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

The winners for the February 2021 AP Photo Contest are Luca Bruno for News Photography Single Image, for his photo of Caterina Salvi, 90, waiting for visitors inside a protective inflatable plastic tunnel at the Martino Zanchi nursing home in Alzano Lombardo, northern Italy.

Emilio Morenatti for News Photography Story, for his series of images documenting protests in support of a jailed rapper turned violent in Barcelona.

Thibault Camus for Feature Photography Single Image, for his his photo of workers in the Louvre museum, in Paris, lifting a painting called "Christ on the Cross adored by two donors" by Spanish painter El Greco, as it returned from an exhibition at the Chicago Institute.

Anupam Nath for Feature Photography Story, for his series on a child scavenger in India.

Raed Krishan for Sports Photography Single Image, for his photo of third place winner Germany's Karl Geiger as he competes at the men's Ski Jumping World Cup event in Rasnov, Romania

Moises Castillo for Sports Photography Story, for his series on Caribbean Series baseball in Mexico.

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

News Photography Single Image | Luca Bruno

Plastic Hugs

Caterina Salvi, 90, waits visits inside a protective inflatable plastic tunnel at the Martino Zanchi nursing home in Alzano Lombardo, northern Italy, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. The protective tunnel was set up to allow home residents to have personal contact with their families and still stay safe respecting the anti-COVID-19 precautions. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

News Photography Story | Emilio Morenatti

Spain Rapper Protests

Protesters break the windows of a commerce during clashes following a protest condemning the arrest of rap singer Pablo HasÈl in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. Protests in support of a jailed rapper turned violent in Barcelona on Saturday with clashes between police and groups of mostly angry youths in the center of the Spanish city. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Spain Rapper Protests

Supporters of rap singer Pablo HasÈl demonstrate condemning his arrest in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. Violent street protests have erupted in some Spanish cities after police arrested a rapper who resisted imprisonment and has portrayed his case as a fight for free speech. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Spain Rapper Protests

A demonstrator throws a stone against police during clashes following a protest condemning the arrest of rap singer Pablo HasÈl in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. Protests over the imprisonment of a rapper convicted for insulting the Spanish monarchy and praising terrorist violence have morphed for the third night in a row into rioting. Pablo HasÈl began this week to serve a 9-month sentence in a northeastern prison. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Spain Rapper Protests

Demonstrators make barricades during clashes with police during a protest condemning the arrest of rap singer Pablo HasÈl in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. A 24-hour standoff between police and a rapper barricaded with dozens of his supporters in a university ended with the arrest of the artist, who has been sentenced to 9 months in prison for insulting the monarchy and praising terrorism. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Spain Rapper Protests

A protestor throws a molotov cocktail at police during clashes following a protest condemning the arrest of rap singer Pablo HasÈl in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. After a few days of calm, protests have again turned violent in Barcelona as supporters for a jailed Spanish rapper went back to the streets. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Spain Rapper Protests

A damaged traffic light, following clashes between demonstrators and police after a protest condemning the arrest of rap singer Pablo HasÈl in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. Protests over the imprisonment of a rapper convicted for insulting the Spanish monarchy and praising terrorist violence have morphed for the third night in a row into rioting. Pablo HasÈl began this week to serve a 9-month sentence in a northeastern prison. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Spain Rapper Protests

Protesters run away from police during clashes following a protest condemning the arrest of rap singer Pablo HasÈl in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. Protests in support of a jailed rapper turned violent in Barcelona on Saturday with clashes between police and groups of mostly angry youths in the center of the Spanish city. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Spain Rapper Protests

A police van is set on fire as protestors throw molotov cocktails at police during clashes following a protest condemning the arrest of rap singer Pablo HasÈl in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. After a few days of calm, protests have again turned violent in Barcelona as supporters for a jailed Spanish rapper went back to the streets. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Spain Rapper Protests

A merchant stands inside his shop stormed by protesters following a protest condemning the arrest of rap singer Pablo HasÈl in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. Protests in support of a jailed rapper turned violent in Barcelona on Saturday with clashes between police and groups of mostly angry youths in the center of the Spanish city. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Spain Rapper Protests

Media take images as a man throws a bottle agains a national police station during clashes following a protest condemning the arrest of rap singer Pablo HasÈl in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021. Protests in support of a jailed rapper turned violent for a sixth consecutive night in Barcelona on Sunday with clashes between police and groups of mostly angry youths in the center of the Spanish city. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Spain Rapper Protests

A protestor try to burn a bank branch after breaking the window following a protest condemning the arrest of rap singer Pablo HasÈl in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. After a few days of calm, protests have again turned violent in Barcelona as supporters for a jailed Spanish rapper went back to the streets. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Spain Rapper Protests

A couple kiss in front of a barricade set by demonstrators during clashes with police following a protest condemning the arrest of rap singer Pablo HasÈl in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. Protests over the imprisonment of a rapper convicted for insulting the Spanish monarchy and praising terrorist violence have morphed for the third night in a row into rioting. Pablo HasÈl began this week to serve a 9-month sentence in a northeastern prison. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Feature Photography Single Image | Thibault Camus

France Louvre

Workers at the Louvre museum lift a painting called “Christ on the Cross adored by two donors” by Spanish painter El Greco, as it returned from an exhibition at the Chicago Institute, in the Louvre museum, in Paris, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Feature Photography Story | Anupam Nath

India Child Scavenger

Imradul Ali, 10, left, and his mother Anuwara Beghum, 30, arrive to look for recyclable material at a landfill on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. Once school is done for the day, Ali, rushes home to change out of his uniform so that he can start his job as a scavenger in India’s remote northeast. Coming from a family of scavengers or “rag pickers," Ali started doing it over a year ago to help his family make more money. Ali says he doesn’t want to spend his life doing this, but he doesn’t know what the future holds. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

India Child Scavenger

Imradul Ali, 10, looks for recyclable material at a landfill on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

India Child Scavenger

Imradul Ali, 10, center, takes his school bag from his mother Anuwara Beghum, 30, as he leaves for school, on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

India Child Scavenger

Imradul Ali, 10, prays with others in a classroom in a school near a landfill on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

India Child Scavenger

Imradul Ali, 10, puts on a pair of shoes which he salvaged from a landfill before going to school, in his rented room on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

India Child Scavenger

Imradul Ali, 10, looks for recyclable material at a landfill on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

India Child Scavenger

Imradul Ali, 10, blows a balloon which salvaged from a landfill on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

India Child Scavenger

Imradul Ali, 10, displays at his home baby chicks which he found at a landfill on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

India Child Scavenger

Imradul Ali, 10, second from left, studies with other students at a school near a landfill on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

India Child Scavenger

Imradul Ali, 10, left, draws on his copy book as his mother Anuwara Beghum, 30, prepares food in their rented room near a landfill on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

India Child Scavenger

Imradul Ali, 10, left, and his mother Anuwara Beghum, 30, return after collecting recyclable materials from a landfill on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

India Child Scavenger

Imradul Ali, 10, center, looks for recyclable material at a landfill on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Sports Photography Single Image | Raed Krishan

Romania Ski Jumping Men World Cup

Third place winner Germany's Karl Geiger competes at the men's Ski Jumping World Cup event in Rasnov, Romania, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Raed Krishan)