Each month The Associated Press management honors photographers for outstanding photo coverage while on assignment.
The Winners for the August 2015 AP Staff Photo Contest are Darko Vojinovic, Santi Palacios, Emilio Morenatti, Darko Bandic and Alexander Zemlianichenko in News Photography for “Migrant Crisis,” Julie Jacobson and Matt Rourke in Feature Photography for “Albino Children: Receiving Prosthetics,” and Gene J. Puskar and Matt Slocum for “Little League World Series.”
Congratulations to all the photographers for their outstanding work. This month’s winning images are featured below.
News Photography | Migrant Crisis by Darko Vojinovic, Santi Palacios, Emilio Morenatti, Darko Bandic and Alexander Zemlianichenko
A migrant man and a boy react as they are stuck between Macedonian riot police officers and migrants during a clash near the border train station of Idomeni, northern Greece, as they wait to be allowed by the Macedonian police to cross the border from Greece to Macedonia, Friday, Aug. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Migrants are seen through the window of a police car at the Greek-Macedonian border, as they wait to be allowed by Macedonian police to cross the border, Idomeni, northern Greece, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)
A Syrian migrant boy still wearing a swimming ring stands on the beach upon his arrival with other migrants by a dinghy at the southeastern Greek island of Kos, Greece, early Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
A Syrian refugee cries after she lost her daughter during clashes between Macedonian police and refugees who try to cross the borders in the town of Idomeni, Northern Greece, on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)
A Sudanese migrant gets a haircut at a camp set near Calais, northern France. Aug. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A migrant jumps a fence as he attempts to access the Channel Tunnel in Calais, northern France, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Refugees from the Middle East are silhouetted against the setting sun as they walk on railway tracks from Serbia, in Roszke, Hungary, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
Migrants on a dinghy arrives at the southeastern island of Kos, Greece, after crossing from Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
A Syrian migrant arrives after crossing from Turkey by a rubber boat, seen in the background, in the southeastern island of Kos, Greece, Monday, Aug. 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Refugees clamber through razor wire as they cross from Serbia to Hungary, in Roszke, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
Feature Photography | Albino Children: Receiving Prosthetics by Julie Jacobson and Matt Rourke
Mwigulu Magesa holds a water toy between his body and his amputated left arm while playing on a beach in Long Beach Island, N.J. on Wednesday, July 22, 2015. One out of every 1,400 citizens in Tanzania has albinism. Mwigulu was attacked and dismembered in Tanzania because of a belief that his body parts will bring wealth. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Pendo Noni, left, and Kabula Masanja play a memory card game in New York on Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Pendo and Kabula were attacked and dismembered in the belief that their body parts will bring wealth. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Mwigulu Magesa blows up a beach ball while playing on a beach in Long Beach Island, N.J. on Wednesday, July 22, 2015. People with the genetic condition, characterized by a lack of pigment, are often referred to in Tanzania as ghosts, or zero zero, which in Swahili signifies someone who is less than human. Witch doctors often lead brutal attacks to use albino body parts in potions they claim bring riches. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Dr. Scott H. Kozin examines 13-year-old Emmanuel Rutema, of Tanzania, who has the hereditary condition of albinism, before his surgery at the Shriners Hospital for Children in Philadelphia on Tuesday, June 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Monica Watson holds Baraka Lusambo’s hand as they walk through Times Square with Emmanuel Rutema, background left, Kabula Masanja, obscured behind Watson, Pendo Noni, background right, and Mwigulu Magesa, right, in New York on Tuesday, July 28, 2015. The children, all with albinism, are in the U.S. to receive free surgery and prostheses at a hospital. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Emmanuel Rutema, 13, of Tanzania laughs with Elissa Montanti, left, founder and director of the Global Medical Relief Fund, and interpreter Ester Rwela ahead of his surgery at the Shriners Hospital for Children in Philadelphia on Tuesday, June 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Global Medical Relief Fund assistant Monica Watson, right, helps Baraka Lusambo, 5, dart away from an approaching wave in Long Beach Island, N.J. on Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Baraka was attacked and dismembered in the belief that their body parts will bring wealth. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Emmanuel Rutema, 13, of Tanzania, with the hereditary condition of albinism, draws a picture on a clipboard before of his surgery at Shriners Hospital for Children in Philadelphia on Tuesday, June 30, 2015. The lack of pigments in parts of the eyes causes vision difficulties. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Pendo Noni takes a break in her room in New York on Wednesday, July 1, 2015. One out of every 1,400 citizens in Tanzania has albinism. Pendo and four other children also with albinism are in the U.S. to receive free surgery and prostheses at a hospital. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Emmanuel Rutema, Kabula Masanja, Pendo Noni, Mwigulu Magesa and Baraka Lusambo watch the Revlon live camera with a crowd of other tourists during a visit to Times Square in New York on Tuesday, July 28, 2015. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Pendo Noni, 15, and Baraka Lusambo, 5, both of Tanzania, wait to be fitted for prosthetic limbs at the Shriners Hospital for Children in Philadelphia on Thursday, July 23, 2015. They were attacked and dismembered in Tanzania because of a belief that their body parts will bring wealth. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Elissa Montanti gives Mwigulu Magesa a kiss as he celebrates his 12th birthday with Emmanuel Rutema, left, Baraka Lusambo, foreground right, Kabula Masanja, second from right, and Pendo Noni, right, in New York on Wednesday, July 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Monica Watson, center, applies sunscreen to Baraka Lusambo, of Tanzania, before he and four other children with the hereditary condition of albinism enter a swimming pool for the first time in their lives during a visit to a home in Oyster Bay, N.Y. on Monday, July 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Sports Photography | Little League World Series by Gene J. Puskar and Matt Slocum
Venezuela’s Jose Grateron, left, collides with Mexico’s Andres Villa after Grateron was forced out at second base on a double play hit into by Angel Uranga during the fifth inning of an International elimination baseball game at the Little League World Series, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015, in South Williamsport, Pa. Mexico won 11-0. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Japan’s Masafuji Nishijima, left, rounds third after hitting a three-run home run off Lewisberry, Pa.’s Jaden Henline in the third inning of the Little League World Series Championship baseball game in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Japan’s Shingo Tomita, left, scores past Lewisberry, Pa.’s Kaden Peiferon a two-run double by Kabu Kikuchi during the first inning of the Little League World Series Championship baseball game, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, in South Williamsport, Pa. Japan won 18-11. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Lewisberry, Pa.’s Braden Kolmansberger kicks the dirt after missing a single by Japan’s Yuma Wantanabe during the second inning of the Little League World Series Championship baseball game, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, in South Williamsport, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Japan’s Kengo Tomita reacts after Yugo Aoki hit a game-winning RBI single off Venezuela’s Johan Garcia during the eighth inning of an international double-elimination baseball game at the Little League World Series, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015, in South Williamsport, Pa. Japan won 5-4. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Lewisberry, Pa.’s Braden Kolmansberger (4) scores ahead of the throw to Japan’s Raito Sugimoto on a single by Chayton Krauss during the first inning of the Little League World Series Championship baseball game in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Braden Golinski of Taylors, S.C., stands on first base after almost hitting into a game-ending double play during the sixth inning of an United States elimination baseball game against Bowling Green, Ky., at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Monday, Aug. 24, 2015. Bowling Green, Kentucky won 4-3. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Japan celebrates after winning the Little League World Series Championship baseball game over Lewisberry, Pa. in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015. Japan won 18-11. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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