Each month The Associated Press management honors photographers for outstanding photo coverage while on assignment.
The Winners for the July 2015 AP Staff Photo Contest are Sebastian Scheiner in News Photography for “Gay Pride Attack,” Alvaro Barrientos, Andres Kudacki and Daniel Ochoa de Olza in Feature Photography for “San Fermin,” and Laurent Cipriani, Peter Dejong and Christophe Ena for “Tour de France.”
Congratulations to all the photographers for their outstanding work. This month’s winning images are featured below.
News Photography | Gay Pride Attack by Sebastian Scheiner
People carry flags during a Gay Pride parade before an ultra-Orthodox Jew stabbed several people with a knife in Jerusalem on Thursday, July 30, 2015. Yishai Schlissel, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man, lunged into a group of revelers at the annual gay pride parade and stabbed several of them as they marched in the holy city. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
Ultra-Orthodox Jew Yishai Schlissel walks through a Gay Pride parade and is just about to pull a knife from under his coat and start stabbing people in Jerusalem Thursday, July 30, 2015. Schlissel was recently released from prison after serving a term for stabbing several people at a gay pride parade in 2005.(AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
An ultra-Orthodox Jew attacks people with a knife during a Gay Pride parade Thursday, July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
Israeli security forces reach for ultra-Orthodox Jew Yishai Schlissel attacking people with a knife during a Gay Pride parade Thursday, July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
An ultra-Orthodox Jew stabs a woman in the back with a knife during a Gay Pride parade Thursday, July 30, 2015 in central Jerusalem. Israeli police said several people were stabbed. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
Paramedics help a wounded woman after an ultra-Orthodox Jew attacked people with a knife during a Gay Pride parade Thursday, July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
Paramedics roll a wounded person into an ambulance after an ultra-Orthodox Jew attacked people with a knife during a Gay Pride parade Thursday, July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
People help a wounded person after Yishai Schlissel, an ultra-Orthodox Jew, attacked people with a knife during a gay pride parade in Jerusalem on Thursday, July 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
A police officer removes a knife from ultra-Orthodox Jew Yishai Schlissel after he stabbed people during a gay pride parade in Jerusalem on Thursday, July 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
Ultra-Orthodox Jew Yishai Schlissel is detained by plain-clothes police officers after he stabbed people during a gay pride parade Thursday, July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
Plainclothes Israeli police detain an ultra-Orthodox Jew after he attacked people with a knife during a Gay Pride parade Thursday, July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
People react after an ultra-Orthodox Jew attacked people with a knife during a Gay Pride parade Thursday, July 30, 2015 in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
Feature Photography | San Fermin by Alvaro Barrientos, Andres Kudacki and Daniel Ochoa de Olza
Revelers hold up traditional red neckties during the launch of the ‘Chupinazo’ rocket, to celebrate the official opening of the 2015 San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain, Monday, July 6, 2015. Revelers from around the world turned out here to kick off the festival with a messy party in the Pamplona town square, one day before the first of eight days of the running of the bulls. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
Revelers run chased by ‘El Tajo y La Reina’ ranch fighting bulls as they turn Estafeta corner during a running of the bulls of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
Spanish bullfighter Juan Jose Padilla performs with a Garcigrande ranch fighting bull during a bullfight of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain, Monday, July 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
A ”recortador” jumps over a bull during a competition at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain, Saturday, July 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Revelers open their mouthes as they wait to cool off with water thrown from a balcony to celebrate the official opening of the 2015 San Fermin Fiestas, in Pamplona, northern Spain, July 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Revelers cool off with water thrown from a balcony during the launch of the ‘Chupinazo’ rocket, to celebrate the official opening of the 2015 San Fermin Fiestas, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Monday, July 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
People watch as El Tajo y La Reina fighting bulls and revelers run during the running of the bulls, at the San Fermin festival, in Pamplona, Spain, Wednesday, July 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
A participant runs in front of a ”Jose Escolar Gil” fighting bull alongside Mercaderes street, during the fifth running of the bulls, at the San Fermin Festival, in Pamplona, Spain, Saturday, July 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
A cow jumps over a group of revelers on the bull ring, at the San Fermin Festival, in Pamplona, Spain, Wednesday, July 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
A flaming fake bull known as a “Toro de fuego” runs after revelers during San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain, Monday, July 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Sports Photography | Tour de France by Laurent Cipriani, Peter Dejong and Christophe Ena
Britain’s Chris Froome, right, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey cycles past the Arc de Triomphe during the twenty-first and last stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 109.5 kilometers (68 miles) with start in Sevres and finish in Paris, France, Sunday, July 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
Britain’s Christopher Froome strains as he crosses the finish line of the first stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial over 13.8 kilometers (8.57 miles), with start and Finish in Utrecht, Netherlands, Saturday, July 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Spare bicycles and spare gyres sit on the roof of the team cars as they follow the pack during the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 189.5 kilometers (117.8 miles) with start in Arras and finish in Amiens, France, Wednesday, July 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
Britain’s Chris Froome, center, kisses the trophy as he stands on the podium with second placed Colombia’s Nairo Quintana, left, and Spain’s Alejandro Valverde at the end of the Tour de France cycling race in Paris, France, Sunday, July 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
William Bonnet of France holds his head after crashing with scores of other riders during the third stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 159.5 kilometers (99.1 miles) with start in Antwerp and finish in Huy, Belgium, Monday, July 6, 2015. Bonnet abandoned the race following the crash. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Riders, team cars and press motorcycles climb the harpins of Montvernier during the eighteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 186.5 kilometers (115.9 miles) with start in Gap and finish in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France, Thursday, July 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
Clients watch from the terrace of a restaurant as the pack with Britain’s Chris Froome, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, passes during the eighteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 186.5 kilometers (115.9 miles) with start in Gap and finish in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France, Thursday, July 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
A man performs a BMX bike stunt as the pack with Britain’s Christopher Froome, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, passes during the tenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 167 kilometers (103.8 miles) with start in Tarbes and finish in La Pierre-Saint-Martin, France, Tuesday, July 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
Clouds reflect in a car window as the pack with Britain’s Chris Froome, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, passes during the nineteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 138 kilometers (85.7 miles) with start in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and finish in La Toussuire, France, Friday, July 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
The pack with Britain’s Chris Froome, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, passes a field with sunflowers during the thirteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 198.5 kilometers (123.3 miles) with start in Muret and finish in Rodez, France, Friday, July 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
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