife, her mother, Silvia Cano, who died of the new coronavirus at age 37, as they visit her grave one month after burying her at the Catholic Cemetery in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. ???Daddy, daddy, why did mommy die???? asks his 5-year-old. "Because she was sick,??? he answers, not knowing what to say but feeling he has to respond. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Jose Collantes kneels next to his daughter Kehity as she pauses over the loss of her mother, Silvia Cano, who died of COVID-19 two months prior, as the five-year-old pauses from playing in the patio of their home where they live with Jose's sister in Santiago Chile, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. The father and daughter are of the thousands of people who have lost loved ones to COVID-19 in Chile, one of the countries in Latin America hardest hit by the virus. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Kehity Collantes shows a photo of her with her mother Silvia Cano, who died of COVID-19, at her home where she lives with her father and aunt in Santiago, Chile, Aug. 3, 2020. The five-year-old's mother was hospitalized with pneumonia in May when Chile was going through some of the worst days of its pandemic with around 4,000 new cases reported daily. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
In this photo on Aug. 30, 2020 Kehity Collantes stands up in a house in Santiago, Chile. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Jose Collantes lifts a curtain to encourage his five-year-old daughter Kehity to return from the patio, where she wanted to be alone, and rejoin a birthday party at a friends' home in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, two months after her mother, his wife Silvia Cano, died of COVID-19. Collantes says his daughter hasn't cried since her mother died. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Kehity Collantes puts a smile on a drawing of her late mother Silvia Cano, who died of COVID-19 at age 37 two months prior, as she illustrates her family, at home where she lives with her father and aunt in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. “Daddy, daddy, why did mommy die?” Kehity asks her father Jose. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Kehity Collantes balances on a bucket to brush her teeth in the bathroom before going to bed in the home where she lives with her father and aunt in Santiago, Chile, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, two months after her mother Silvia Cano died of COVID-19. For many pandemic survivors and those who lost loved ones, like the five-year-old Collantes, the tragedy lingers and their lives are never the same. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Jose Collantes hugs his five-year-old daughter Kehity as he puts her to bed for the night at home where they live with Jose's sister in Santiago, Chile, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, two months after they lost her mother, his wife, to COVID-19. ???I don???t want to give up,??? he said. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Reflected in the rearview mirror, Jose Collantes gets a hug from daughter Kehity while they're stopped at a red light, as Jose drives his five-year-old home from a playdate in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020, three months after they lost his wife, her mother, to COVID-19. Their case highlights how COVID-19 deaths the world over are often the beginning of a new personal journey for those affected. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Jose Collantes stands in a crowd for hours outside a bank where he went to fill out paperwork to withdraw money from the account that belonged to his late wife Silvia Cano, who died of COVID-19 two months prior in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. Collantes says he hasn't been hired as an independent electrician since he got sick in April, but that he found a temporary job in September as a deliveryman for a transportation company, which allows him to bring his five-year-old daughter. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Sports Photography Single Image | Julio Cortez
New York Mets center fielder Jake Marisnick smashes into the center field wall while chasing a triple by Baltimore Orioles' Pedro Severino during the second inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Sports Photography Story | Christophe Ena and Thibault Camus
Riders with Slovenia's Primoz Roglic, wearing the yellow jersey of the overall leader climb Grand Colombier during the stage 15 of the Tour de France cycling race over 174 kilometers (108 miles), with start in Lyon and finish in Grand Colombier, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Netherland's Tom Dumoulin climbs the Loze pass during the stage 17 of the Tour de France cycling race over 170 kilometers (105 miles), with start in Grenoble and finish in Meribel Col de la Loze, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Colombia's Miguel Angel Lopez climbs the Loze pass to win the stage 17 of the Tour de France cycling race with a start in Grenoble and finish in Meribel Col de la Loze, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
The pack rides during the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 198 kilometers (123 miles), with start in Nice and finish in Sisteron, southern France, Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Colombia's Harold Tejada climb Plateau des Glieres during the stage 18 of the Tour de France cycling race over 175 kilometers (108.7 miles) from Meribel to La Roche-sur-Foron, France, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Spectators wait for the riders during the stage 19 of the Tour de France cycling race over 166 kilometers (103 miles), with start in Bourg-en-Bresse and finish in Champagnole, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Australia's Caleb Ewan, right, races to the finish line to win stage 11 of the Tour de France cycling race over 167.5 kilometers from Chatelaillon-Plage to Poitiers Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. (Thibault Camus/Pool)
Riders in the breakeway climb Mente pass during the stage 8 of the Tour de France cycling race over 141 kilometers (87.6 miles) from Cazeres-sur-Garonne to Loudenvielle, France, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Ireland's Nicolas Roche, center, is treated by medics after falling during the tenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 168.5 kilometers (104.7 miles) from Ile d'Oleron to Ile de Re, France, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Spectators cheer the riders as they climb Colmiane pass during the second stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 186 kilometers (115,6 miles) with start and finish in Nice, southern France, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Spectators watch the riders in the Eze pass during the second stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 186 kilometers (115,6 miles) with start and finish in Nice, southern France, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Denmark's Soren Kragh Andersen crosses the finish line to win the 14th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 194 kilometers (120,5 miles) with start in Clermont-Ferrand and finish in Lyon, France, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)