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

The winners for the June 2020 AP Photo Contest are Maye-E Wong for News Photography Single Image, for her photo of a black lives matter protester embracing a police officer in New York City. Maye-E Wong for News Photography Story, for her series on black lives matter protests in New York City.

Emilio Morenatti for Feature Photography Single Image, for his photo of an elderly couple kissing through plastic during the coronavirus pandemic in Spain.

Alexander Zemlianichenko for Feature Photography Story, for his series on a Russian priest during the coronavirus pandemic.

John Bazemore for Sports Photography Single Image, for his image of NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace being consoled by team owner Richard Petty prior to the start of the NASCAR Cup Series at the Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala.

David J. Phillip for Sports Photography Story, for his coverage of the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas

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

News Photography Single Image | Maye-E Wong

Standoff Shake

A protester and a police officer shake hands in the middle of a standoff during a solidarity rally calling for justice over the death of George Floyd Tuesday, June 2, 2020, in New York. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

News Photography Story | Maye-E Wong

Racial Injustice Protests in New York

A man holds a U.S. flag upside down, a sign of distress, as protesters march down the street during a solidarity rally for George Floyd, Sunday, May 31, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Protests were held throughout the city over the death of Floyd, a black man in police custody in Minneapolis who died after being restrained by police officers on Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Protesters reenact the scene where George Floyd was restrained by police while marching in a solidarity rally calling for justice over the death of George Floyd Tuesday, June 2, 2020, in New York. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Protesters march during a solidarity rally calling for justice over the death of George Floyd, Thursday, June 4, 2020, in New York. Floyd died May 25 after being restrained by police in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Police arrest a protester during a solidarity rally for George Floyd, Saturday, May 30, 2020, in New York. Protests were held throughout the city over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Protesters march down the street as trash burns in the background during a solidarity rally for George Floyd, Saturday, May 30, 2020, in New York. Protests were held throughout the city over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

A protester who was arrested for breaking a curfew during a rally calling for justice over the death of George Floyd looks out from a police van on Thursday, June 4, 2020, in New York. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

People run out of a smoke shop with smoking instruments after breaking in as police arrive on Monday, June 1, 2020, in New York. Protests were held throughout the city over the death of George Floyd, a black man in police custody in Minneapolis who died after being restrained by police officers on Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Police run towards people as they jump out of a store with items they took hours after a solidarity rally calling for justice over the death of George Floyd Monday, June 1, 2020, in New York. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Police arrest protesters for breaking a curfew by marching through Manhattan Wednesday, June 3, 2020, in New York, during a solidarity rally calling for justice over the death of George Floyd. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Police hold off protesters during a solidarity rally for George Floyd, Sunday, May 31, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Protests were held throughout the city over the death of Floyd, a black man in police custody in Minneapolis who died after being restrained by police officers on Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

A protester and a police officer shake hands in the middle of a standoff during a solidarity rally calling for justice over the death of George Floyd Tuesday, June 2, 2020, in New York. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Protesters march across the Brooklyn Bridge as part of a solidarity rally calling for justice over the death of George Floyd Monday, June 1, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Feature Photography Single Image | Emilio Morenatti

Plastic Kiss

In this Monday, June 22, 2020 photo, Agustina Cañamero, 81, and Pascual Pérez, 84, hug and kiss through a plastic film screen to avoid contracting the new coronavirus at a nursing home in Barcelona, Spain. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Feature Photography Story | Alexander Zemlianichenko

Russia: A Helping Priest

ON HOLD TO GO WITH VIRUS OUTBREAK RUSSIA PRIESTIn this photo taken on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, Father Vasily Gelevan, wearing a face mask and gloves to protect against the coronavirus, prepares to conduct a service at the Church of the Annunciation of the Holy Virgin in Sokolniki in Moscow, Russia. In addition to his regular duties as a Russian Orthodox priest, Father Vasily visits people infected with COVID-19 at their homes and hospitals. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

ON HOLD TO GO WITH VIRUS OUTBREAK RUSSIA PRIESTIn this photo taken on Saturday, May 30, 2020, Father Vasily Gelevan conducts a service at the empty Church of the Annunciation of the Holy Virgin in Sokolniki, in Moscow, Russia. Russian Orthodox Churches in Moscow have been closed for parishioners since April 13 due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

ON HOLD TO GO WITH VIRUS OUTBREAK RUSSIA PRIESTIn this photo taken on Tuesday, May 26, 2020, A volunteer helps Father Vasily Gelevan put on a biohazard suit and gloves to protect against the coronavirus before visiting a patient suspected of being infected with COVID-19 at her apartment in Moscow, Russia. In addition to his regular duties as a Russian Orthodox priest, Father Vasily visits people infected with COVID-19 at their homes and hospitals. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

ON HOLD TO GO WITH VIRUS OUTBREAK RUSSIA PRIESTIn this photo taken on Monday, June 1, 2020, In this photo taken on Monday, June 1, 2020, Father Vasily Gelevan wearing a biohazard suit and gloves to protect against the coronavirus, blesses Lyudmila Polyak, 86, suspected of having coronavirus at her apartment in Moscow, Russia. In addition to his regular duties as a Russian Orthodox priest, Father Vasily visits people infected with COVID-19 at their homes and hospitals. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

ON HOLD TO GO WITH VIRUS OUTBREAK RUSSIA PRIESTIn this photo taken on Tuesday, May 26, 2020, Father Vasily Gelevan, wearing a biohazard suit and gloves to protect against the coronavirus, gives the Bible to kiss to Serafima Matveyeva, 92, who is suspected of being infected with the coronavirus, at her apartment in Moscow, Russia. In addition to his regular duties as a Russian Orthodox priest, Father Vasily visits people infected with COVID-19 at their homes and hospitals. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

ON HOLD TO GO WITH VIRUS OUTBREAK RUSSIA PRIESTIn this photo taken on Monday, June 1, 2020, Father Vasily Gelevan, wearing a biohazard suit and gloves to protect against the coronavirus, speaks to Lyudmila Polyak, 86, who is suspected of being infected with the coronavirus, at her apartment in Moscow, Russia. In addition to his regular duties as a Russian Orthodox priest, Father Vasily visits people infected with COVID-19 at their homes and hospitals. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

ON HOLD TO GO WITH VIRUS OUTBREAK RUSSIA PRIESTIn this photo taken on Tuesday, May 26, 2020, Father Vasily Gelevan, wearing a biohazard suit and gloves to protect against the coronavirus, blesses Tamara Trusova, 90, who is suspected of having coronavirus, at her apartment in Moscow, Russia. In addition to his regular duties as a Russian Orthodox priest, Father Vasily visits people infected with COVID-19 at their homes and hospitals. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

ON HOLD TO GO WITH VIRUS OUTBREAK RUSSIA PRIESTIn this photo taken on Tuesday, May 26, 2020, A volunteer disinfects Father Vasily Gelevan after a visit to a patient suspected of being infected with COVID-19 at her apartment in Moscow, Russia. In addition to his regular duties as a Russian Orthodox priest, Father Vasily visits people infected with COVID-19 at their homes and hospitals. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

ON HOLD TO GO WITH VIRUS OUTBREAK RUSSIA PRIESTIn this photo taken on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, Father Vasily Gelevan gives a candle to a daughter of a person who died of apoplexy during a funeral service at the Church of the Annunciation of the Holy Virgin in Sokolniki, in Moscow, Russia.In addition to his regular duties as a Russian Orthodox priest, Father Vasily visits people infected with COVID-19 at their homes and hospitals. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

ON HOLD TO GO WITH VIRUS OUTBREAK RUSSIA PRIESTIn this photo taken on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, Father Vasily Gelevan speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the Church of the Annunciation of the Holy Virgin in Sokolniki in Moscow, Russia.The fresco in the background depicts a Russian Orthodox priest walking with a cross in hand alongside Russian army soldiers in a 1904 battle with Japanese troops.In addition to his regular duties as a Russian Orthodox priest, Father Vasily visits people infected with COVID-19 at their homes and hospitals.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

ON HOLD TO GO WITH VIRUS OUTBREAK RUSSIA PRIESTIn this photo taken on Monday, June 1, 2020, Father Vasily Gelevan takes rest after conducting a funeral service at a hospital morgue in Moscow, Russia. In addition to his regular duties as a Russian Orthodox priest, Father Vasily visits people infected with COVID-19 at their homes and hospitals. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

ON HOLD TO GO WITH VIRUS OUTBREAK RUSSIA PRIESTIn this photo taken on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, Father Vasily Gelevan wearing a face mask to protect against the coronavirus, reads messages on his phone after parking his minyvan near his apartment building in Moscow, Russia. In addition to his regular duties as a Russian Orthodox priest, Father Vasily visits people infected with COVID-19 at their homes and hospitals. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Sports Photography Single Image | John Bazemore

NASCAR Talladega Auto Racing

NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace is consoled by team owner Richard Petty, right, prior to the start of the NASCAR Cup Series at the Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala., Monday, June 22, 2020. In an extraordinary act of solidarity with Wallace, NASCAR's only Black driver, dozens of drivers pushed his car to the front of the field before Monday's race. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Sports Photography Story | David J. Phillip

Charles Schwab Challenge

Grounds keepers mow the ninth green before practice for the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, Wednesday, June 10, 2020. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

A mask was placed on a statue of Ben Hogan near the clubhouse during a practice round for the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, Wednesday, June 10, 2020. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Signs at various locations remind golfers of social distancing rules during the first round of the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, June 11, 2020. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Harold Varner III examines his ball that landed on a bridge after his tee shot on the 10th hole during the second round of the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, June 12, 2020. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Harold Varner III tees off at the 11th hole during the second round of the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, June 12, 2020. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

South Korea's Sung Kang's caddie Damon Green uses a disinfectant wipe to hold the flag on the 16th green during the second round of the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, June 12, 2020. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Justin Thomas tees off on the 17th hole during the second round of the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, Friday, June 12, 2020. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, watches his tee shot on the second hole during the third round of the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday, June 13, 2020. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Coilin Morikawa watches his tee shot on the 17th hole during the final round of the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, June 14, 2020. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

With no spectators in attendance, Coillin Morikawa misses a birdie putt on the 18th hole during the final round of the Charles Schwab Challenge golf tournament at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, June 14, 2020. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)