AP monthly staff photo contest

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

The winners for the January 2020 AP Photo Contest are Andrew Harnik for News Photography Single Image, for his image of man eating lunch surrounded by media a a Joe Biden campaign event. Aaron Favila for News Photography Story, for his coverage of the Taal Volcano eruption in the Philippines.

Ben Curtis for Feature Photography Single Image, for his image of a young boy during a locust outbreak in Kenya.

Markus Schreiber for Feature Photography Story, for his black and white panoramic series on the Auschwitz Liberation Anniversary.

Bernat Armangue for Sports Photography Single Image, for his image of Jose Ignacio Cornejo Florino of Chile riding his motorbike during the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia.

Bernat Armangue for Sports Photography Story, for his coverage of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia.

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

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News Photography Single Image | Andrew Harnik

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Surrounded by Media

Hank Schwirtz of Bettendorf, Iowa, left, tries to eat lunch as members of the media surround him to watch Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden sit down for lunch at Ross’ Restaurant, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, in Bettendorf, Iowa. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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News Photography Story | Aaron Favila

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Philippines Volcano

People watch as Taal Volcano erupts Sunday Jan. 12, 2020, from Tagaytay, Cavite province, south of Manila, Philippines (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippines Volcano

A man walks past a cloud of ash as he evacuates to safer grounds after Taal Volano continues to erupt in Lemery, Batangas, southern Philippines on Monday Jan. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippines Volcano

A family evacuates to safer grounds as Taal Volano continues to spew ash in Lemery, Batangas, southern Philippines on Monday Jan. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippines Volcano

Clouds of volcanic ash rise up from dead trees in Laurel, Batangas province, southern Philippines on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Taal volcano is spewing lava half a mile high and trembling with earthquakes constantly as thousands of people flee villages darkened and blanketed by heavy ash. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippines Volcano

A resident cleans his house from volcanic ash at Laurel, Batangas province, southern Philippines on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Taal volcano is spewing ash half a mile high and trembling with earthquakes constantly as thousands of people flee villages darkened and blanketed by heavy ash. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippines Volcano

Erman Batan breaks in tears as she remembers her husband Roberto who she has not seen since they evacuated their homes near the Taal volcano in Lemery, Batangas, southern Philippines on Monday Jan. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippines Volcano

Drinks are covered in volcanic ash in Talisay, Batangas province, southern Philippines on Wednesday Jan.15, 2020. Taal volcano is spewing lava into the sky and trembled constantly, possibly portending a bigger and more dangerous eruption, as tens of thousands of people fled villages darkened and blanketed by heavy ash. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippines Volcano

Leila de Castro carries a statue of the baby Jesus which she recovered from the house of her sister as she walks on a road covered with volcanic ash in Boso-Boso, Batangas province, southern Philippines on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Taal volcano is spewing ash half a mile high and trembling with earthquakes constantly as thousands of people flee villages darkened and blanketed by heavy ash. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippines Volcano

Police and military help push a vehicle along a road covered in volcanic ash at a village beside Taal volcano where residents have evacuated to safer ground in Agoncillo, Batangas province, southern Philippines on Saturday Jan.18, 2020. The Taal volcano near the Philippine capital emitted more ash clouds Saturday, posing the threat of another eruption. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippines Volcano

A man shovels volcanic ash from his roof at a lakeshore village beside Taal volcano where residents have evacuated to safer ground in Agoncillo, Batangas province, southern Philippines on Saturday Jan.18, 2020. The Taal volcano near the Philippine capital emitted more ash clouds Saturday, posing the threat of another eruption. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippines Volcano

An injured horse that was rescued from the volcano island of Taal stays near the shore as it rests at Talisay, Batangas province, southern Philippines on Friday Jan.17, 2020. Taal volcano remains life-threatening despite weaker emissions and fewer tremors, an official said Friday and advised thousands of displaced villagers not to return to the danger zone) (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippines Volcano

Residents scramble to grab a water bottle given by a passing citizen at a town near Taal volcano, Tagaytay, Cavite province, southern Philippines on Sunday Jan.19, 2020. Many poor families living near Taal volcano have been affected due to loss of income after business closures in the area, Philippine officials said Sunday the government will no longer allow villagers to return to a crater-studded island where an erupting Taal volcano lies, warning that living there would be ???like having a gun pointed at you???. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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Feature Photography Single Image | Ben Curtis

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Locust Outbreak

A farmer’s son raises his arms as he is surrounded by desert locusts while trying to chase them away from his crops, in Katitika village, Kitui county, Kenya Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. Desert locusts have swarmed into Kenya by the hundreds of millions from Somalia and Ethiopia, countries that haven’t seen such numbers in a quarter-century, destroying farmland and threatening an already vulnerable region. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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Feature Photography Story | Markus Schreiber

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Auschwitz Liberation Anniversary

The main entrance with the inscription ‚Arbeit macht frei‘ at the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz I. in Oswiecim, Poland, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. An uncounted number of people most of them Jews but also prisoners of war and other minorities was murdered by the Nazis in this camp. On Jan 27, 1945 Soviet Red Army soldiers arrive at the camp and liberated the remains people. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Auschwitz Liberation Anniversary

The railway tracks from where hundred thousands of people was directed to the gas chambers to murdered immediately inside the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz Birkenau or Auschwitz II. in Oswiecim, Poland, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019. An uncounted number of people most of them Jews but also prisoners of war and other minorities was murdered by the Nazis in this camp. On Jan 27, 1945 Soviet Red Army soldiers arrive at the camp and liberated the remains people. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Auschwitz Liberation Anniversary

A wooden sight with the word STOP stand in front of previously electric barbed wire inside the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz I. in Oswiecim, Poland, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. An uncounted number of people most of them Jews but also prisoners of war and other minorities was murdered by the Nazis in this camp. On Jan 27, 1945 Soviet Red Army soldiers arrive at the camp and liberated the remains people. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Auschwitz Liberation Anniversary

In the gas chamber one at the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz I. in Oswiecim, Poland, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. About 700 people was killed at once at this room with Cyclone B gas. An uncounted number of people most of them Jews but also prisoners of war and other minorities was murdered by the Nazis in this camp. On Jan 27, 1945 Soviet Red Army soldiers arrive at the camp and liberated the remains people. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Auschwitz Liberation Anniversary

In a wall inside the gas chamber one at the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz I. in Oswiecim, Poland, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. About 700 people was killed at once at this room with Cyclone B gas. An uncounted number of people most of them Jews but also prisoners of war and other minorities was murdered by the Nazis in this camp. On Jan 27, 1945 Soviet Red Army soldiers arrive at the camp and liberated the remains people. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Auschwitz Liberation Anniversary

The crematorium near the gas chamber one at the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz I. in Oswiecim, Poland, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. About 700 people was killed at once at this room with Cyclone B gas. An uncounted number of people most of them Jews but also prisoners of war and other minorities was murdered by the Nazis in this camp. On Jan 27, 1945 Soviet Red Army soldiers arrive at the camp and liberated the remains people. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Auschwitz Liberation Anniversary

A way with a observation and security tower between previously electric barbed wire inside the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz I. in Oswiecim, Poland, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. An uncounted number of people most of them Jews but also prisoners of war and other minorities was murdered by the Nazis in this camp. On Jan 27, 1945 Soviet Red Army soldiers arrive at the camp and liberated the remains people. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Auschwitz Liberation Anniversary

The remains brick stone chimneys of xxxxxx inside the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz Birkenau or Auschwitz II. in Oswiecim, Poland, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. An uncounted number of people most of them Jews but also prisoners of war and other minorities was murdered by the Nazis in this camp. On Jan 27, 1945 Soviet Red Army soldiers arrive at the camp and liberated the remains people. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Auschwitz Liberation Anniversary

The a wagon stands on the railway tracks from where hundred thousands of people was directed to the gas chambers to murdered immediately inside the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz Birkenau or Auschwitz II. in Oswiecim, Poland, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. An uncounted number of people most of them Jews but also prisoners of war and other minorities was murdered by the Nazis in this camp. On Jan 27, 1945 Soviet Red Army soldiers arrive at the camp and liberated the remains people. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Auschwitz Liberation Anniversary

A view inside a xxxxx where people had hold as prisoners in the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz Birkenau or Auschwitz II. in Oswiecim, Poland, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. An uncounted number of people most of them Jews but also prisoners of war and other minorities was murdered by the Nazis in this camp. On Jan 27, 1945 Soviet Red Army soldiers arrive at the camp and liberated the remains people. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Auschwitz Liberation Anniversary

The remains brick stone chimneys of xxxxxx inside the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz Birkenau or Auschwitz II. in Oswiecim, Poland, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. An uncounted number of people most of them Jews but also prisoners of war and other minorities was murdered by the Nazis in this camp. On Jan 27, 1945 Soviet Red Army soldiers arrive at the camp and liberated the remains people. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Auschwitz Liberation Anniversary

An observation tower for guards inside the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz Birkenau or Auschwitz II. in Oswiecim, Poland, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. An uncounted number of people most of them Jews but also prisoners of war and other minorities was murdered by the Nazis in this camp. On Jan 27, 1945 Soviet Red Army soldiers arrive at the camp and liberated the remains people. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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Sports Photography Single Image | Bernat Armangue

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Stage 11: Dakar Rally

Jose Ignacio Cornejo Florino of Chile rides his Honda motorbike during stage eleven of the Dakar Rally between Shubaytah and Haradth, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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Sports Photography Story | Bernat Armangue

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Dakar Rally

A tail of dust from a race car is seen during stage two of the Dakar Rally, between Al Wajh and Neom, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Dakar Rally

Jose Ignacio Cornejo Florino of Chile rides his Honda motorbike during stage eleven of the Dakar Rally between Shubaytah and Haradth, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Dakar Rally

Local spectators drink tea and coffee on the dunes during stage six of the Dakar Rally between Hail and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Dakar Rally

Driver Blade Hildebrand, of United States, and co-driver Francois Cazalet, of France, race their Overdrive during stage eleven of the Dakar Rally between Shubaytah and Haradth, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Dakar Rally

In this Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020 photo, Saudi Arabia security forces pray while a care races during stage seven of the Dakar Rally between Riyadh and Wadi Al Dawasir, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Dakar Rally

Ross Branch of Botswana rides his KTM motorbike during stage one of the Dakar Rally, between Jiddah and Al Wajh, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Dakar Rally

The body of Paulo GonÁalves of Portugal is covered with a blanket after a deadly fall during stage seven of the Dakar Rally between Riyadh and Wadi Al Dawasir, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020. GonÁalves, 40, died after an accident with his Hero motorbike. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Dakar Rally

A camel shepherd looks a motorbike past during stage ten of the Dakar Rally between Haradth and Shubaytah, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Dakar Rally

In this Monday, Jan. 13, 2020 photo, a team member of driver Camelia Liparoti, of Italy, and co-driver Annett Fischer, of Germany, does the laundry after stage eight of the Dakar Rally in Wadi Al Dawasir, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Dakar Rally

Driver Fernando Alonso, of Spain, center, and co-driver Marc Coma, of Spain, right, repair their Toyota after rolling over during the stage ten of the Dakar Rally between Haradth and Shubaytah, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020 photo. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Dakar Rally

Driver Jakub Przygonski, of Poland, and co-driver Timo Gottschalk, of Germany, race their Mini during stage eight of the Dakar Rally in Wadi Al Dawasir, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Dakar Rally

Driver Carlos Sainz, of Spain, center, is lifted by Driver St»phane Peterhansel, of France, center and left, and driver Nasser Al-Attiyah, of Qatar, center and right, at the end of stage twelve of the Dakar Rally between Haradth and Qiddiya, Saudi Arabia, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)