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

The winners for the June 2021 AP Photo Contest are Felipe Dana for News Photography Single Image, for his photo of a Palestinian woman holding a rifle during a rally organized by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), in Gaza City.

Ben Curtis for News Photography Story, for his series of images documenting famine in war-torn Tigray.

Dar Yasin for Feature Photography Single Image, for his photo of a transgender Kashmiri relaxing with friends in the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir.

Jae C. Hong for Feature Photography Story, for his series of portraits documenting a group of nurses in a special COVID-19 unit setup during the pandemic at a hospital in Mission Viejo, Calif.

Charlie Riedel for Sports Photography Single Image, for his photo of Solomon Simmons competing in the decathlon discus throw at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore.

Matias Delacroix for Sports Photography Story, for his series on Ahymara Espinoza preparing to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games, in San Jose de Barlovento, Venezuela.

Congratulations to all the photographers for their outstanding work. This month’s winning images judged by Maye-E Wong are featured below.

News Photography Single Image | Felipe Dana

Israel Palestinians

A Palestinian woman holds a rifle during a rally organized by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), in Gaza City, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. A truce that ended an 11-day war between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel more than a week ago has so far held but it did not address any of the deeper issues plaguing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

News Photography Story | Ben Curtis

Ethiopia Tigray Famine Looms

An Ethiopian woman argues with others over the allocation of yellow split peas after it was distributed by the Relief Society of Tigray in the town of Agula, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on Saturday, May 8, 2021. In war-torn Tigray, more than 350,000 people already face famine, according to the U.N. and other humanitarian groups. It is not just that people are starving; it is that many are being starved, The Associated Press found. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Ethiopia Tigray Famine Looms

Elena, 7, center, lines up with other displaced Tigrayans to receive food donated by local residents at a reception center for the internally displaced in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on Sunday, May 9, 2021. The 15 kilograms of wheat, half a kilogram of peas and some cooking oil per person, to last a month — was earmarked only for the most vulnerable. That included pregnant mothers and elderly people. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Ethiopia Tigray Famine Looms

Abeba Gebru, 37, from the village of Getskimilesley, sits with her malnourished daughter, Tigsti Mahderekal, 20 days old, in the treatment tent of a medical clinic in the town of Abi Adi, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. For every mother like Abeba who makes it out, hundreds, possibly thousands, are trapped behind the front lines or military roadblocks in rural areas. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Ethiopia Tigray Famine Looms

Tekien Tadese, 25, wearing an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian cross, holds her baby, Amanuel Mulu, 22 months old, who is suffering from malnutrition and weighs only 6.7 kilograms (14 pounds and 12 ounces), at the Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on Monday, May 10, 2021. The child was unconscious when he was first admitted in April, severely malnourished and anemic after losing half his body weight. Two weeks in intensive care saved his life. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Ethiopia Tigray Famine Looms

An Ethiopian man carries a sack of wheat on his shoulders to be distributed by the Relief Society of Tigray in the town of Agula, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on Saturday, May 8, 2021. In war-torn Tigray, more than 350,000 people already face famine, according to the U.N. and other humanitarian groups. It is not just that people are starving; it is that many are being starved, The Associated Press found. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Ethiopia Tigray Famine Looms

An Ethiopian woman scoops up portions of yellow split peas to be allocated to waiting families after it was distributed by the Relief Society of Tigray in the town of Agula, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on Saturday, May 8, 2021. The war in Tigray has spawned massacres, gang rapes and the widespread expulsion of people from their homes, and the United States has declared “ethnic cleansing” in western Tigray. Now, on top of those atrocities, Tigrayans face another urgent problem: hunger and starvation. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Ethiopia Tigray Famine Looms

Tekien Tadese, 25, holds her baby, Amanuel Mulu, 22 months old, who is suffering from malnutrition and weighs only 6.7 kilograms (14 pounds and 12 ounces), at the Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on Monday, May 10, 2021. The child was unconscious when he was first admitted in April, severely malnourished and anemic after losing half his body weight. Two weeks in intensive care saved his life. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Ethiopia Tigray Famine Looms

A farmer uses oxen to plough terraced land by the side of a road leading to the town of Abi Adi, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. The war in Tigray started in early November, shortly before the harvest season, as an attempt by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to disarm the region’s rebellious leaders. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Ethiopia Tigray Famine Looms

A young boy looks up as displaced Tigrayans line up to receive food donated by local residents at a reception center for the internally displaced in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on Sunday, May 9, 2021. The 15 kilograms of wheat, half a kilogram of peas and some cooking oil per person, to last a month — was earmarked only for the most vulnerable. That included pregnant mothers and elderly people. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Ethiopia Tigray Famine Looms

Displaced Tigrayan women, one wearing an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian cross, sit in a metal shack to eat food donated by local residents at a reception center for the internally displaced in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Ethiopia Tigray Famine Looms

Abeba Gebru, 37, from the village of Getskimilesley, sits with her malnourished daughter, Tigsti Mahderekal, 20 days old, in the treatment tent of a medical clinic in the town of Abi Adi, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. She had the baby at home and walked 12 days to get the famished child to a clinic in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray. “She survived because I held her close to my womb and kept hiding during the exhausting journey." (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Ethiopia Tigray Famine Looms

Abeba Gebru, 37, from the village of Getskimilesley, holds the hands of her malnourished daughter, Tigsti Mahderekal, 20 days old, in the treatment tent of a medical clinic in the town of Abi Adi, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. She had the baby at home and walked 12 days to get the famished child to a clinic in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray. “She survived because I held her close to my womb and kept hiding during the exhausting journey." (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Feature Photography Single Image | Dar Yasin

India Kashmir Transgenders

A transgender Kashmiri Khushi Mir, left, relaxes with friends at the end of a meeting of community members in the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, June 4, 2021. Khushi, along with four young boys, have begun a volunteer group to distribute food kits to the transgender community. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)