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

The winners for the April 2024 AP Photo Contest are Ariel Schalit for News Photography Single Image, for his photo of family and supporters of hostages held in the Gaza Strip screaming and holding up their hands, painted red to symbolize blood, calling for the captives' release and to mark six months since the Hamas-led Oct. 7 cross-border attack, in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Anupam Nath for News Photography Story, for his coverage of India's 6-week-long national election in seven phases which started on April 19 and results will be announced on June 4.

Aaron Favila for Feature Photography Single Image, for his photo of a meat vendor counting money at a public market in Marikina, Philippines.

Leo Correa for Feature Photography Story, for his coverage of the ancient Samaritan community praying during the Passover pilgrimage at the religion's holiest site on the top of Mt. Gerizim, near the West Bank town of Nablus.

Charlie Neibergall for Sports Photography Single Image, for his photo of runners leaping over the water pit during the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Drake Relays athletics meet in Des Moines, Iowa.

Petros Giannakouris for Sports Photography Story, for his series covering performers, who will take part in the flame lighting ceremony for the Paris Olympics, during rehearsals at the Ancient Olympia site in Greece.

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

News Photography Single Image | Ariel Schalit

Israel Palestinians

Family and supporters of hostages held in the Gaza Strip scream and hold up their hands, painted red to symbolize blood, to call for the captives' release and to mark six months since the Hamas-led Oct. 7 cross-border attack, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, April 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

News Photography Story | Anupam Nath

India Election

Indian Congress party leader Priyanka Gandhi campaigns for the first phase of national election in Titabor in upper Assam, India, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. India's 6-week-long national election in seven phases starts on April 19 and results will be announced on June 4.(AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

India Election

Congress party supporters shout slogans as their leader Priyanka Gandhi addresses them during an election rally in Dhubri district in lower Assam, India, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

India Election

Chandra Saora, 45, a tea garden supervisor, campaigns for the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the first phase of national elections in Marioni in upper Assam, India, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

India Election

Congress party supporters attend an election rally by party leader Priyanka Gandhi in Dhubri district in lower Assam, India, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

India Election

An elederly Deori tribal woman arrives as others of her tribe stand in a queue to cast their vote during the first round of polling of India's national election in Jorhat, India, Friday, April 19, 2024. Nearly 970 million voters will elect 543 members for the lower house of Parliament for five years, during staggered elections that will run until June 1. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

India Election

A woman shows the indelible ink mark on her finger after casting vote in a polling station on the bank of the Brahmaputra river during the second round of voting in the six-week-long national election in Morigaon district, India, Friday, April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

India Election

A security person stands guard as 89-year-old Rubi Paul, sitting on her bed behind a portable polling screen, casts her vote at her residence using postal ballot before the third round of the six-week-long national election, in Guwahati, India, Sunday, April 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

India Election

Polling officials carry Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) across a dried riverbed of Brahmaputra on the eve of the national election at Baghmora Chapori (small island) of Majuli, about 350km (218 miles) east of the state capital Guwahati, India, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

India Election

Villagers check their names on a voter list of a congress party agent outside a polling station during the first round of voting of India's national election in Bahona village, Jorhat, India, Friday, April 19, 2024. Nearly 970 million voters will elect 543 members for the lower house of Parliament for five years, during staggered elections that will run until June 1. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

India Election

People walk to a polling station after crossing the Brahmaputra river in a boat during the second round of voting in the six-week-long national election in Morigaon district, about 77km (48 miles) from Guwahati, India, Friday, April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

India Election

Polling officials prepare election material in candlelight at a polling station on the eve of the second phase of the national election in Morigaon district, about 77km (48 miles) from Guwahati, India, Thursday, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

India Election

A polling official puts indelible ink mark on the index finger of 89-year-old Rubi Paul, after she cast her vote at her residence using postal ballot before the third round of the six-week-long national election, in Guwahati, India, Sunday, April 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Feature Photography Single Image | Aaron Favila

Philippines Daily Life

A meat vendor counts money at a public market in Marikina, Philippines on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Feature Photography Story | Leo Correa

Samaritans Passover

Members of the ancient Samaritan community pray during the Passover pilgrimage at the religion's holiest site on the top Mt. Gerizim, near the West Bank town of Nablus, Monday, April 29, 2024. Samaritans descended from the ancient Israelite tribes of Menashe and Efraim but broke away from mainstream Judaism more than 2,800 years ago. Today, the remaining Samaritans live in the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank and the Israeli seaside town of Holon, south of Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Samaritans Passover

Members of the ancient Samaritan community pray during the Passover pilgrimage at the religion's holiest site on the top Mt. Gerizim, near the West Bank town of Nablus, Monday, April 29, 2024. Samaritans descended from the ancient Israelite tribes of Menashe and Efraim but broke away from mainstream Judaism more than 2,800 years ago. Today, the remaining Samaritans live in the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank and the Israeli seaside town of Holon, south of Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Samaritans Passover

Members of the ancient Samaritan community, wrapped in a prayer shawls, hold up Tora scrolls as worshippers pray during the Passover pilgrimage at the religion's holiest site on the top Mt. Gerizim, near the West Bank town of Nablus, Monday, April 29, 2024. Samaritans descended from the ancient Israelite tribes of Menashe and Efraim but broke away from mainstream Judaism more than 2,800 years ago. Today, the remaining Samaritans live in the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank and the Israeli seaside town of Holon, south of Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Samaritans Passover

Members of the ancient Samaritan community attend the Passover pilgrimage at the religion's holiest site on the top Mt. Gerizim, near the West Bank town of Nablus, Monday, April 29, 2024. Samaritans descended from the ancient Israelite tribes of Menashe and Efraim but broke away from mainstream Judaism more than 2,800 years ago. Today, the remaining Samaritans live in the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank and the Israeli seaside town of Holon, south of Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Samaritans Passover

Members of the ancient Samaritan community attend the Passover pilgrimage at the religion's holiest site on the top Mt. Gerizim, near the West Bank town of Nablus, Monday, April 29, 2024. Samaritans descended from the ancient Israelite tribes of Menashe and Efraim but broke away from mainstream Judaism more than 2,800 years ago. Today, the remaining Samaritans live in the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank and the Israeli seaside town of Holon, south of Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Samaritans Passover

Members of the ancient Samaritan community attend the Passover pilgrimage at the religion's holiest site on the top Mt. Gerizim, near the West Bank town of Nablus, Monday, April 29, 2024. Samaritans descended from the ancient Israelite tribes of Menashe and Efraim but broke away from mainstream Judaism more than 2,800 years ago. Today, the remaining Samaritans live in the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank and the Israeli seaside town of Holon, south of Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Samaritans Passover

Members of the ancient Samaritan community attend the Passover pilgrimage at the religion's holiest site on the top Mt. Gerizim, near the West Bank town of Nablus, Monday, April 29, 2024. Samaritans descended from the ancient Israelite tribes of Menashe and Efraim but broke away from mainstream Judaism more than 2,800 years ago. Today, the remaining Samaritans live in the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank and the Israeli seaside town of Holon, south of Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Samaritans Passover

Members of the ancient Samaritan community, wrapped in a prayer shawls, hold up Tora scrolls as worshippers pray during the Passover pilgrimage at the religion's holiest site on the top Mt. Gerizim, near the West Bank town of Nablus, Monday, April 29, 2024. Samaritans descended from the ancient Israelite tribes of Menashe and Efraim but broke away from mainstream Judaism more than 2,800 years ago. Today, the remaining Samaritans live in the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank and the Israeli seaside town of Holon, south of Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Samaritans Passover

Members of the ancient Samaritan community attend the Passover pilgrimage at the religion's holiest site on the top Mt. Gerizim, near the West Bank town of Nablus, Monday, April 29, 2024. Samaritans descended from the ancient Israelite tribes of Menashe and Efraim but broke away from mainstream Judaism more than 2,800 years ago. Today, the remaining Samaritans live in the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank and the Israeli seaside town of Holon, south of Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Samaritans Passover

Members of the ancient Samaritan community attend the Passover pilgrimage at the religion's holiest site on the top Mt. Gerizim, near the West Bank town of Nablus, Monday, April 29, 2024. Samaritans descended from the ancient Israelite tribes of Menashe and Efraim but broke away from mainstream Judaism more than 2,800 years ago. Today, the remaining Samaritans live in the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank and the Israeli seaside town of Holon, south of Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Samaritans Passover

Members of the ancient Samaritan community, wrapped in a prayer shawls, hold up Tora scrolls as worshippers pray during the Passover pilgrimage at the religion's holiest site on the top Mt. Gerizim, near the West Bank town of Nablus, Monday, April 29, 2024. Samaritans descended from the ancient Israelite tribes of Menashe and Efraim but broke away from mainstream Judaism more than 2,800 years ago. Today, the remaining Samaritans live in the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank and the Israeli seaside town of Holon, south of Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Samaritans Passover

A member of the ancient Samaritan community, wrapped in a prayer shawl, holds up a Tora scroll as worshippers pray during the Passover pilgrimage at the religion's holiest site on the top Mt. Gerizim, near the West Bank town of Nablus, Monday, April 29, 2024. Samaritans descended from the ancient Israelite tribes of Menashe and Efraim but broke away from mainstream Judaism more than 2,800 years ago. Today, the remaining Samaritans live in the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank and the Israeli seaside town of Holon, south of Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Sports Photography Single Image | Charlie Neibergall

Drake Relays Athletics

Runners leap over the water pit during the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Drake Relays athletics meet, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)