AP monthly photo contest
Each month The Associated Press honors photographers for outstanding coverage while on assignment.
The winners for the July 2023 AP Photo Contest are Rafiq Maqbool for News Photography Single Image, for his photo of a woman wailing whose family members were trapped under rubble after a landslide washed away houses in Raigad district, western Maharashtra state, India.
Petros Giannakouris for News Photography Story, for his coverage of wildfires in Greece.
Ariana Cubillos for Feature Photography Single Image, for her photo of residents and environmentalists watching a Cardon (Dermochelys coriacea) sea turtle hatchling head to the ocean after being released by conservationists at the beach in La Sabana, Venezuela.
Fernando Llano for Feature Photography Story, for his series on native Mexican corn.
John Locher for Sports Photography Single Image, for his photo of Terence Crawford connecting with Errol Spence Jr. during their undisputed welterweight championship boxing match in Las Vegas.
Lee Jin-man for Sports Photography Story, for coverage of the the Japan Swimming Worlds diving events.
Congratulations to all the photographers for their outstanding work. This month’s winning images judged by Natacha Pisarenko and Jorge Saenz are featured below.
News Photography Single Image | Rafiq Maqbool
A woman whose family members are trapped under rubble wails after a landslide washed away houses in Raigad district, western Maharashtra state, India, Thursday, July 20, 2023. While some people are reported dead many others feared trapped under piles of debris. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
News Photography Story | Petros Giannakouris
A man wraps his shirt over his face as he tries to extinguish a fire, near the seaside resort of Lindos, on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, on Monday, July 24, 2023. A weeklong wildfire on the Greek resort island of Rhodes tore past defenses Monday, forcing more evacuations, as three major fires raged elsewhere in the country fueled by strong winds and successive heat waves that left scrubland and forests tinder-dry. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Flames burn a forest in Vati village, on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. A third successive heat wave in Greece pushed temperatures back above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across parts of the country Tuesday following more nighttime evacuations from fires that have raged out of control for days. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
An helicopter operates over a wildfire burning in Gennadi village, on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. A firefighting plane has crashed in southern Greece, killing both crew members, as authorities are battling fires across the country amid a return of heat wave temperatures. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Locals try to extinguish a wildfire burning in Gennadi village, on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. A firefighting plane has crashed in southern Greece, killing both crew members, as authorities are battling fires across the country amid a return of heat wave temperatures. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A wildfire burns in Gennadi village, on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. A firefighting plane has crashed in southern Greece, killing both crew members, as authorities are battling fires across the country amid a return of heat wave temperatures. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
An aircraft drops water as firefighters operate during a wildfire in Vati village, on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. A third successive heat wave in Greece pushed temperatures back above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across parts of the country Tuesday following more nighttime evacuations from fires that have raged out of control for days. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
German tourists together with local residents try to extinguish a fire, near the seaside resort of Lindos, on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, on Monday, July 24, 2023. A weeklong wildfire on the Greek resort island of Rhodes tore past defenses Monday, forcing more evacuations, as three major fires raged elsewhere in the country fueled by strong winds and successive heat waves that left scrubland and forests tinder-dry. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A resident tries to extinguish the flames at the yard of a house next to a burned car on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, on Monday, July 24, 2023. A weeklong wildfire on the Greek island of Rhodes has torn past defenses, forcing more evacuations, as three major fires rage elsewhere in the country fueled by strong winds and successive heat waves. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Locals pull tree branches as a wildfire burns in Gennadi village, on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. A firefighting plane has crashed in southern Greece, killing both crew members, as authorities are battling fires across the country amid a return of heat wave temperatures. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A bulldozer opens fire break as a local tries to avoid the water thrown by helicopter in Gennadi village, on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. A firefighting plane has crashed in southern Greece, killing both crew members, as authorities are battling fires across the country amid a return of heat wave temperatures. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
A burned Prickly pear stands on a hill near Gennadi village, on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, on Thursday, July 27, 2023. The wildfires have raged across parts of the country during three successive Mediterranean heat waves over two weeks, leaving five people dead. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
People play with a ball in front of a burnt forest at a beach of Glystra near Gennadi village, on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, on Thursday, July 27, 2023. The wildfires have raged across parts of the country during three successive Mediterranean heat waves over two weeks, leaving five people dead. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Feature Photography Single Image | Ariana Cubillos
Residents and environmentalists watch a Cardon (Dermochelys coriacea) sea turtle hatchling head to the ocean after being released by conservationists at the beach in La Sabana, Venezuela, Sunday, July 16, 2023. Nine Cardon sea turtle hatchlings, the largest in the world, were released on the beach. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Feature Photography Story | Fernando Llano
A farmer holds white organic corn kernels during a seed trading in Apizaco, Mexico, Thursday, May 18, 2023. Mexicans farmers are finding a niche but increasing market among consumers seeking organic produce from small-scale growers and chefs worldwide. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Farmers look at samples of heirloom corn during a seed trading in Apizaco, Mexico, Thursday, May 18, 2023. Some farmers in Mexico have been holding on to heirloom strains for generations. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Technicians and researchers sow native corn seeds in a freshly plowed field used as a large, open-air laboratory to study the benefits of native versus hybrid – crossbred — corn varieties, in Apizaco, Mexico, Thursday, May 18, 2023. According to agronomist Gerardo Noriega, native varieties have exceptional yield and can stand 50 days of drought. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Corn kernels are nixtamalized at a "tortilleria" that only sells tortillas made with organic native corn, in the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City, Wednesday, May 24, 2023. Some Mexican farmers are finding a niche but increasing market among consumers seeking organic produce from small-scale growers and chefs worldwide. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Women make tortillas made with native purple corn during a meeting of farmers, in Apizaco, Mexico, Thursday, May 18, 2023. Heirloom varieties make up far less than 1% of total domestic corn production in Mexico. But for the first time in years, some farmers are hopeful about the crop. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
A native corn ear sprouts on a stalk on a farm just outside of Apizaco, Mexico, Thursday, May 18, 2023. Across Mexico, about 60,000 tons of heirloom corn is produced annually. It's a tiny fraction of the 23 million tons of white corn grown on an industrial scale to meet domestic demand for human consumption. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Tortillas made with native organic purple corn are cooled in a tortilleria that only sells tortillas made with organic and native corn in the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City, Wednesday, May 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
A woman cooks native purple corn tortillas on a comal or griddle at a restaurant in Apizaco, Mexico, Thursday, May 18, 2023. Some Mexican farmers are finding a niche but increasing market among consumers seeking organic produce from small-scale growers and chefs worldwide. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
A farmer weeds a corn field with a horse-drawn plow, backdropped by the Malinche volcano, in Ixtenco, Mexico, Thursday, June 15, 2023. Corn is the most fundamental ingredient of Mexican cuisine. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
A farmer removes weeds from a corn field with a horse-drawn plow, in Ixtenco, Mexico, Thursday, June 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
A farmer removes weeds from a corn field with a horse-drawn plow, in Ixtenco, Mexico, Thursday, June 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Steam rises from a batch of freshly organic native corn tortillas at a hardware store in the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City, Wednesday, May 24, 2023. Some Mexican farmers are finding a niche but increasing market among consumers seeking organic produce from small-scale growers and chefs worldwide. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Sports Photography Single Image | John Locher
Terence Crawford, right, hits Errol Spence Jr. during their undisputed welterweight championship boxing match, Saturday, July 29, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Sports Photography Story | Lee Jin-man
Jonathan Suckow of Switzerland competes in the 1m Springboard Men at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Friday, July 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Woo Haram of South Korea competes during the men's 1m springboard diving competition at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Sunday, July 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Chiara Pellacani and Matteo Santoro of Italy compete in the mixed diving 3m synchro springboard final at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Saturday, July 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Luana Lira of Brazil slips on the springboard as she competes in the women's 3m springboard diving preliminary at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Thursday, July 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Bertrand Rhodict Anak Lises of Malaysia competes during the men's 10m platform diving preliminary at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Friday, July 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Matsuri Arai and Minami Itahashi of Japan compete during the women's synchronized 10m platform diving final at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Sunday, July 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Isaac Souza Filho of Brazil competes in the men's 10m platform final at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Saturday, July 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Lin Shan of China competes in the 1m Springboard Women at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Friday, July 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Jules Bouyer of France competes in the Men's diving 3m Springboard semifinal at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Wednesday, July 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Marat Grigoryan of Armenia competes during the men's 10m platform diving preliminary at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Friday, July 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Haruka Enomoto of Japan competes during the women's 3m springboard diving preliminary at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Thursday, July 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Anna Santos of Brazil competes during the women's 3m springboard diving preliminary at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Thursday, July 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)