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

The winners for the December 2020 AP Photo Contest are Francisco Seco for News Photography Single Image, for his photo of medical staff struggling with a COVID-19 patient in Belgium.

Natacha Pisarenko for News Photography Story, for her series on protests in Argentina on a new bill being debated in Congress on the decriminalization of abortion.

Ramon Espinosa for Feature Photography Single Image, for his photo of a people exercising on the street in Cuba during the pandemic.

Natacha Pisarenko for Feature Photography Story, for her series on transgender hiring in Argentina.

Darron Cummings for Sports Photography Single Image, for his photo of Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Zach Pascal (14) going over Houston Texans cornerback Vernon Hargreaves III (26) for a touchdown in the second half of an NFL football game in Indianapolis.

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

News Photography Single Image | Francisco Seco

Virus Outbreak Belgium

Nurse Anne-Catherine Charlier, right, and co-workers, wearing personal protection equipment, work in the intensive care ward for COVID-19 patients at the CHR Citadelle hospital in Liege, Belgium, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Belgium has been hit hard by the pandemic with more than 18,000 confirmed deaths. The patient was not confirmed but suspected to have coronavirus. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

News Photography Story | Natacha Pisarenko

Argentina Abortion

Green strips associated with the movement to decriminalize abortion hang outside the Congress as lawmakers debate a bill on its legalization, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentina Abortion

Anti-abortion rights activists pray during a demonstration against the decriminalization of abortion, outside Congress as lawmakers debate a bill on its legalization, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentina Abortion

An abortion-rights activist rests on a street as she waits for an abortion bill to be voted outside Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. The Argentine lower house has approved a bill that would legalize abortion. The bill now moves to the Senate. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentina Abortion

Abortion-rights activists watch a big screen showing lawmakers in session outside Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. The Argentine lower house has approved a bill that would legalize abortion. The bill now moves to the Senate. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentina Abortion

An activist prays during a rally against abortion as lawmakers debate its legalization, outside Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko

Argentina Abortion

Abortion-rights activists rally outside Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as lawmakers debate a bill on its legalization, on Dec. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentina Abortion

Abortion-rights activists watch live video streaming of lawmakers in session, outside Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. Congress approved a bill that legalize abortion in Argentina. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentina Abortion

Abortion-rights activists react after lawmakers approved a bill that legalizes abortion, outside Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentina Abortion

Abortion-rights activists celebrate as Argentine lower house approves a bill that would legalize abortion outside Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. The bill now moves to the Senate. (AP Photo/ Natacha Pisarenko)

Feature Photography Single Image | Ramon Espinosa

Cuba Daily Life

A man does pull ups amid the new coronavirus pandemic at a street gym in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Feature Photography Story | Natacha Pisarenko

Argentina Transgender Hiring

Transgender women celebrate Pride Day at the Hotel Gondolin where they live in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. In September, President Alberto Fernández signed a decree establishing a 1% employment quota for transgender people in the public sector. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentina Transgender Hiring

Transgender woman Guadalupe Olivares, who earns money as a sex worker, poses for a photo at the hotel where she lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. Olivares had a job interview at the Ministry of Social Development after President Alberto Fernández signed a decree establishing a 1% employment quota for transgender people in the public sector. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentina Transgender Hiring

Transgender woman Lourdes Figueroa inflates balloons at Hotel Gondolin, where she lives, to celebrate Pride Day in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. In September, President Alberto Fernández signed a decree establishing a 1% employment quota for transgender people in the public sector. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentina Transgender Hiring

Transgender man Ese Montenegro, a transgender activist hired as an adviser to the Chamber of Deputies’ women’s and diversity commission, poses for a photo at his home in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. Montenegro warns that the gap between the equality established by law and the real one remains large after President Alberto Fernández signed a decree establishing a 1% employment quota for transgender people in the public sector. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentina Transgender Hiring

Transgender woman Fabiana Rodriguez smiles during an interview where she works as a teacher at the English Institute in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. Rodríguez said that even though she has a job, education, and family, that she wouldn’t be happy if she can’t be who she really is. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentina Transgender Hiring

Transgender woman Angeles Rojas poses for a photo as she walks down a corridor of the National Bank where she works in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. The 23-year-old joined the human resources department of Banco Nación, Argentina's leading state bank, this year, after President Alberto Fernández signed a decree establishing a 1% employment quota for transgender people in the public sector. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentina Transgender Hiring

Transgender woman Guadalupe Olivares, who earns money as a sex worker, poses for a photo in her room in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. “I think almost 100% of us have never had a formal job. You don't know what a paycheck is or social security benefits. It's a totally new world, ”said Olivares, after President Alberto Fernández signed a decree establishing a 1% employment quota for transgender people in the public sector. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentina Transgender Hiring

Transgender woman Fabiana Rodríguez, an English teacher, poses for a portrait with her shadow overlaying the message she wrote on her blackboard: "Equal rights, I am Fabiana" during an interview at the English Institute where she works as a language teacher in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. Rodríguez said that even though she has a job, education, and family, she wouldn’t be happy if she can’t be who she really is. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentina Transgender Hiring

Transgender woman Angeles Rojas enters a room at Banco Nación where she works in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. Rojas, 23, joined the most important public bank in Argentina this year as part of the trans labor quota that is part of the public policies in favor of the LGBT community that the South American country has implemented in the last decade. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Sports Photography Single Image | Darron Cummings

Texans Colts Football

Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Zach Pascal (14) goes over Houston Texans cornerback Vernon Hargreaves III (26) for a touchdown in the second half of an NFL football game in Indianapolis, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

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