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

The winners of the September 2025 AP Photo Contest are:

Niranjan Shrestha for Single News Image for capturing a demonstrator in Kathmandu, Nepal, wearing a flak jacket and carrying a shield taken from a police officer during a protest against a social media ban and corruption.

Matias Delacroix for News Photography Story, for his documentation of a Venezuelan family who gave up on migrating to the United States, in a trend of reverse migration.

Ramón Espinosa for Feature Photography Single Image, for his photo of residents playing dominoes during a power outage in Havana, Cuba.

David Goldman for Feature Photography Story, for his focus on aging in Uganda amid a worldwide demographic shift.

Godofredo A. Vásquez for Sports Photography Single Image, for his action shot of St. Louis Cardinal Victor Scott II scoring against the San Francisco Giants on a double in the ninth in San Francisco.

Petr David Josek for Sports Photography Story, for his overall coverage at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.

Congratulations to all the photographers for their outstanding work. This month’s winning images, judged by members of the curation team, Courtney Dittmar, Jaquelyn Larma and Leslie Mazoch, are featured below.

News Photography Single Image | Niranjan Shrestha

A protester wearing flak jacket and carrying a shield snatched from a policeman shouts slogans at the Singha Durbar, the seat of Nepal's government's various ministries and offices during a protest against social media ban and corruption in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sept. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

News Photography Story | Matias Delacroix

Venezuelans Reverse Migration

Venezuelan Mariela Gomez holds her son Mathias as they boat to shore after arriving on a larger cargo vessel in Jaque, on Panama's Pacific coast, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, during their journey south after giving up on reaching the United States. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuelans Reverse Migration

Venezuelan Abraham Castro rides a cargo vessel with other Venezuelan migrants through the Gulf of Panama as he, his partner and her two sons travel south after giving up on reaching the United States, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuelans Reverse Migration

Venezuelan migrants depart Jaque on Panama's Pacific coast en route to Jurado, Colombia, as they return home after failing to enter the United States, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuelans Reverse Migration

Venezuelan migrants returning home after giving up on reaching the United States wait to board a cargo vessel in Panama City, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuelans Reverse Migration

A cargo crew member points out their location to Venezuelan migrants on the Gulf of Panama as they return home after giving up on reaching the United States, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuelans Reverse Migration

Venezuelan Abraham Castro and his partner's son Mathias Gomez walk on the beach in Jaque on Panama's Pacific coast, from where they will keep moving south toward Colombia, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. Castro, his partner, and her two sons are returning home after being detained by U.S. authorities in Texas and sent back to southern Mexico. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuelans Reverse Migration

Venezuelan Mathias Gomez sleeps during a stop in Jaque on Panama's Pacific coast, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, during his family's return home after being detained by U.S. authorities in Texas and sent back to southern Mexico. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuelans Reverse Migration

Venezuelan Mariela Gomez and her family, arrive in a boat with other Venezuelan migrants to Jaque, Colombia, after riding on a larger cargo vessel along Panama's Pacific coast, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, as they return home and give up on reaching the United States. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuelans Reverse Migration

A pilot steers a cargo vessel along the Gulf of Panama with Venezuelan migrants returning home after unsuccessful attempts to enter the United States, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuelans Reverse Migration

A boat carrying Venezuelan migrants who gave up on reaching the United States depart Jaque, as they move south along Panama's Pacific coast, en route to Colombia, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuelans Reverse Migration

Crew members in Panama City load cargo onto a vessel carrying Venezuelan migrants who gave giving up on reaching the United States and are traveling south, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuelans Reverse Migration

Venezuelan migrants Abraham Castro and partner Mariela Gomez get off a motorcycle taxi in Jaque, on Panama's Pacific coast near the border with Colombia, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. Their family gave up on migrating to the United States after being detained by U.S. authorities in Texas and sent to southern Mexico. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Feature Photography Single Image | Ramón Espinosa

People play dominoes outside during a blackout in Havana, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Feature Photography Story | David Goldman

Aging Africa

Erisafan Khayiki, 80, whose feet are so swollen they hurt just to place them on the floor, grimaces in pain as he tries to get out bed with the help of his wife, Maria Kimono, 69, at their home in Nabalanga, Uganda, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Aging Africa

Field assistant Tyler Tukamuhabwa lifts Alice Janet Nakagwe, who is about 93, into a wheelchair to have her ears cleaned as part of a nurse´s visit by the NGO Reach One Touch One Ministries in Magogo, Uganda, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Aging Africa

Saverina Tumukunde, 67, who struggles with mental illness, chases ants on the ground outside her home as her husband Daniel Nvunabandi, 75, right, looks on, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, in Omukayaga, a rural village in western Uganda. Older people living in rural villages with dementia and mental illness, conditions so foreign to many here, have been accused of witchcraft and ostracized in their own communities. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Aging Africa

Field nurse Derrick Ssemanda washes out the ear of Tolofisa Nalugwa, who is about 90, as part of a visit by the NGO Reach One Touch One Ministries in Magogo, Uganda, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Aging Africa

Deziranta Namisango, second from left, who has dementia, sits on a motorcycle taxi as Christine Nababi, 80, is helped onto the seat by NGO field officer, Elizabeth Nagawa, as they leave their biweekly fellowship gathering for seniors at a church in Mukono, Uganda, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Aging Africa

Joy Okwanjire, who is in her 70s, carries a 10-liter jug as part of her daily hike among steep hills to collect water from a valley stream nearly 500 feet below and over a kilometer away, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, in Mubushuro, in western Uganda. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Aging Africa

An older woman walks through her village in the middle of a downpour, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in Mukono, Uganda. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Aging Africa

Field nurse Winnie Katwesigye with Reach One Touch One Ministries checks the blood pressure of Ernest Rwarangire, 70, left, as his wife, Priscilla Tigeita, 68, waits her turn in their home in Omurutare, a rural village in western Uganda, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Field nurse Winnie Katwesigye, right, with Reach One Touch One Ministries, talks with Zaberia Kitwekyoma, who is about 90, after checking his blood pressure in Omunkore, a rural village in western Uganda, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. For many older residents here, the only access to healthcare is the infrequent visits of the NGO's field nurse. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Aging Africa

Alice Mary Nasanga, who is about 70 and was banished by members of her family after she was accused of witchery, holds her disabled son, Ibrahim Kamya, 30, as she feeds him on the floor of the home they share in Nabalanga, Uganda, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. "There is no one. Only God knows," she says of what will happen to him when she's physically no longer able to care for him. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Aging Africa

Joseph Malagho, who is about 70 and has survived living with HIV but now faces the complexities of old age, sits in his bed under a mosquito net at his home in Nkulagirire, Uganda, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Aging Africa

Maria Kimono, 69, places the tarp over the fresh grave of her husband, Erisafan Khayiki, who died just days before as an ailment went untreated, outside their home in Nabalanga, Uganda, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Sports Photography Single | Godofredo A. Vásquez

St. Louis Cardinals' Victor Scott II scores against the San Francisco Giants on Brendan Donovan's double during the ninth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Sports Photography Story | Petr David Josek

World Athletics Championships

Qatar's Oumar Doudai Abakar competes in a men's 110 meters hurdles heat at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

World Athletics Championships

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines' Shafiqua Maloney prepares to start a women's 800 meters heat at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

World Athletics Championships

United States' Noah Lyles anchors the team to gold ahead of Canada's Andre De Grasse and Netherlands' Elvis Afrifa in the men's 4 X 100 meters relay final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

World Athletics Championships

United States' Noah Lyles celebrates after winning the gold in the men's 200 meters final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

World Athletics Championships

Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh, right, consoles Ukraine's Kateryna Tabashnyk after the women's high jump qualification at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

World Athletics Championships

Japan's Shunsuke Izumiya crashes in a men's 110 meters hurdles semifinal at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

World Athletics Championships

Spain's Daniel Arce reacts as other athletes compete after he fell during a men's 3,000 meters steeplechase heat at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

World Athletics Championships

Kazakhstan's Daisy Jepkemei clears a barrier after losing a shoe in a women's 3,000 meters steeplechase heat at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

World Athletics Championships

Athletes race in a women's 5,000 meters heat at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

World Athletics Championships

United States' Dalilah Muhammad prepares to start a women's 400 meters hurdles heat at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

World Athletics Championships

United States' Vernon Norwood starts the men's 4 X 400 meters relay at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

World Athletics Championships

Kenya's Beatrice Chebet, gold, embraces Italy's Nadia Battocletti, silver, after winning the the women's 10,000 meters final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Lead photo: Athletes race in a women's 5,000 meters heat at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)