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

The winners for the November 2021 AP Photo Contest are Oded Balilty for News Photography Single Image, for his photo of Israeli child Rafael Peled, 8, looking through VR virtual reality goggles as he receives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from medical staff at the Sheba Tel Hashomer Hospital in Ramat Gan, Israel.

Manu Fernandez for News Photography Story, for his series on the exhumation of thousands of victims of Francisco Franco's brutal regime in Spain from the country's hundreds of mass graves.

Manish Swarup for Feature Photography Single Image, for his photo of a woman bathing her daughter in the Yamuna River, covered by a chemical foam caused by industrial and domestic pollution as the skyline is enveloped in toxic smog, in New Delhi, India.

Ariana Cubillos for Feature Photography Story, for her story on the medical crisis in Venezuela of poor Venezuelan children not having received organ or bone marrow transplants since 2017.

Mark Schiefelbein for Sports Photography Single Image, for his photo of Tobias Mueller of Germany falling while competing with Johannes Aujesky of Austria during the small final in men’s ski cross during the FIS Ski Cross World Cup, a test event for the 2022 Winter Olympics, at the Genting Resort Secret Garden in Zhangjiakou in northern China’s Hebei Province.

Aijaz Rahi for Sports Photography Story, for his coverage of T20 World Cup Cricket in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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

News Photography Single Image | Oded Balilty

Virus Outbreak Israel

Israeli child Rafael Peled, 8, looks through a VR virtual reality goggles as he receives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from medical staff at the Sheba Tel Hashomer Hospital in Ramat Gan, Israel, Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. Israel has approved the coronavirus vaccine for children aged 5 to 11. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

News Photography Story | Manu Fernandez

Spain Mass Grave

A volunteer works next to skull of a victim before his exhumation inside a mass grave at an excavation of A.R.M.H., Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory at the cemetery in Guadalajara, Spain, Friday, Oct. 8, 2021. For decades, family members of the tens of thousands victims of Francisco Franco's brutal regime in Spain have had little help from central authorities to recover their loved ones from the country's hundreds of mass graves. Some aid should finally be on its way as a bill makes its way through Spain's Parliament that the left-wing government promises will finally make the state responsible for the exhumation of the missing. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Spain Mass Grave

Forensic Flavia Teixeira works next to a skull of a victim after an exhumation inside a mass grave at an excavation of A.R.M.H., Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory at the cemetery in Guadalajara, Spain, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. For decades, family members of the tens of thousands victims of Francisco Franco's brutal regime in Spain have had little help from central authorities to recover their loved ones from the country's hundreds of mass graves. Some aid should finally be on its way as a bill makes its way through Spain's Parliament that the left-wing government promises will finally make the state responsible for the exhumation of the missing. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Spain Mass Grave

Forensics Flavia Teixeira, right, and Goncalo Carmin, second right, work after an exhumation inside a mass grave at an excavation an A.R.M.H., Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory at the cemetery in Guadalajara, Spain, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. For decades, family members of the tens of thousands victims of Francisco Franco's brutal regime in Spain have had little help from central authorities to recover their loved ones from the country's hundreds of mass graves. Some aid should finally be on its way as a bill makes its way through Spain's Parliament that the left-wing government promises will finally make the state responsible for the exhumation of the missing. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Spain Mass Grave

Forensic Flavia Teixeira works next to a skeleton of a victim after an exhumation inside a mass grave at an excavation an A.R.M.H., Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory at the cemetery in Guadalajara, Spain, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. For decades, family members of the tens of thousands victims of Francisco Franco's brutal regime in Spain have had little help from central authorities to recover their loved ones from the country's hundreds of mass graves. Some aid should finally be on its way as a bill makes its way through Spain's Parliament that the left-wing government promises will finally make the state responsible for the exhumation of the missing. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Spain Mass Grave

A skull of a victim is pictured after an exhumation inside a mass grave at an excavation of A.R.M.H., Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory at the cemetery in Guadalajara, Spain, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. For decades, family members of the tens of thousands victims of Francisco Franco's brutal regime in Spain have had little help from central authorities to recover their loved ones from the country's hundreds of mass graves. Some aid should finally be on its way as a bill makes its way through Spain's Parliament that the left-wing government promises will finally make the state responsible for the exhumation of the missing. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Spain Mass Grave

Soil from the exhumation is pictured at an excavation an A.R.M.H., Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory at the cemetery in Guadalajara, Spain, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. For decades, family members of the tens of thousands victims of Francisco Franco's brutal regime in Spain have had little help from central authorities to recover their loved ones from the country's hundreds of mass graves. Some aid should finally be on its way as a bill makes its way through Spain's Parliament that the left-wing government promises will finally make the state responsible for the exhumation of the missing. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Spain Mass Grave

A woman stands next to a mass grave during an exhumation at an excavation of A.R.M.H., Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory at the cemetery in Guadalajara, Spain, Friday, Oct. 8, 2021. For decades, family members of the tens of thousands victims of Francisco Franco's brutal regime in Spain have had little help from central authorities to recover their loved ones from the country's hundreds of mass graves. Some aid should finally be on its way as a bill makes its way through Spain's Parliament that the left-wing government promises will finally make the state responsible for the exhumation of the missing. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Spain Mass Grave

The skull of a victim is pictured before his exhumation inside a mass grave at an excavation of A.R.M.H., Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory at the cemetery in Guadalajara, Spain, Friday, Oct. 8, 2021. For decades, family members of the tens of thousands victims of Francisco Franco's brutal regime in Spain have had little help from central authorities to recover their loved ones from the country's hundreds of mass graves. Some aid should finally be on its way as a bill makes its way through Spain's Parliament that the left-wing government promises will finally make the state responsible for the exhumation of the missing. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Spain Mass Grave

A volunteer works next to the bones of a victim before his exhumation inside a mass grave at an excavation of A.R.M.H., Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory at the cemetery in Guadalajara, Spain, Friday, Oct. 8, 2021. For decades, family members of the tens of thousands victims of Francisco Franco's brutal regime in Spain have had little help from central authorities to recover their loved ones from the country's hundreds of mass graves. Some aid should finally be on its way as a bill makes its way through Spain's Parliament that the left-wing government promises will finally make the state responsible for the exhumation of the missing. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Spain Mass Grave

A flower hangs from the wall of a mass grave at an excavation of A.R.M.H., Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory at the cemetery in Guadalajara, Spain, Friday, Oct. 8, 2021. For decades, family members of the tens of thousands victims of Francisco Franco's brutal regime in Spain have had little help from central authorities to recover their loved ones from the country's hundreds of mass graves. Some aid should finally be on its way as a bill makes its way through Spain's Parliament that the left-wing government promises will finally make the state responsible for the exhumation of the missing. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Feature Photography Single Image | Manish Swarup

India Pollution

A woman bathes her daughter in the Yamuna River, covered by a chemical foam caused by industrial and domestic pollution as the skyline is enveloped in toxic smog, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Feature Photography Story | Ariana Cubillos

Venezuela Pediatric Transplants

Julieres hugs the coffin that contains the remains of her 4-year-old son Joshue, during a funeral service in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Oct 27, 2021. Joshue was on a list to receive a bone marrow transplant. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela Pediatric Transplants

Josue, 4, who suffers from cancer, is carried on the shoulders of a person during a gathering demanding the reactivation of the organ transplant program in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela Pediatric Transplants

Toys and flowers adorn the coffin that contains the remains of her 4-year-old son Joshue, during a funeral service in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Oct 27, 2021. Joshue was on a list to receive a bone marrow transplant. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela Pediatric Transplants

Shoes along with the names of children who have died waiting for an organ transplant are placed outside the Mexican Embassy, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday Aug. 12, 2021. Mothers of the children are asking for the medical crisis to be a topic of discussion in Friday's dialogue in Mexico City between Venezuela’s government and opposition members, in talks mediated by Norway. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela Pediatric Transplants

Jeannys Herrera visits the tomb of her 9 years old daughter Gineth Gil at the Cementery of the Sur in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Nov 11, 2021. Gineth died waiting for a organ transplant. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela Pediatric Transplants

The bed of Gineth Gil, with her favorite cloths on the top at home in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Nov 11, 2021. Gineth died at age 9 waiting for an organ transplant. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela Pediatric Transplants

Jeannys Herrera shows a tatoo with the face of her daughter Gineth Gil who died waiting for an organ transplant at her house in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Nov 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela Pediatric Transplants

Niurka Faneytten hugs her granddaughter Genesis Rodriguez, 11, at her house in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. Genesis receives dialysis treatments three times a week. She is on a waiting list for a kidney transplant. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela Pediatric Transplants

Angel Cespedes, 14, receives treatment at a dialysis unit in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Nov 3, 2021. Angel, who has been receiving dialysis for about 4 years, is on a waiting list for a transplant. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela Pediatric Transplants

Angel Cespedes, 14, is held by his mother Yohelys Cespedes on their trip back home after they both received dialysis treatment in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Nov 8, 2021. Angel, who has been receiving dialysis for about 4 years, is on a waiting list for a kidney transplant. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela Pediatric Transplants

Angel Cespedes, 14, is carried by his 13-year-old brother Eliecer to their home along with their mother Yohelys Cespedes, right, after She and Angel received dialysis treatment, in Valles del Tuy on the outskirts of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Nov 8, 2021. Angel, who has been receiving dialysis for about 4 years, is on a waiting list for a kidney transplant. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela Pediatric Transplants

Angel Cespedes sits on his bed as he feels unwell after received dialysis treatment, at his home in Valles del Tuy on the outskirts of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Nov 8, 2021. Angel, who has been receiving dialysis for about 4 years, is on a waiting list for a kidney transplant. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Sports Photography Single Image | Mark Schiefelbein

China Ski Cross World Cup

Tobias Mueller of Germany falls while competing with Johannes Aujesky of Austria during the small final in men’s ski cross during the FIS Ski Cross World Cup, a test event for the 2022 Winter Olympics, at the Genting Resort Secret Garden in Zhangjiakou in northern China’s Hebei Province, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)