AP monthly photo contest

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

The winners for the March 2024 AP Photo Contest are Fernando Llano for News Photography Single Image, for his photo of a mob beating a woman they suspect of kidnapping and killing an 8-year-old girl, after dragging her out of a police vehicle, in Taxco, Mexico.

Ariel Schalit for News Photography Story, for his series on Israelis who evacuated from cities and towns along the border with Lebanon after the start of the war and are grappling with the question of when they will be able to return home. 

Vadim Ghirda for Feature Photography Single Image, for his photo of snow coating the photograph of a fallen Ukrainian serviceman in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine.

David Goldman for Feature Photography Story, for his U.S. election-based series out of Elmore, Vermont.

Lindsey Wasson for Sports Photography Single Image, for her photo of Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Jake Brentz preparing to throw during the eighth inning of a spring training baseball game against the Oakland Athletics in Surprise, Ariz.

Charlie Riedel for Sports Photography Story, for his series covering the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Ind.

Congratulations to all the photographers for their outstanding work. This month’s winning images judged by Rebecca Blackwell and Lynne Sladky are featured below.

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News Photography Single Image | Fernando Llano

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Mexico Violence

A mob beats a woman they suspect of kidnapping and killing an 8-year-old girl, after dragging her out of a police vehicle, in Taxco, Mexico, Thursday, March 28, 2024. Police then picked her up and took her away. The Guerrero state prosecutors’ office later confirmed the woman died of her injuries. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

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News Photography Story | Ariel Schalit

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Israel Lebanon Northern Evacuees

Omer Elharar, evacuated from Kiryat Shmona, checks her phone in the hallway to rooms at a hotel in Tiberias, northern Israel, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Around 60,000 Israelis who evacuated from cities and towns along the border with Lebanon are grappling with the question of when they will be able to return home. Hezbollah began launching rockets towards Israel one day after Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel Lebanon Northern Evacuees

Michal Nidam Elharar and her daughter Omer, evacuated from Kiryat Shmona, sort laundry at the hotel in Tiberias, northern Israel, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Around 60,000 Israelis who evacuated from cities and towns along the border with Lebanon are grappling with the question of when they will be able to return home. Hezbollah began launching rockets towards Israel one day after Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel Lebanon Northern Evacuees

People walk in a hotel for Israelis evacuated from Kiryat Shmona and other communities near the border with Lebanon, in Tiberias, northern Israel, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Around 60,000 Israelis who evacuated from cities and towns along the border with Lebanon are grappling with the question of when they will be able to return home. Hezbollah began launching rockets towards Israel one day after Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel Lebanon Northern Evacuees

Israeli flags decorate rooms of Israelis who evacuated from cities and towns along the border with Lebanon, in kibbutz Ginosar hotel, northern Israel, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Around 60,000 Israelis who evacuated from cities and towns along the border with Lebanon are grappling with the question of when they will be able to return home. Hezbollah began launching rockets towards Israel one day after Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel Lebanon Northern Evacuees

Hila Katan, evacuated from Kiryat Shmona, treats a client's nails in a corridor leading to a bomb shelter at the hotel in Tiberias, northern Israel, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Around 60,000 Israelis who evacuated from cities and towns along the border with Lebanon are grappling with the question of when they will be able to return home. Hezbollah began launching rockets towards Israel one day after Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel Lebanon Northern Evacuees

Maya Elharar, evacuated with her family from Kiryuat Shmona, holds her dog in the hotel room in Tiberias, northern Israel, Monday, March 4, 2024. Around 60,000 Israelis who evacuated from cities and towns along the border with Lebanon are grappling with the question of when they will be able to return home. Hezbollah began launching rockets towards Israel one day after Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel Lebanon Northern Evacuees

A girl, evacuated from Kiryat Shmona, reads inside a hall turned in to a kindergarten at the hotel in Tiberias, northern Israel, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Around 60,000 Israelis who evacuated from cities and towns along the border with Lebanon are grappling with the question of when they will be able to return home. Hezbollah began launching rockets towards Israel one day after Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel Lebanon Northern Evacuees

A cat searches for food in a house burnt by rockets fired by Hezbollah in Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, on the border with Lebanon, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Around 60,000 Israelis who evacuated from cities and towns along the border with Lebanon are grappling with the question of when they will be able to return home. Hezbollah began launching rockets towards Israel one day after Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel Lebanon Northern Evacuees

A cat searches for food in a house burnt by rockets fired by Hezbollah in Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, on the border with Lebanon, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Around 60,000 Israelis who evacuated from cities and towns along the border with Lebanon are grappling with the question of when they will be able to return home. Hezbollah began launching rockets towards Israel one day after Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel Lebanon Northern Evacuees

A damage to apartments from rockets fired by Hezbollah in Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, on the border with Lebanon, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Around 60,000 Israelis who evacuated from cities and towns along the border with Lebanon are grappling with the question of when they will be able to return home. Hezbollah began launching rockets towards Israel one day after Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel Lebanon Northern Evacuees

A view of Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, on the border with Lebanon, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Around 60,000 Israelis who evacuated from cities and towns along the border with Lebanon are grappling with the question of when they will be able to return home. Hezbollah began launching rockets towards Israel one day after Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel Lebanon Northern Evacuees

A burnt car and damage to apartments from rockets fired by Hezbollah in Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, on the border with Lebanon, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Around 60,000 Israelis who evacuated from cities and towns along the border with Lebanon are grappling with the question of when they will be able to return home. Hezbollah began launching rockets towards Israel one day after Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Feature Photography Single Image | Vadim Ghirda

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Russia Ukraine War

Snow coats the photograph of a fallen Ukrainian serviceman downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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Feature Photography Story | David Goldman

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Vermont's Town Meeting

Town Clerk Sandra Lacasse, places a sign outside the town office as polls opens Tuesday, March 5, 2024, for Super Tuesday and when the town holds its annual Town Meeting in Elmore, Vt. Across the United States, people are disgusted with politics. Many feel powerless and alienated from their representatives at every level. The tone long ago became nasty, and many feel forced to pick a side and view those on the other side as adversaries. But in pockets of New England, democracy is done a bit differently. One day each year, townsfolk gather to hash out local issues. They talk, listen, debate, vote. And in places like Elmore, once it’s all over, they sit down together for a potluck lunch. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Vermont's Town Meeting

Bruce Olsson gives instructions on how to vote to residents attending the annual Town Meeting, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Elmore, Vt. Democracy takes many forms, and some are more direct than others. In Elmore, the tradition of Town Meeting is very direct and the business of running a town and participating in its administration was thrown open to everyone for the yearly meeting today. The nuts and bolts of town business and decision-making get done, and in the process something unfolds that doesn't happen everywhere in the republic these days - in-person politics that are civil, friendly and followed by lunch. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Vermont's Town Meeting

Nancy Davis, left, and Shorty Towne, right, talk with fellow residents during a pot luck luncheon following the annual Town Meeting, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Elmore, Vt. After nearly four hours, Town Meeting adjoins and residents of all political background sit down for lunch at the United Methodist church across the street. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Vermont's Town Meeting

Town Moderator Jon Gailmor sits for portrait at the town hall, Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Elmore, Vt. Gailmor, 75, is a singer-songwriter who brings an element of performance to his role as moderator at the annual Town Meeting. He describes himself as an independent voter who has supported both Republicans and Democrats over the years. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Vermont's Town Meeting

Emmett Adams, 11, looks down into the hole while ice fishing on a frozen Lake Elmore, Sunday, March 3, 2024, in Elmore, Vt. Elmore calls itself the beauty spot of Vermont. The town borders a lake, which in early March is dotted with people ice fishing. Beyond, a mountain rises. At night, steam floats up from sugarhouses, where maple sap is being boiled down into syrup. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Vermont's Town Meeting

Samples of maple syrup sit in a window of the Elmore Sugarhouse as a worker passes by, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Elmore, Vt. Elmore calls itself the beauty spot of Vermont. The town borders a lake, which in early March is dotted with people ice fishing. Beyond, a mountain rises. At night, steam floats up from sugarhouses, where maple sap is being boiled down into syrup. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Vermont's Town Meeting

Steam rises from the sugarhouse of Brent Hosking as he boils a batch of sap to make maple syrup Monday, March 4, 2024, in Elmore, Vt. He's tapped 400 maple trees, a small operation compared to some of his neighbors, and still uses buckets to carry the sap from some of them to the boiler. He and his wife sell some of the syrup they make from home and use the rest. Not only on their French toast and pancakes, but also in spaghetti sauce, stews, baking, on top of popcorn and in their morning coffee. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Vermont's Town Meeting

The glow of a fire illuminates branches stored behind Brent Hosking as stands in his sugarhouse while boiling a batch of sap to make maple syrup Sunday, March 3, 2024, in Elmore, Vt. Hosking says he's a Democrat but supports Vermont's moderate Republican Governor Phil Scott. Like many of his fellow citizens in town, he doesn't like the turn that national politics has taken. "You feel helpless, because all you do is one vote," Hosking says. "It seems like it gets lost. And I think a lot of people in the nation feel the same way." (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Vermont's Town Meeting

Kathy Miller holds a painting of The Elmore Store while sifting through mementos at her home Monday, March 4, 2024, in Elmore, Vt. Miller kept running the store for another 18 months before she was bought out by a community trust, set up to ensure the store remains open. These days, the store is run by Jason Clark. Miller helps out when she¥s not serving meals at a food kitchen. And she still collects her bills from P.O. Box 1. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Vermont's Town Meeting

Kathy Miller, left, embraces resident, Anna Slack, after seeing each other for the first time in months at The Elmore Store, Monday, March 4, 2024, in Elmore, Vt. Slack used to work at the store when she was younger and when Miller was the owner. The heartbeat of the town is the store. "I’ve always said it’s a live, living, breathing creature. I don’t own it; she owns me," says Miller. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Vermont's Town Meeting

Clerk Robin Pough sells stamps to a resident at The Elmore Store which also serves as the post office for the town, population of 886, Monday, March 4, 2024, in Elmore, Vt. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Vermont's Town Meeting

Congregants join hands at the conclusion of a service at Elmore United Methodist Church, Sunday, March 3, 2024, in Elmore, Vt. In pockets of New England, democracy is done a bit differently. People can still participate directly and in person. One day each year, townsfolk gather at their annual Town Meeting to hash out local issues. They talk, listen, debate, vote. And in places like Elmore, once it¥s all over, they sit down together for a potluck lunch. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Sports Photography Single Image | Lindsey Wasson

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Athletics Royals Baseball

Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Jake Brentz prepares to throw during the eighth inning of a spring training baseball game against the Oakland Athletics, Friday, March 1, 2024, in Surprise, Ariz. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

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Sports Photography Story | Charlie Riedel

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NFL Combine Football

Brigham Young quarterback Kedon Slovis warms up before running the 40-yard dash during the NFL football scouting combine, Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

NFL Combine Football

Virginia State defensive back Willie Drew warms up during the NFL football scouting combine, Friday, March 1, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

NFL Combine Football

Oklahoma offensive lineman Walter Rouse (63), Alabama offensive lineman JC Latham(41), Kansas State offensive lineman KT Leveston and Texas A&M offensive lineman Layden Robinson (61) walk to a drill during the NFL football scouting combine, Sunday, March 3, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

NFL Combine Football

Florida wide receiver Ricky Pearsall participates in the broad jump during the NFL football scouting combine, Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

NFL Combine Football

Quarterbacks and wide receivers listen to instructions before running the 40-yard dash during the NFL football scouting combine, Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

NFL Combine Football

Florida wide receiver Ricky Pearsall runs the 40-yard dash during the NFL football scouting combine, Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

NFL Combine Football

Athletes stretch during the NFL football scouting combine, Friday, March 1, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

NFL Combine Football

South Carolina defensive back Marcellas Dial participates in the vertical Jump during the NFL football scouting combine, Friday, March 1, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

NFL Combine Football

Western Michigan defensive lineman Marshawn Kneeland lifts weights during the NFL football scouting combine, Friday, March 1, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

NFL Combine Football

Arizona wide receiver Jacob Cowing catches a ball during the NFL football scouting combine, Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

NFL Combine Football

Brigham Young offensive lineman Kingsley Suamataia participates in a drill during the NFL football scouting combine, Sunday, March 3, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

NFL Combine Football

Clemson linebacker Jeremiah Trotter stretches before lifting weights during the NFL football scouting combine, Friday, March 1, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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