AP monthly photo contest

Each month The Associated Press honors photographers for outstanding coverage while on assignment.
The winners for the June 2024 AP Photo Contest are Saher Alghorra for News Photography Single Image, for his photo of a Palestinian mourning his relative killed in an Israeli bombardment on a residential building in Bureij refugee camp, at al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip.
Matias Delacroix for News Photography Story, for his coverage of migrants traveling through Panama.
Matias Basualdo for Feature Photography Single Image, for his photo of a people with umbrellas walking along a pedestrian walkway on a rainy day in Santiago, Chile.
Rodrigo Abd for Feature Photography Story, for coverage of an Amazon highway project in Peru.
Andrew Medichini for Sports Photography Single Image, for his photo of Yaroslava Mahuchikh, of Ukraine, making an attempt in the women's high jump qualification at the European Athletics Championships in Rome.
Michael Conroy for Sports Photography Story, for his coverage of the US Swimming Olympic Trials in Indianapolis, Ind.
Congratulations to all the photographers for their outstanding work. This month’s winning images judged by Eloy Martin are featured below.
News Photography Single Image | Saher Alghorra
A Palestinian mourns his relative, a child of Rewan Ghanem, killed in an Israeli bombardment on a residential building owned by the Ghanem family in Bureij refugee camp, at al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, late Monday, June 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Saher Alghorra)
News Photography Story | Matias Delacroix
Chinese migrant Liu Tiantian, second from left, sits on a bus to Costa Rica after walking across the Darien Gap with her father and brother in Lajas Blancas, Panama, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Venezuelan migrant Nelsy Zavala, right, embraces fellow Venezuelan migrant Yeikel Mojica, whom she met while crossing the Darien Gap and says was like a little brother to her, in a temporary camp in Lajas Blancas, Panama, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Colombian migrant Georyeth Barreto, six months pregnant, stands next to her fiance Anthony Herrera as he talks on the phone in a temporary camp after having crossed the Darien Gap in Lajas Blancas, Panama, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Migrants line up to receive food in a temporary camp after crossing the Darien Gap from Colombia, in Lajas Blancas, Panama, Friday, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A Venezuelan migrant drinks water at a temporary camp after walking across the Darien Gap from Colombia in Lajas Blancas, Panama, Friday, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Venezuelan migrant Kelly Medina, who walked across the Darien Gap from Colombia, dresses her son Abdriel Padilla inside a tent at a temporary camp in Lajas Blancas, Panama, Friday, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Venezuelan migrant Jadeth Marquez plays with her sister Angilbel Camacho in a temporary camp after walking across the Darien Gap from Colombia, in Lajas Blancas, Panama, Friday, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A Venezuelan migrant child runs through a temporary camp after walking across the Darien Gap from Colombia, in Lajas Blancas, Panama, Friday, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Venezuela migrant Naiber Zerpa holds her son Mathias Marquez as they arrive at a temporary camp after walking across the Darien Gap from Colombia, in Lajas Blancas, Panama, Friday, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Migrants heading north arrive via a boat to Lajas Blancas, Panama, Friday, June 28, 2024, after walking across the Darien Gap from Colombia. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Panamanian President-elect Jose Raul Mulino, center wearing sunglasses and a brown cap, visits a camp where migrants stop temporarily after walking across the Darien Gap from Colombia, in Lajas Blancas, Panama, Friday, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Venezuelan migrant Rashell Soler sits on a table as her mother Vilkeine Montero goes through an inspection of her bag at a temporary camp in Lajas Blancas, Panama, Friday, June 28, 2024, after walking across the Darien Gap from Colombia. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Feature Photography Single Image | Matias Basualdo
People with umbrellas walk along a pedestrian walkway on a rainy day in Santiago, Chile, June 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Basualdo)
Feature Photography Story | Rodrigo Abd
Segundo Jeinsen, 8, bathes in the Sucusari ravine in Peru, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A woman holds an umbrella so it doesn't blow away as she waits for customers at her food stall below the Nanay bridge in Iquitos, Peru, Monday, May 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Arely Riategui, 18, relaxes in a hammock inside her house in Sucusari, Peru, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
People gather in the Nanay bridge in Iquitos, Peru, Sunday, May 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Zoila Ochoa Garay, 58, cries while talking with a member of the OnePlanet NGO team about the threats they receive from land invaders thanks to the construction of the new highway that crosses their communal territories in Nuevo Arenal, Peru, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Padilla family have fried banana for breakfast in the Sucusari ravine in Peru, Thursday, May 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A motor taxi driver rests while waiting for customers in the bridge Nanay in Iquitos, Peru, Monday, May 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Relatives mourn the dead of Rosario Rios, 85, during her funeral in the cemetery of Sucusari, Peru, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Villagers try to get their cargo motorcycle out of the mud farm on the route of the highway that will be built from Iquitos to El Estrecho district, Nuevo Arenal, Peru, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
With the Nanay bridge in the back, a woman walks in Punchana district in Iquitos, Peru, Monday, May 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Girls return from the funeral of Rosario Rios, 85, in Sucusari, Peru, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A woman laughs while heading to harvest banana plants in her farm located on the route of the highway that will be built from Iquitos to El Estrecho district, Nuevo Arenal, Peru, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Sports Photography Single Image | Andrew Medichini
Yaroslava Mahuchikh, of Ukraine, makes an attempt in the women's high jump qualification at the the European Athletics Championships in Rome, Friday, June 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Sports Photography Story | Michael Conroy
Gretchen Walsh swims during the Women's 100 butterfly semifinals heat Saturday, June 15, 2024, at the US Swimming Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Katie Ledecky reacts after winning the Women's 400 freestyle finals heat Saturday, June 15, 2024, at the US Swimming Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Thomas Heilman swims during a Men's 200 butterfly preliminary heat Tuesday, June 18, 2024, at the US Swimming Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Kate Douglass swims during a Women's 200 breaststroke preliminary heat Wednesday, June 19, 2024, at the US Swimming Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Ryan Murphy swims during a Men's 200 backstroke preliminary heat Wednesday, June 19, 2024, at the US Swimming Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Lucas Oil Stadium is seen before the Women's 100 freestyle finals Wednesday, June 19, 2024, at the US Swimming Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Matthew Fallon reacts after the Men's 200 breaststroke finals Wednesday, June 19, 2024, at the US Swimming Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Teagan O'Dell, Claire Curzan and Phoebe Bacon swim during a Women's 200 backstroke preliminary heat Thursday, June 20, 2024, at the US Swimming Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Katie Ledecky reacts after a Women's 800 freestyle preliminary heat Friday, June 21, 2024, at the US Swimming Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Swimmers start a Women's 50 freestyle preliminary heat Saturday, June 22, 2024, at the US Swimming Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Caeleb Dressel reacts after winning the Men's 100 butterfly finals Saturday, June 22, 2024, at the US Swimming Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Katie Ledecky gets ready for the Women's 800 freestyle finals Saturday, June 22, 2024, at the US Swimming Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Lead photo: A woman laughs while heading to harvest banana plants on her farm along the route of a highway to be built from Iquitos to El Estrecho district, Nuevo Arenal, Peru, May 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)




