AP monthly photo contest

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

The winners for the July 2024 AP Photo Contest are Evan Vucci for News Photography Single Image, for his photo of republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents after an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa.

Leo Correa for News Photography Story, for his coverage events surrounding the Druze minority and the 12 children and teens killed in a rocket strike at a soccer field, in the village of Majdal Shams at the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights.

Rebecca Blackwell for Feature Photography Single Image, for her photo of a supporter waiting for the start of Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Doral, Fla.

David Goldman for Feature Photography Story, for coverage of daily life in Paris prior to the start of the summer Olympic games.

Alex Babenko for Sports Photography Single Image, for his photo of children during training in Kyiv's Liko Diving School, July 3, 2024.

Rogelio V. Solis for Sports Photography Story, for his coverage of the World Series of Stickball hosted by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.

Congratulations to all the photographers for their outstanding work. This month’s winning images judged by Anita Baca are featured below.

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News Photography Single Image | Evan Vucci

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Trump Assassination Attempt

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents after an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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News Photography Story | Leo Correa

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Israel Lebanon Syria Druze Minority

Mourners from the Druze minority surround the bodies of some of the 12 children and teens killed in a rocket strike at a soccer field, in the village of Majdal Shams at the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Sunday, July 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Israel Lebanon Syria Druze Minority

Members of the Druze minority mourn during the funeral of their relatives at the village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Sunday, July 28, 2024. A rocket strike at a soccer field in the village has killed at least 11 children and teens. It's the deadliest strike on an Israeli target along the country's northern border since the fighting between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah began. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israel Lebanon Syria Druze Minority

A boy walks past bicycles left next to a soccer pitch that was hit by a rocket, killing 12 children and teenagers, in the Druze town of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Saturday, July 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Israel Lebanon Syria Druze Minority

Druze clergymen attend the funeral of some of the 12 children and teens killed in a rocket strike at a soccer field at the village of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Sunday, July 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Israel Lebanon Syria Druze Minority

Mourners from the Druze minority attend funeral of Guevara Ibrahim, 11, who is one of the 12 children and teens, killed in a rocket strike at a soccer field, in the village of Majdal Shams,in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Monday, July 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israel Lebanon Syria Druze Minority

People light candles in memory of the children and teens killed in a rocket strike at a soccer field at the village of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Sunday, July 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Israel Lebanon Syria Druze Minority

Mourners from the Druze minority surround the bodies of some of the 12 children and teens killed in a rocket strike at a soccer field, during their funeral, in the village of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Sunday, July 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israel Lebanon Syria Druze Minority

Members of the Druze minority hold a photo of Alma Fakhr al-Din, 11, during her funeral at the village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Sunday, July 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israel Lebanon Syria Druze Minority

A youth from the Druze minority weeps over a makeshift memorial for 12 children and teens killed in a rocket strike on a soccer field, in the village of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Monday, July 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israel Lebanon Syria Druze Minority

Wreath of flowers are placed on the site of a rocket’s strike killing 12 children and teens at a soccer field in the village of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Sunday, July 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Israel Lebanon Syria Druze Minority

Ayman Fakhr al-Din holds a picture of his daughter Alma for a photo in her room at the town of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israel Lebanon Syria Druze Minority

People light candles in memory of the children and teens killed in a rocket strike at a soccer field at the village of Majdal Shams, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, Sunday, July 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

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Feature Photography Single Image | Rebecca Blackwell

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Trump Rally

A supporter waits for the start of Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Doral, Fla., July 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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Feature Photography Story | David Goldman

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Paris Olympics

Passengers in the back of a taxi film themselves as they leave the Eiffel Tower decorated with the Olympic rings ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Paris. The city itself will be one of the protagonists of the 2024 Olympics. That's why the Eiffel Tower and Seine River are featured just as prominently as Simone Biles or Katie Ledecky in NBC’s ads. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Paris Olympics

A cyclist argues with police officers near Le Louvre museum at the security perimeter set up for the Olympic Games, Thursday, July 18, 2024 in Paris. A special kind of iron curtain came down across central Paris on Thursday, with the beginning of an Olympic anti-terrorism perimeter along the banks of the River Seine sealing off a kilometers-long (miles-long) area to Parisians and tourists who hadn't applied in advance for a pass. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Paris Olympics

Members of a firefighter brigade band cross the street to perform at a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 20, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Paris Olympics

A woman from Mexico poses in the courtyard of the Louvre museum, which is outside the security perimeter set up for the Olympic Games, Friday, July 19, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Paris Olympics

A couple embraces in the street as the flag of France hangs from a restaurant ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 21, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Paris Olympics

Metehan Meral, 8, left, of Turkey, and Maiya Khan, 9, right, of Houston, Texas, launch the sailboats they rented in the Luxembourg Gardens, Tuesday, July 23, 2024 ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Paris Olympics

Protesters release smoke in the colors of the Olympic rings during a demonstration by several associations for what they called the "Counter Opening Ceremony" on Republique plaza against the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Paris, France. Demonstrators gave speeches about the cost of the Olympic Games and said authorities have been using the Games as a pretext for what they call social cleansing, by removing migrants and homeless people off the streets in order to preserve a picture-postcard image of the city for the millions of visitors coming. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Paris Olympics

Flames come out of the tuba of Krzysztof Werkowicz as he performs on the street outside the George Pompidou Beaubourg museum ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 21, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Paris Olympics

People cool off under a misting fountain while filling their water bottles on a hot afternoon during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 29, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Paris Olympics

A visitor strolls past a "Paris" sign that is reflected in the glass wall of the Montparnasse tower observation deck as the Eiffel Tower stands in the background ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Paris Olympics

A crowd takes photos at the gates to the Tuileries Garden as the cauldron rises at sunset during the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Paris Olympics

Alejandro Machuca, left, proposes to his girlfriend, Aura Guizar, both of Guadalajara, Mexico, in front of the Eiffel Tower decorated with the Olympic rings, Wednesday, July 17, 2024, while on vacation in Paris. She said yes. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Sports Photography Single Image | Alex Babenko

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Liko Diving School

A boy dives into the water during training in Kyiv's Liko Diving School, July 3, 2024. According to Ukraine's first lady, more than 2 million children have fled the country. The departures have impacted various sports. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

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Sports Photography Story | Rogelio V. Solis

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Stickball-America's Oldest Game

Pearl River’s Kanyon Jimmie sprints with the “towa” or ball, while pursed by teammates and a Koni Hata defender during the Men’s Division of the World Series of Stickball title game, hosted by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Choctaw, Miss. With the exception of some players wearing mouthguards, the players wear no padding in the full contact game. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Stickball-America's Oldest Game

The stickball playing sticks are made of hickory and the ball is made of woven strips of leather seen on Saturday, July 13, 2024, prior to the start of the final two championship games of the World Series of Stickball in Choctaw, Miss., and hosted by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Stickball-America's Oldest Game

Boys and girls, ages 10-13, vie for the ball or "towa," in the Pushmataha Division Finals of the World Series of Stickball, hosted by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Friday, July 12, 2024, in Choctaw, Miss. The games are physically competitive contests between communities that historically were used to keep the tribe's warriors in shape for warfare and hunting. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Stickball-America's Oldest Game

A men’s stickball player is attended to by a paramedic after getting hit in the eye during the championship game of the men’s division of the World Series of Stickball, hosted by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Choctaw, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Stickball-America's Oldest Game

Leia Phillips of Bok Cito Ohoyo, right, is pursued by a Koni Hata Ohoyo defensive player while advancing the "towa," or ball, during the second half of the World Series of Stickball Women's Division title game, hosted by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Choctaw, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Stickball-America's Oldest Game

Bok Cito Ohoyo's Shanita Morris (25) lifts the winner's trophy drum as the players celebrate the sudden death win,1-0, over Koni Hata Ohoyo, during the World Series of Stickball Women's Division title game, hosted by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Choctaw, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Stickball-America's Oldest Game

The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians flag waves at the World Series of Stickball, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Choctaw, Miss. The event, hosted by the tribe, involved five separate championship games. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Stickball-America's Oldest Game

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians' children are initiated into the sport of stickball at an early age, with many having personal sets of stickball sticks or "kapuchas" as these two young boys attending the World Series of Stickball, Friday, July 12, 2024, in Choctaw, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Stickball-America's Oldest Game

Teams walk across the field prior to the finals of the Women’s Division of the World Series of Stickball, Saturday, July 13, 2024, on the football field at Choctaw Central High School in Choctaw, Miss. The games are physical competitive contests between communities that historically were used to keep the tribe’s warriors in shape for warfare and hunting. Depending on age, the more modern younger contests are co-ed, while the older adults play in separate contests. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Stickball-America's Oldest Game

Players from Koni Hata, and Pearl River communities battle each other for the “towa” or ball, during the first half of their Men’s 35 and over Division Finals of the World Series of Stickball, hosted by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Friday, July 12, 2024, in Choctaw, Miss. With the exception of some older players wearing mouthguards, the participants wear no padding and are often barefoot in the full contact game. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Stickball-America's Oldest Game

A Bok Cito player, right, loses his sticks as he tackles a Beaver Dam player who is looking for a shot at the goal post during the Pushmataha Division Finals game of the World Series of Stickball, Friday, July 12, 2024, in Choctaw, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Stickball-America's Oldest Game

Bok Cito Ohoyo players celebrate the sudden death score by Leia Phillips, center, over Koni Hata Ohoyo during the World Series of Stickball Women's Division title game, hosted by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Choctaw, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Lead photo: A supporter waits for the start of Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump's campaign rally in Doral, Fla., July 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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