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

The winners for the May 2021 AP Photo Contest are Dar Yasin for News Photography Single Image, for his photo of a Kashmiri doctor in a protective suit taking a nasal swab sample of a nomad to test for COVID-19 in Budgam, southwest of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir.

Bernat Armangue for News Photography Story, for his series of images documenting thousands of migrants arriving into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, near the border of Morocco and Spain.

Rafiq Maqbool for Feature Photography Single Image, for his photo of fishermen trying to move a fishing boat to safer ground on the Arabian Sea coast in Mumbai, India, as cyclone Tauktae was moving in.

Julio Cortez for Feature Photography Story, for his series documenting the Herndon Monument Climb at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.

Eugene Hoshiko for Sports Photography Single Image, for his photo of athletes warming up prior to the men's synchronized 10-meter platform preliminary at the FINA Diving World Cup at the Tokyo Aquatics Center in Tokyo.

David J. Phillip for Sports Photography Story, for his series of the PGA Championship golf tournament on the Ocean Course in Kiawah Island, S.C.

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

News Photography Single Image | Dar Yasin

Virus Outbreak India Kashmir

A Kashmiri doctor in protective suit takes a nasal swab sample of a nomad to test for COVID-19 in Budgam southwest of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. India’s total virus cases since the pandemic began swept past 25 million on Tuesday as the country registered more than 260,000 new cases and a record 4,329 fatalities in the past 24 hours. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

News Photography Story | Bernat Armangue

Spain Europe Migrants

A migrant is comforted by a member of the Spanish Red Cross near the border of Morocco and Spain, at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. The migrant was sent back to Morocco by Spanish security forces. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Spain Europe Migrants

Migrants cross into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, near the border of Morocco and Spain, on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Spain deployed its military to the Moroccan border Tuesday as thousands of migrants jumped fences or swam onto European soil for the second day in a row after Rabat loosened border controls amid a deepening diplomatic spat. Morocco's loosened border watch came after Spain decided to grant entry for medical treatment to the chief of a militant group that fights for the independence of Western Sahara. Morocco annexed the sprawling region on the west coast of Africa in 1975. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Spain Europe Migrants

Migrants arrive at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, near the border of Morocco and Spain, early Wednesday, May 19, 2021. Spanish officials are acknowledging for the first time that the unprecedented migrant crisis has been triggered by an angry Rabat at Madrid’s decision to provide medical treatment to the militant boss of the Polisario Front. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Spain Europe Migrants

A Spanish civil guard wait for migrants to arrive at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, near the border of Morocco and Spain, early Wednesday, May 19, 2021. Spanish officials are acknowledging for the first time that the unprecedented migrant crisis has been triggered by an angry Rabat at Madrid’s decision to provide medical treatment to the militant boss of the Polisario Front. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Spain Europe Migrants

Spanish Army soldiers expel a migrant from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Ceuta, a Spanish city of 85,000 in northern Africa, faces a humanitarian crisis after thousands of Moroccans took advantage of relaxed border control in their country to swim or paddle in inflatable boats into European soil. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Spain Europe Migrants

A sub-Saharan migrants writes his name on the breakwater in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Friday, May 21, 2021. Residents of Spain's multiethnic city of Ceuta are used to being in the news every time the fragile alliance between Madrid and Rabat shakes up. But when relations hit a two-decade low this week over Spain's help to one of Morocco's top enemies, “Ceutis" confronted the sudden arrival of thousands of African migrants with both sympathy and concern — and in some cases outright hostility. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Spain Europe Migrants

Migrants cross into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, near the border of Morocco and Spain, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. Spanish officials are acknowledging for the first time that the unprecedented migrant crisis has been triggered by an angry Rabat at Madrid’s decision to provide medical treatment to the militant boss of the Polisario Front. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Spain Europe Migrants

Unaccompanied minors who crossed into Spain are gathered outside a warehouse used as temporary shelter as they wait to be tested for COVID-19 at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, near the border of Morocco and Spain, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. Social services for the small city perched on an outcropping in the Mediterranean buckled under the strain after more than 8,000 people crossed into Spanish territory during the previous two days. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Spain Europe Migrants

Migrants take shelter inside an abandoned building in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Friday, May 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Spain Europe Migrants

Spanish security forces expel migrants from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, at the border of Morocco and Spain, late Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Spain Europe Migrants

The body of a young man covered with an emergency blanket after being recovered by Spanish police from waters near the border between Morocco and Spain’s north African enclave of Ceuta, Thursday, May 20, 2021. Thousands of migrants jumped or swam around a border fence to reach European soil this week after Morocco loosened its border patrols. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Spain Europe Migrants

Migrants who recently crossed into Spain help funeral workers during the burial of a Moroccan teenager in the muslim cemetery of Ceuta, Saturday, May 22, 2021. The young man died on Monday 17 trying to swim across the border from Morocco to Spain’s North Africa enclave together with thousands of other migrants. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Feature Photography Single Image | Rafiq Maqbool

India Cyclone

Fishermen try to move a fishing boat to a safer ground on the Arabian Sea coast in Mumbai, India, Monday, May 17, 2021. Cyclone Tauktae, roaring in the Arabian Sea was moving toward India's western coast on Monday as authorities tried to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people and suspended COVID-19 vaccinations in one state. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Feature Photography Story | Julio Cortez

Navy Monument Climb

Midshipman 4th Class Michael Lancaster, 19, of Signal Hill, Tenn., reacts after placing a cover atop of the Herndon Monument during the Herndon Monument Climb at the U.S. Naval Academy, Saturday, May 22, 2021, in Annapolis, Md. Freshmen, known as Plebes, participate in the climb to celebrate finishing their first year at the academy. The climb took 3:41 hours to complete. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Navy Monument Climb

Midshipmen 4th Class from the 14th Company rip their shirts as they run toward the Herndon Monument during the Herndon Monument Climb at the U.S. Naval Academy, Saturday, May 22, 2021, in Annapolis, Md. Freshmen, known as Plebes, participate in the climb to celebrate finishing their first year at the academy. The climb, which took 3:41 hours to complete, was reached when Midshipman 4th Class Michael Lancaster, 19, center, of Signal Hill, Tenn., of the 14th Company, placed a cover atop the monument. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Navy Monument Climb

Midshipmen freshmen, known as Plebes, pile on while trying to reach the top of the Herndon Monument during the Herndon Monument Climb at the U.S. Naval Academy, Saturday, May 22, 2021, in Annapolis, Md. Freshmen, known as Plebes, participate in the climb to celebrate finishing their first year at the academy. The climb, which took 3:41 hours to complete, was reached when Midshipman 4th Class Michael Lancaster, 19, center, of Signal Hill, Tenn., of the 14th Company, placed a cover atop the monument. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Navy Monument Climb

Midshipmen are seen through the hole of a ship’s anchor as they climb on each other during the Herndon Monument Climb at the U.S. Naval Academy, Saturday, May 22, 2021, in Annapolis, Md. Freshmen, known as Plebes, participate in the climb to celebrate finishing their first year at the academy. The climb, which took 3:41 hours to complete, was reached when Midshipman 4th Class Michael Lancaster, 19, center, of Signal Hill, Tenn., of the 14th Company, placed a cover atop the monument. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Navy Monument Climb

Midshipmen freshmen, known as Plebes, pile on while trying to reach the top of the Herndon Monument during the Herndon Monument Climb at the U.S. Naval Academy, Saturday, May 22, 2021, in Annapolis, Md. Freshmen, known as Plebes, participate in the climb to celebrate finishing their first year at the academy. The climb, which took 3:41 hours to complete, was reached when Midshipman 4th Class Michael Lancaster, 19, center, of Signal Hill, Tenn., of the 14th Company, placed a cover atop the monument. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Navy Monument Climb

Midshipmen freshmen, known as Plebes, pile on while trying to reach the top of the Herndon Monument during the Herndon Monument Climb at the U.S. Naval Academy, Saturday, May 22, 2021, in Annapolis, Md. Freshmen, known as Plebes, participate in the climb to celebrate finishing their first year at the academy. The climb, which took 3:41 hours to complete, was reached when Midshipman 4th Class Michael Lancaster, 19, center, of Signal Hill, Tenn., of the 14th Company, placed a cover atop the monument. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Navy Monument Climb

Midshipwoman 4th Class Aubin Hattendorf, of Arlington, Tex., and a member of the 21st Company, is sprayed by upperclassmen as she helps a classmate climb the Herndon Monument during the Herndon Monument Climb at the U.S. Naval Academy, Saturday, May 22, 2021, in Annapolis, Md. Freshmen, known as Plebes, participate in the climb to celebrate finishing their first year at the academy. The climb, which took 3:41 hours to complete, was reached when Midshipman 4th Class Michael Lancaster, 19, center, of Signal Hill, Tenn., of the 14th Company, placed a cover atop the monument. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Navy Monument Climb

A Midshipman freshman holds a cover near the Herndon Monument during the Herndon Monument Climb at the U.S. Naval Academy, Saturday, May 22, 2021, in Annapolis, Md. Freshmen, known as Plebes, participate in the climb to celebrate finishing their first year at the academy. The climb, which took 3:41 hours to complete, was reached when Midshipman 4th Class Michael Lancaster, 19, center, of Signal Hill, Tenn., of the 14th Company, placed a cover atop the monument. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Navy Monument Climb

Grass and mud is seen on Midshipmen legs during the Herndon Monument Climb at the U.S. Naval Academy, Saturday, May 22, 2021, in Annapolis, Md. Freshmen, known as Plebes, participate in the climb to celebrate finishing their first year at the academy. The climb, which took 3:41 hours to complete, was reached when Midshipman 4th Class Michael Lancaster, 19, center, of Signal Hill, Tenn., of the 14th Company, placed a cover atop the monument. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Navy Monument Climb

A Midshipman freshman holds a cover near the Herndon Monument during the Herndon Monument Climb at the U.S. Naval Academy, Saturday, May 22, 2021, in Annapolis, Md. Freshmen, known as Plebes, participate in the climb to celebrate finishing their first year at the academy. The climb, which took 3:41 hours to complete, was reached when Midshipman 4th Class Michael Lancaster, 19, center, of Signal Hill, Tenn., of the 14th Company, placed a cover atop the monument. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Navy Monument Climb

Members of the Midshipman 4th Class 14th Company hoist Michael Lancaster, 19, top, of Signal Hill, Tenn., after he placed a cover on top of the Herndon Monument, back right, during the Herndon Monument Climb at the U.S. Naval Academy, Saturday, May 22, 2021, in Annapolis, Md. Freshmen, known as Plebes, participate in the climb to celebrate finishing their first year at the academy. The climb took 3:41 hours to complete. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Navy Monument Climb

Midshipman 4th Class Michael Lancaster, 19, center, of Signal Hill, Tenn., celebrates with classmates inside a fountain after he placed a cover on top of the Herndon Monument during the Herndon Monument Climb at the U.S. Naval Academy, Saturday, May 22, 2021, in Annapolis, Md. Freshmen, known as Plebes, participate in the climb to celebrate finishing their first year at the academy. The climb took 3:41 hours to complete. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Sports Photography Single Image | Eugene Hoshiko

Japan Diving World Cup

Athletes warm up prior to the men's synchronized 10-meter platform preliminary at the FINA Diving World Cup Saturday, May 1, 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Sports Photography Story | David J. Phillip

PGA Championship Golf

Phil Mickelson, left, misses a putt as Kevin Na, right, reacts on the 14th hole during a practice round at the PGA Championship golf tournament on the Ocean Course Wednesday, May 19, 2021, in Kiawah Island, S.C. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

PGA Championship Golf

Justin Thomas watches his shot on the ninth tee during the first round of the PGA Championship golf tournament on the Ocean Course Thursday, May 20, 2021, in Kiawah Island, S.C. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

PGA Championship Golf

Corey Conners, of Canada, watches his second shot on the 10th hole during the second round of the PGA Championship golf tournament on the Ocean Course Friday, May 21, 2021, in Kiawah Island, S.C. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

PGA Championship Golf

Jason Day, of Australia, jumps up to see over a bunker before taking his shot on the 13th hole during the second round of the PGA Championship golf tournament on the Ocean Course Friday, May 21, 2021, in Kiawah Island, S.C. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

PGA Championship Golf

Phil Mickelson works on the second hole during the third round at the PGA Championship golf tournament on the Ocean Course, Saturday, May 22, 2021, in Kiawah Island, S.C. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

PGA Championship Golf

Phil Mickelson hits his second shot on the 16th hole from the rough during the third round at the PGA Championship golf tournament on the Ocean Course, Saturday, May 22, 2021, in Kiawah Island, S.C. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

PGA Championship Golf

Phil Mickelson walks ahead of spectators during the final round at the PGA Championship golf tournament on the Ocean Course, Sunday, May 23, 2021, in Kiawah Island, S.C. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

PGA Championship Golf

Phil Mickelson celebrates after winning the final round at the PGA Championship golf tournament on the Ocean Course, Sunday, May 23, 2021, in Kiawah Island, S.C. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)