AP monthly photo contest
Each month The Associated Press honors photographers for outstanding coverage while on assignment.
The winners for the May 2023 AP Photo Contest are Altaf Qadri for News Photography Single Image, for his photo of student activists, who had come to support India's top female wrestlers, being detained by the police as they try to join them in marching towards the newly inaugurated parliament in New Delhi, India.
Fernando Llano for News Photography Story, for his coverage of migrants crossing from Mexico to the United States, as U.S. pandemic-related asylum restrictions called Title 42 were being lifted.
Efrem Lukatsky for Feature Photography Single Image, for his photo of a peasant planting sunflowers in his garden between a damaged Russian tank and its turret in the village of Velyka Dymerka, Kyiv region, Ukraine.
Ginnette Riquelme for Feature Photography Story, for her series on abortion in Honduras.
Andrew Medichini for Sports Photography Single Image, for his photo of Borna Coric of Croatia being reflected in a glass barrier as he returns the ball to Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece, during a quarterfinal match at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome.
Charlie Riedel for Sports Photography Story, for his coverage of events at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky during the week of the Kentucky Derby horse race.
Congratulations to all the photographers for their outstanding work. This month’s winning images judged by Ebrahim Noroozi are featured below.
News Photography Single Image | Altaf Qadri
Student activists who had come to support India's top female wrestlers are detained by the police as they try to join them in a march towards the newly inaugurated parliament in New Delhi, India, Sunday, May, 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
News Photography Story | Fernando Llano
A migrant gestures to Texas National Guards standing behind razor wire on the bank of the Rio Grande river, seen from Matamoros, Mexico, Thursday, May 11, 2023. Pandemic-related U.S. asylum restrictions, known as Title 42, are to expire May 11. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Migrants cross the Rio Grande into the U.S. with a baby in a suitcase, as seen from Matamoros, Mexico, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Asylum seekers have been showing up at the US-Mexico border in huge numbers in anticipation of the restriction of Title 42, that had allowed the government to quickly expel migrants to Mexico. New measures were announced Wednesday creating new legal pathways for migrants. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Migrants cross the Rio Bravo into the United States from Matamoros, Mexico, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. The U.S. is preparing for the Thursday, May 11th end of the Title 42 policy, linked to the coronavirus pandemic that allowed it to quickly expel many migrants seeking asylum. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
A Venezuelan migrant child looks out from a makeshift tent, constructed by his parents on the the banks of the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico, Friday, May 12, 2023, a day after pandemic-related asylum restrictions called Title 42 were lifted. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
A migrant sleeps in a tent on a bank of the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico, Friday, May 12, 2023, the day after pandemic-related asylum restrictions called Title 42 were lifted. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Migrants cross the Rio Grande river into the United States from Matamoros, Mexico, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Asylum seekers have been showing up at the US-Mexico border in huge numbers in anticipation of the restriction of Title 42, that had allowed the government to quickly expel migrants to Mexico. New measures were announced Wednesday creating new legal pathways for migrants. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Migrants cross the Rio Bravo on an inflatable mattress into the United States from Matamoros, Mexico, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. The U.S. is preparing for the Thursday, May 11th end of the Title 42 policy, linked to the coronavirus pandemic that allowed it to quickly expel many migrants seeking asylum. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Venezuelan migrants greet a television helicopter that flew over the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico, Friday, May 12, 2023, a day after pandemic-related asylum restrictions called Title 42 were lifted. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Migrants pass through razor wire on the bank of the Rio Grande river where Texas National Guards verbally tell them not to cross, as migrants enter the U.S. to turn themselves into immigration authorities, seen from Matamoros, Mexico, Thursday, May 11, 2023. Pandemic-related U.S. asylum restrictions, known as Title 42, are to expire May 11. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Venezuelan migrants wave a U.S. flag at a television helicopter that flew over the Rio Grande, in Matamoros, Mexico, Friday, May 12, 2023, a day after pandemic-related asylum restrictions called Title 42 were lifted. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Razor wire and items left behind by migrants cover the U.S. side of the Rio Grande river, empty of migrants swimming across the river the morning after U.S. pandemic-related asylum restrictions called Title 42 were lifted, seen from Matamoros, Mexico, Friday, May 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Two Texas National Guard members patrol behind razor wire on the bank of the Rio Grande, seen from Matamoros, Mexico, Thursday, May 11, 2023. U.S. authorities have been unveiling strict new measures, which crack down on illegal crossings while also setting up legal pathways for migrants who apply online, seek a sponsor and undergo background checks. If successful, the reforms could fundamentally alter how migrants arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Feature Photography Single Image | Efrem Lukatsky
A peasant plants sunflower in his garden between the damaged Russian tank and its turret in the village of Velyka Dymerka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Feature Photography Story | Ginnette Riquelme
The interior of the one-room home of a young woman, who said she went through her abortion here alone the previous year by taking pills, stands in an unidentified mountainous area of western Honduras, Sunday, March 19, 2023. With a cellphone as her only companion for chats with a friend and an anonymous guide, the then 27-year-old became one of the women who are terminating pregnancies across the country with the help of clandestine networks. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)
The one room home of a young woman who said she went through her abortion here alone the previous year by taking abortion pills, stands in an unidentified mountains area of western Honduras, a country with one of the world’s strictest abortion bans, Sunday, March 19, 2023. With a cellphone as her only companion for chats with a friend and an anonymous guide, the then 27-year-old became one of the women who are terminating pregnancies across the country with the help of clandestine networks. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)
Medicinal herbs and seeds such as siguapate, ruda or herb-of-grace, oregano and avocado seeds are displayed by a woman uses them to help girls and women who want to end early pregnancies in some remote communities in Honduras, a country with one of the world’s strictest abortion bans, Thursday, March 16, 2023. The woman, in her 50s, learned from experienced midwives when unwanted pregnancies among young women increased in her mountain community. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)
A living room sofa that is used by women going through self-induced abortions sits inside the home of an abortion guide who gives physical and emotional support to them in an undisclosed town of Honduras, Saturday, March 18, 2023. Honduras has one of the world’s strictest abortion bans, with a constitutional prohibition on terminating pregnancy in all cases, even rape. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)
A sign promoting the end of a ban in Honduras on the emergency contraceptive pill stands on a road leading to the airport in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, a country with one of the world’s strictest abortion bans, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. It references the rapper Bad Bunny and says in Spanish: “You're right! Everything has complicated, as if being a woman were a sin." On March 8, 2023, Honduras' first female president, Xiomara Castro, ended the ban on the emergency contraceptive pill. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)
A view of the bathroom of a woman who said she aborted here in an undisclosed town in northern Honduras, a country with one of the world’s strictest abortion bans, Friday, March 10, 2023. The woman, who does not want to be identified because abortion is illegal in Honduras under all circumstances, said she took abortion pills five years ago and evacuated into her toilet, hours after taking them. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)
A view of the bedroom and bathroom of a woman who said she aborted here in an undisclosed town in northern Honduras, a country with one of the world’s strictest abortion bans, Friday, March 10, 2023. The woman, who does not want to be identified because abortion is illegal in Honduras under all circumstance, said she took abortion pills five years ago and evacuated into her toilet, hours after taking them. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)
Youths carry pro-abortion and anti-violence messages during a march on International Women's Day in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, a country with one of the world’s strictest abortion bans, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. The signs read in Spanish: "He who plants fear, will sow furry," left, "PAE is a right not a debate, right, referring to the emergency contraceptive pill, and "Why is something as simple as returning home is a privilege?" (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)
A sofa bed stands in the living room of a woman who guided her friend through an abortion, one year prior, in an undisclosed town of Honduras, a country with one of the world’s strictest abortion bans, Monday, March 20, 2023. Four years earlier, the home owner discovered that her own mother was part of the clandestine abortion network when she herself sought help to get one. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)
A 2013 plaque that reads in Spanish "Virgin of Life. In memory of unborn babies," placed by the Pro-Life Committee, stands outside the Basilica Our Lady of Suyapa in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, a country with one of the world’s strictest abortion bans, Monday, March 20, 2023. Honduras has one of the highest rates of teenage pregnancy in Latin America, more than double the world average, according to the U.N. Population Fund. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)
Sports Photography Single Image | Andrew Medichini
Borna Coric of Croatia is reflected in a glass barrier as he returns the ball to Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece, during a quarterfinal match at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Thursday, May 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Sports Photography Story | Charlie Riedel
A horses walks to the track for a workout at Churchill Downs Friday, May 5, 2023, in Louisville, Ky. The 149th running of the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for Saturday, May 6. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Horses workout at Churchill Downs Friday, May 5, 2023, in Louisville, Ky. The 149th running of the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for Saturday, May 6. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
A horse comes off the track after a workout as the sun rises at Churchill Downs Wednesday, May 3, 2023, in Louisville, Ky. The 149th running of the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for Saturday, May 6. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
A horse gets a bath after an early-morning workout at Churchill Downs Wednesday, May 3, 2023, in Louisville, Ky. The 149th running of the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for Saturday, May 6. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Steam rises from a horse as it gets a bath after an early-morning workout at Churchill Downs Thursday, May 4, 2023, in Louisville, Ky. The 149th running of the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for Saturday, May 6. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
A horse walks past saddle blankets at trainer Todd Pletcher's barn at Churchill Downs Thursday, May 4, 2023, in Louisville, Ky. The 149th running of the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for Saturday, May 6. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Race fans wait before the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 6, 2023, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
A racing fan walks through the grounds of Churchill Downs before the 149th running of the Kentucky Oaks horse race Friday, May 5, 2023, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
People walk on the grounds of Churchill Downs before the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race Saturday, May 6, 2023, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Andy Kouvel from Long Island, New York, reads a racing program before the 149th running of the Kentucky Oaks horse race at Churchill Downs Friday, May 5, 2023, in Louisville. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Horses run during the first race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 6, 2023, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Javier Castellano celebrates after riding Mage to win the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 6, 2023, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)