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

The winners for the April 2021 AP Photo Contest are Channi Anand for News Photography Single Image, for his photo of a relative of a person who died of COVID-19 breaking down during cremation in Jammu, India.

Julio Cortez for News Photography Story, for his series of images documenting events surrounding the murder trial against former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin.

Emilio Morenatti for Feature Photography Single Image, for his image of Javier Anto, 90, reacting in front of his wife Carmen Panzano, 92, through a window separating a nursing home she is at from the street in Barcelona, Spain.

Petros Giannakouris for Feature Photography Story, for his series on businesses in Athens, Greece, which have remained shut since November when the Greek government imposed a second lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 infections.

Charles Rex Arbogast for Sports Photography Single Image, for his photo of Tampa Bay Lightning's Erik Cernak (81) pushing Chicago Blackhawks' Connor Murphy to the ice during their fight in the second period of an NHL hockey game in Chicago.

Ashley Landis for Sports Photography Story, for her series on the TYR Pro Swim Series swim meet in Mission Viejo, California.

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

News Photography Single Image | Channi Anand

Virus Outbreak India

A relative of a person who died of COVID-19 breaks down during cremation in Jammu, India, Sunday, April 25, 2021. Delhi has been cremating so many bodies of coronavirus victims that authorities are getting requests to start cutting down trees in city parks, as a second record surge has brought India's tattered healthcare system to its knees. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

News Photography Story | Julio Cortez

Police Shooting Minnesota

Community organizer Anthea Yur, left, hugs Del Shea Perry, mother of Hardel Sherrell who died in police custody, during a rally at the site where George Floyd was killed, Sunday, April 18, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Police Shooting Minnesota

A person listens to speakers during a rally outside the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis on Monday, April 19, 2021, after the murder trial against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin advanced to jury deliberations. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Police Shooting Minnesota

People participate in a rally outside of the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis on Monday, April 19, 2021, after the murder trial against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin advanced to jury deliberations. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Police Shooting Minnesota

Michael Wilson, left, of Minneapolis, hugs Phoneix Robles, of New York City, near a mural at the site where George Floyd was killed, Sunday, April 18, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Police Shooting Minnesota

A video screen is seen as the jury affirms a guilty verdict at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minn. Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of Floyd. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Police Shooting Minnesota

Philonise Floyd, Attorney Ben Crump and the Rev, Al Sharpton, from left, react after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minn. Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of Floyd. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Police Shooting Minnesota

Attorney Tony Romanucci, center left, hugs Donald Williams, a key witness in the trial of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin, during a news conference after the verdict was read, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Police Shooting Minnesota

George Floyd's brother Philonise Floyd wipes his eyes during a news conference, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis, after the verdict was read in the trial of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Police Shooting Minnesota

Angela Harrelson, center, aunt of George Floyd, talks to supporters at George Floyd Square after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of Floyd. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Police Shooting Minnesota

A crowd is seen at George Floyd Square after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of Floyd. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Police Shooting Minnesota

A crowd is seen next to the spot where George Floyd was murdered at George Floyd Square after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of Floyd. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Police Shooting Minnesota

Damarra Atkins paid her respects to George Floyd at a mural at George Floyd Square, Friday, April 23, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Feature Photography Single Image | Emilio Morenatti

Window Visit

Javier Anto, 90, reacts in front of his wife Carmen Panzano, 92, through the window separating the nursing home from the street in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Since the pandemic struck, a glass pane has separated _ and united _ Javier and Carmen for the first prolonged period of their six-decade marriage. Anto has made coming to the street-level window that looks into the nursing home where his wife, since it was closed to visits when COVID-19 struck Spain last spring. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Feature Photography Story | Petros Giannakouris

Shuttered Restaurants

A cat stands near coloured chairs and tables stored outside a closed traditional restaurant in Monastiraki, district of Athens, on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Restaurants, bars and cafes, whose nature it is to gather groups of people closely together, have remained shut since November when the Greek government imposed a second lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Shuttered Restaurants

A replica of an ancient Greek column stands next to stored tables and umbrellas outside a shuttered coffee shop in Thission, district of Athens, on Thursday, March 18, 2021. Restaurants, bars and cafes, whose nature it is to gather groups of people closely together, have remained shut since November when the Greek government imposed a second lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Shuttered Restaurants

Iron tables stand in front of a decorated fence outside a shuttered traditional restaurant in Plaka, district of Athens, on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Restaurants, bars and cafes, whose nature it is to gather groups of people closely together, have remained shut since November when the Greek government imposed a second lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Shuttered Restaurants

Tables and chairs stand outside a shuttered traditional fish restaurant in Aspropyrgos, a northwest suburb of Athens, on Friday, March 26, 2021. Restaurants, bars and cafes, whose nature it is to gather groups of people closely together, have remained shut since November when the Greek government imposed a second lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Shuttered Restaurants

A rope used for decoration is placed on a canvas that covers tables and chairs of a shuttered fish restaurant at the seaside suburb of Kavouri, district of Athens, on Thursday, March 25, 2021. Restaurants, bars and cafes, whose nature it is to gather groups of people closely together, have remained shut since November when the Greek government imposed a second lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Shuttered Restaurants

Two umbrellas lean against a wall with a painting depicting a scene of an old Greek movie outside a shuttered traditional restaurant in Plaka, district of Athens, on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Restaurants, bars and cafes, whose nature it is to gather groups of people closely together, have remained shut since November when the Greek government imposed a second lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Shuttered Restaurants

Freshly painted white iron chairs stand outside a coffee shop in Psyri, district of Athens, on Thursday, March 18, 2021. Restaurants, bars and cafes, whose nature it is to gather groups of people closely together, have remained shut since November when the Greek government imposed a second lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Shuttered Restaurants

Tables and chairs, most of them covered with a canvas, are stored outside a shuttered fish restaurant at the seaside suburb of Kavouri, district of Athens, on Thursday, March 25, 2021. Restaurants, bars and cafes, whose nature it is to gather groups of people closely together, have remained shut since November when the Greek government imposed a second lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Shuttered Restaurants

Tables are stored outside a shuttered coffee shop as a cat looks on, in Plaka , district of Athens, on Monday, March 29, 2021. Restaurants, bars and cafes, whose nature it is to gather groups of people closely together, have remained shut since November when the Greek government imposed a second lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Shuttered Restaurants

Chairs, tables and heaters are piled outside a shuttered traditional restaurant in Plaka, district of Athens, on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Restaurants, bars and cafes, whose nature it is to gather groups of people closely together, have remained shut since November when the Greek government imposed a second lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Shuttered Restaurants

Chairs are stored outside a shuttered coffee shop in Plaka, district of Athens, on Monday, March 29, 2021. Restaurants, bars and cafes, whose nature it is to gather groups of people closely together, have remained shut since November when the Greek government imposed a second lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Shuttered Restaurants

Umbrellas outside a shuttered coffee shop in Thission, district of Athens, on Thursday, March 18, 2021. Restaurants, bars and cafes, whose nature it is to gather groups of people closely together, have remained shut since November when the Greek government imposed a second lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Sports Photography Single Image | Charles Rex Arbogast

Lightning Blackhawks Hockey

Tampa Bay Lightning's Erik Cernak (81) pushes Chicago Blackhawks' Connor Murphy to the ice during their fight in the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Sports Photography Story | Ashley Landis

TYR Pro Swim Series

Katie Ledecky dives in to the pool at the start of the women's 1500-meter freestyle final at the TYR Pro Swim Series swim meet Sunday, April 11, 2021, in Mission Viejo, Calif. Ledecky finished first. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

TYR Pro Swim Series

Swimmers warm up before the TYR Pro Swim Series swim meet Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Mission Viejo, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

TYR Pro Swim Series

Ashley Twichell competes in women's 800 meter freestyle at the TYR Pro Swim Series swim meet Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Mission Viejo, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

TYR Pro Swim Series

Katie McLaughlin dives in at the start of the women's 200 meter freestyle prelim at the TYR Pro Swim Series swim meet Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Mission Viejo, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

TYR Pro Swim Series

Reece Whitley competes in the men's 200-meter breaststroke final at the TYR Pro Swim Series swim meet Saturday, April 10, 2021, in Mission Viejo, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

TYR Pro Swim Series

A swimmer warms up at the TYR Pro Swim Series swim meet Sunday, April 11, 2021, in Mission Viejo, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

TYR Pro Swim Series

Will Gallant, left, and Jordan Wilimovsky compete in the men's 1500-meter freestyle final at the TYR Pro Swim Series swim meet Sunday, April 11, 2021, in Mission Viejo, Calif. Wilimovsky finished first. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

TYR Pro Swim Series

Kathleen Baker competes in the women's 200-meter IM final at the TYR Pro Swim Series swim meet Sunday, April 11, 2021, in Mission Viejo, Calif. Baker came in third. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

TYR Pro Swim Series

Michael Andrew competes in the men's 100-meter breaststroke final at the TYR Pro Swim Series swim meet Friday, April 9, 2021, in Mission Viejo, Calif. Andrew came in third. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

TYR Pro Swim Series

Kenan Dols competes in the men's 200-meter IM final at the TYR Pro Swim Series swim meet Sunday, April 11, 2021, in Mission Viejo, Calif. Andrew finished first. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)