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

The winners of the April 2026 AP Photo Contest are:

Chris O'Meara for News Photography Single Image, for his photo of NASA’s Artemis II moon rocket lifting off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

Emilio Morenatti for News Photography Story, for his coverage in Lebanon of the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran.

Vadim Ghirda for Feature Photography Single Image, for his photo of people attending the Orthodox Easter service at the Armenian cathedral in Bucharest, Romania.

Ramon Espinosa for Feature Photography Story, for his coverage of seniors inside Cuba who are among the hardest hit by the severe economic crisis on the island.

Rebecca Blackwell for Sports Photography Single Image, for her photo of Curtis Blaydes taking a hit from Josh Hokit in a heavyweight bout at the UFC 327 mixed martial arts event in Miami.

Ashley Landis and David J. Phillip for Sports Photography Story, for their combined coverage of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament in Houston.

Congratulations to all the photographers for their outstanding work.

This month’s winning images, judged by Juan Karita and Natacha Pisarenko, are featured below.

News Photography Single Image | Chris O’Meara

NASA Artemis Moonshot

NASA’s Artemis II moon rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-B Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)

News Photography Story | Emilio Morenatti

Lebanon Israel Iran War

A gunman fires his gun as men carry the coffins with the bodies of Pierre Mouawad, an official with the anti-Hezbollah Lebanese Forces party, and his wife during their funeral in Yahshush, in Lebanon, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. Mouawad was killed Sunday in an Israeli strike on the apartment building where he lived in a Christian village east of Beirut. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Lebanon Israel Iran War

Displaced people wait to receive donated food beside the tents they use as shelters after fleeing Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Lebanon Israel Iran War

A woman who survived an Israeli airstrike cries as she rescued by a firefighter from a destroyed building in central Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Lebanon Israel Iran War

A displaced family, who fled Israeli bombings in southern Lebanon, make a bonfire next to a tent used as a shelter in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Lebanon Israel Iran War

Emergency crews are searching for victims from a destroyed building following an Israeli airstrike in central Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Lebanon Israel Iran War

A boy splashes water on himself in a makeshift shower outside the tent they're using as a shelter after fleeing their village in southern Lebanon due to Israeli bombardment, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Lebanon Israel Iran War

Mourners react during the funeral of 13 state security officers who were killed the day before in an Israeli strike in Lebanon’s coastal city of Sidon, Saturday, April 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Lebanon Israel Iran War

Haifa Kenjo, who fled Israeli airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut, holds her 15-day-old daughter Shiman inside the tent she uses as a shelter, where she gave birth to her , in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, April 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Lebanon Israel Iran War

A woman holds her dog as she walks past burned cars a day after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Lebanon Israel Iran War

Mourners react during the funeral of 13 state security officers who were killed the day before in an Israeli strike in Lebanon’s coastal city of Sidon, Saturday, April 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Lebanon Israel Iran War

A man stands next to an apartment building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike a day earlier in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Lebanon Israel Iran War

A woman reacts stands to the grave of her husband during the funeral of 13 state security officers who were killed the day before in an Israeli strike in Lebanon’s coastal city of Sidon, Saturday, April 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Feature Photography Single Image | Vadim Ghirda

Romania Orthodox Easter

People attend the Orthodox Easter service at the Armenian cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, April 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Feature Photography Story | Ramon Espinosa

Cuba Seniors

A photo of the late Cuban President Fidel Castro sits alongside photos of Mercedes Lopez Rey´s family on a bedside table at the 83-year-old´s home in Old Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cuba Seniors

Mercedes Lopez Rey, 83, stands in her one-room apartment in Old Havana, Cuba, Friday, April 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cuba Seniors

Mercedes Lopez Rey, 83, center front, and other elderly residents wait to be served a free meal in a dining hall adjacent to Church of the Holy Spirit where seniors gather three times a week for a free meal, in Old Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cuba Seniors

Carmen Casado, 84, looks through her wardrobe at her home in Old Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cuba Seniors

Mercedes Lopez Rey holds a framed cyanotype with an image of the late Cuban President Fidel Castro and prayer cards tucked into the edges of the frame, in her home in Old Havana, Cuba, Friday, April 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cuba Seniors

Maribel Ezcurra, 77, a retired milling machine mechanic, practices tai chi with fellow seniors in a park in the Playa neighborhood of Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cuba Seniors

Mercedes Lopez Rey, 83, holds out her cup to be filled with water in a dining hall adjacent to the Church of the Holy Spirit, where a church-run program provides free meals to seniors three times a week, in Old Havana, Cuba, Friday, April 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cuba Seniors

Seen through the window of a passing American classic car, seniors stand in line to buy bread in Old Havana, Cuba, Friday, April 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cuba Seniors

Iris Cecilia Ramirez runs errands in Old Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cuba Seniors

Julia Barcelo, 83, who is recovering from breast cancer treatment, and a visiting relative watch television at her home in Old Havana, Cuba, Friday, April 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cuba Seniors

Mercedes Lopez Rey, 83, stands in her bathroom, holding open a patio door as a visitor leaves her one-room apartment in Old Havana, Friday, April 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cuba Seniors

Mercedes Lopez Rey, 83, walks past uncollected trash on her way to her one-room apartment in Old Havana, Cuba, Friday, April 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Sports Photography Single Image | Rebecca Blackwell

UFC 327 Mixed Martial Arts

Curtis Blaydes, left, of the United States, takes a hit from Josh Hokit, right, also of the United States, in a heavyweight bout at the UFC 327 mixed martial arts event, Saturday, April 11, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Sports Photography Story | Ashley Landis and David J. Phillip

LPGA Tour Golf

Frida Kinhult, of Sweden, watches her tee shot on the 11th hole during the first round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

LPGA Tour Golf

Moriya Jutanugarn, of Thailand, hits from the bunker on the 10th hole during the first round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

LPGA Tour Golf

Nataliya Guseva hits on the fifth hole during the first round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

LPGA Tour Golf

A bird flies near Madelene Sagstrom, of Sweden, on the 16th hole during the second round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Friday, April 24, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

LPGA Tour Golf

Nelly Korda signs after her the second round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Friday, April 24, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

LPGA Tour Golf

Nelly Korda hits from the fairway on the 16th hole during the third round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Saturday, April 25, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

LPGA Tour Golf

Nelly Korda walks to the tee on the third hole during the final round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 26, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

LPGA Tour Golf

Fans watch as Nelly Korda hits her tee shot on the fourth hole during the final round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 26, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

LPGA Tour Golf

Nelly Korda celebrate after winning the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 26, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

LPGA Tour Golf

Nelly Korda celebrates by jumping in the water after winning the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 26, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

LPGA Tour Golf

Nelly Korda celebrates by jumping in the water after winning the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 26, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

LPGA Tour Golf

Nelly Korda holds the trophy after winning the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 26, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Lead photo: Displaced people wait to receive donated food beside the tents they use as shelters after fleeing Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)