AP monthly photo contest
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Each month The Associated Press honors photographers for outstanding coverage while on assignment.
The winners for the November 2023 AP Photo Contest are Nasser Nasser for News Photography Single Image, for his photo during a funeral of the last goodbye for a Palestinian youth killed in the West Bank.
Ariel Schalit for News Photography Story, for his coverage of the Israel-Hamas war.
Ohad Zwigenberg for Feature Photography Single Image, for his photo of a young boy touching the gun of an off-duty Israeli security officer worshipping at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
David Goldman for Feature Photography Story, for his series chronicling the impact of beef on the environment.
Mark J. Terrill for Sports Photography Single Image, for his photo of rebound play during the Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Clippers NBA basketball In-Season Tournament game in Los Angeles.
Ashley Landis and Mark J. Terrill for Sports Photography Story, for their combined coverage of the Breeders’ Cup horse races at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif.
Congratulations to all the photographers for their outstanding work. This month’s winning images judged by J. David Ake are featured below.
News Photography Single Image | Nasser Nasser
![Palestinians take a last look at the body of Ayham Shafe’e, 14 during his funeral in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Shafee and a second Palestinian man were killed during an Israeli army raid in Ramallah early morning, the P](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702309017901-Z9XCKJOM4BQG6X7EUVFO/Monthly_November_2023_021.jpg)
Palestinians take a last look at the body of Ayham Shafe’e, 14 during his funeral in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Shafee and a second Palestinian man were killed during an Israeli army raid in Ramallah early morning, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
News Photography Story | Ariel Schalit
![Israeli security forces inspect charred vehicles burned in the bloody Oct. 7 cross-border attack by Hamas militants, outside the town of Netivot, southern Israel. The vehicles were collected and placed in an area near the Gaza border after the attac](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310483555-SMKKMCK0NKHN2YMA8W4S/Monthly_November_2023_059.jpg)
Israeli security forces inspect charred vehicles burned in the bloody Oct. 7 cross-border attack by Hamas militants, outside the town of Netivot, southern Israel. The vehicles were collected and placed in an area near the Gaza border after the attack, in which 1,400 people were killed and some 240 people were taken hostage. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
![An Israeli Apache helicopter fires a missile towards the Gaza Strip, seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310483473-6J5MT4X7DDT2MJFRCJ0T/Monthly_November_2023_060.jpg)
An Israeli Apache helicopter fires a missile towards the Gaza Strip, seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
![Mourners gather around the flag draped coffin of Druze Israeli Lieutenant colonel Salman Habaka in the village of Yanuh Jat, northern Israel, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Habaka was killed during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip. Israeli ground forces](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310484495-CUV9JZMOHEFK8YV6TCGO/Monthly_November_2023_061.jpg)
Mourners gather around the flag draped coffin of Druze Israeli Lieutenant colonel Salman Habaka in the village of Yanuh Jat, northern Israel, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Habaka was killed during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip. Israeli ground forces have been operating in Gaza in recent days as Israel presses ahead with its war against Hamas militants (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
![Druze men attend the funeral of Druze Israeli Lieutenant colonel Salman Habaka in the village of Yanuh Jat, northern Israel, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Habaka was killed during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip. Israeli ground forces have been operati](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310484496-B2116UYHPUKVYA82DTW9/Monthly_November_2023_062.jpg)
Druze men attend the funeral of Druze Israeli Lieutenant colonel Salman Habaka in the village of Yanuh Jat, northern Israel, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Habaka was killed during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip. Israeli ground forces have been operating in Gaza in recent days as Israel presses ahead with its war against Hamas militants. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
![A hand print is seen on a wall of a house damaged by Hamas militants in Kibbutz Kfar Azza, Israel, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. The kibbutz was overrun by Hamas militants from the nearby Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, when they killed and captured many Israelis (AP](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310485392-ED6NXP420F999FVPV8UU/Monthly_November_2023_063.jpg)
A hand print is seen on a wall of a house damaged by Hamas militants in Kibbutz Kfar Azza, Israel, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. The kibbutz was overrun by Hamas militants from the nearby Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, when they killed and captured many Israelis (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
![Mourners gather around the grave of Israeli reserve soldier Master sergeant Raz Abulafia at the end of his funeral in the village of Rishpon, Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. Abulafia, 27, was killed during a military ground operation in the Gaza Str](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310485528-OCPMZJFKGHMUYMKU6YYP/Monthly_November_2023_064.jpg)
Mourners gather around the grave of Israeli reserve soldier Master sergeant Raz Abulafia at the end of his funeral in the village of Rishpon, Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. Abulafia, 27, was killed during a military ground operation in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
![Israeli honor guard soldiers attend the funeral of Israeli reserve soldier Master sergeant Raz Abulafia during his funeral in the village of Rishpon, Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. Abulafia, 27, was killed during a military ground operation in the](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310486196-0D75V178X0JTG7OS39N7/Monthly_November_2023_065.jpg)
Israeli honor guard soldiers attend the funeral of Israeli reserve soldier Master sergeant Raz Abulafia during his funeral in the village of Rishpon, Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. Abulafia, 27, was killed during a military ground operation in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
![Family of Israeli soldier Corporal Avraham Fetena mourn over his grave during his funeral in Haifa, northern Israel, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. Fetena, 20, was killed and six people were wounded in a shooting attack by three Palestinians at the checkpoi](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310486310-LG4XFUQIGJVJF3V3VSI2/Monthly_November_2023_066.jpg)
Family of Israeli soldier Corporal Avraham Fetena mourn over his grave during his funeral in Haifa, northern Israel, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. Fetena, 20, was killed and six people were wounded in a shooting attack by three Palestinians at the checkpoint — all of whom were shot dead on the scene, Israel's rescue services said Thursday. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
![Israeli soldiers mourn during the funeral of Israeli soldier Corporal Avraham Fetena in Haifa, northern Israel, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. Fetena, 20, was killed and six people were wounded in a shooting attack by three Palestinians at the checkpoint —](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310487041-VL4GI5WU7PJV20DGJSOJ/Monthly_November_2023_067.jpg)
Israeli soldiers mourn during the funeral of Israeli soldier Corporal Avraham Fetena in Haifa, northern Israel, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. Fetena, 20, was killed and six people were wounded in a shooting attack by three Palestinians at the checkpoint — all of whom were shot dead on the scene, Israel's rescue services said Thursday. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
![Israeli flags stand on the top of destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310487244-PC6PI6EYAT4SE6U9GNRU/Monthly_November_2023_068.jpg)
Israeli flags stand on the top of destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
![People walk past graffiti calling for the return of the hostages kidnapped during the Oct. 7 Hamas cross-border attack in Israel, in Kfar Saba, Israel, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310487882-7B1ZYQNH6BTO66L26D07/Monthly_November_2023_069.jpg)
People walk past graffiti calling for the return of the hostages kidnapped during the Oct. 7 Hamas cross-border attack in Israel, in Kfar Saba, Israel, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
![Protesters release balloons as they call for the release of the Bibas family, whose members are being held hostage in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Hamas has released over 50 Israeli hostages in rec](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310488117-6P0WNXUX88SNDB5FJ0B6/Monthly_November_2023_070.jpg)
Protesters release balloons as they call for the release of the Bibas family, whose members are being held hostage in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Hamas has released over 50 Israeli hostages in recent days as part of a cease-fire agreement, but it still holds dozens of others, including the Bibas family. The family's 10-month-old son Kfir is the youngest hostage in Hamas captivity. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
![Israeli security forces inspect charred vehicles burned in the bloody Oct. 7 cross-border attack by Hamas militants, outside the town of Netivot, southern Israel. The vehicles were collected and placed in an area near the Gaza border after the attac](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310483555-SMKKMCK0NKHN2YMA8W4S/Monthly_November_2023_059.jpg)
![An Israeli Apache helicopter fires a missile towards the Gaza Strip, seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310483473-6J5MT4X7DDT2MJFRCJ0T/Monthly_November_2023_060.jpg)
![Mourners gather around the flag draped coffin of Druze Israeli Lieutenant colonel Salman Habaka in the village of Yanuh Jat, northern Israel, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Habaka was killed during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip. Israeli ground forces](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310484495-CUV9JZMOHEFK8YV6TCGO/Monthly_November_2023_061.jpg)
![Druze men attend the funeral of Druze Israeli Lieutenant colonel Salman Habaka in the village of Yanuh Jat, northern Israel, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Habaka was killed during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip. Israeli ground forces have been operati](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310484496-B2116UYHPUKVYA82DTW9/Monthly_November_2023_062.jpg)
![A hand print is seen on a wall of a house damaged by Hamas militants in Kibbutz Kfar Azza, Israel, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. The kibbutz was overrun by Hamas militants from the nearby Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, when they killed and captured many Israelis (AP](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310485392-ED6NXP420F999FVPV8UU/Monthly_November_2023_063.jpg)
![Mourners gather around the grave of Israeli reserve soldier Master sergeant Raz Abulafia at the end of his funeral in the village of Rishpon, Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. Abulafia, 27, was killed during a military ground operation in the Gaza Str](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310485528-OCPMZJFKGHMUYMKU6YYP/Monthly_November_2023_064.jpg)
![Israeli honor guard soldiers attend the funeral of Israeli reserve soldier Master sergeant Raz Abulafia during his funeral in the village of Rishpon, Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. Abulafia, 27, was killed during a military ground operation in the](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310486196-0D75V178X0JTG7OS39N7/Monthly_November_2023_065.jpg)
![Family of Israeli soldier Corporal Avraham Fetena mourn over his grave during his funeral in Haifa, northern Israel, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. Fetena, 20, was killed and six people were wounded in a shooting attack by three Palestinians at the checkpoi](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310486310-LG4XFUQIGJVJF3V3VSI2/Monthly_November_2023_066.jpg)
![Israeli soldiers mourn during the funeral of Israeli soldier Corporal Avraham Fetena in Haifa, northern Israel, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. Fetena, 20, was killed and six people were wounded in a shooting attack by three Palestinians at the checkpoint —](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310487041-VL4GI5WU7PJV20DGJSOJ/Monthly_November_2023_067.jpg)
![Israeli flags stand on the top of destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310487244-PC6PI6EYAT4SE6U9GNRU/Monthly_November_2023_068.jpg)
![People walk past graffiti calling for the return of the hostages kidnapped during the Oct. 7 Hamas cross-border attack in Israel, in Kfar Saba, Israel, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310487882-7B1ZYQNH6BTO66L26D07/Monthly_November_2023_069.jpg)
![Protesters release balloons as they call for the release of the Bibas family, whose members are being held hostage in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Hamas has released over 50 Israeli hostages in rec](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310488117-6P0WNXUX88SNDB5FJ0B6/Monthly_November_2023_070.jpg)
Feature Photography Single Image | Ohad Zwigenberg
![An off-duty member of Israel's security forces joins worshippers at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. Tens of thousands of Israeli reservists have been called up for action](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310683587-MVP16053XDQ2KKNILV1Q/Monthly_November_2023_033.jpg)
An off-duty member of Israel's security forces joins worshippers at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. Tens of thousands of Israeli reservists have been called up for action for the war against Hamas, while other security personnel have begun to carry weapons in public, following the Islamic militant group's deadly cross-border attack on Oct. 7. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Feature Photography Story | David Goldman
![As the sun rises, a cow’s warm breath is lit up in the cold morning air at Colorado State University’s research pens in Fort Collins, Colo., Thursday, March 9, 2023. No food is harder on the environment than beef. Some researchers and a growing numb](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310794989-RCCWN64SIHQZ31HU9RRS/Monthly_November_2023_246.jpg)
As the sun rises, a cow’s warm breath is lit up in the cold morning air at Colorado State University’s research pens in Fort Collins, Colo., Thursday, March 9, 2023. No food is harder on the environment than beef. Some researchers and a growing number of ranchers believe there are solutions that address climate change and fill demand, for a world in which people can buy, cook and eat beef with a clear conscience. They point to efforts to change how cattle are raised to retain more carbon in the ground, to develop feed supplements that reduce gas releases, and to make genetic breakthroughs so animals digest their food without brewing up harmful gases. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
![Cattle wait for Conner Cox, infield service technician with C-Lock, to finish servicing a GreedFeed machine so they can enter to receive treats of alfalfa pellets at Colorado State University’s research pens in Fort Collins, Colo., Wednesday, March](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310795002-DIM8PS8ICKOONBSLS9EN/Monthly_November_2023_247.jpg)
Cattle wait for Conner Cox, infield service technician with C-Lock, to finish servicing a GreedFeed machine so they can enter to receive treats of alfalfa pellets at Colorado State University’s research pens in Fort Collins, Colo., Wednesday, March 8, 2023. The methane, carbon and other gases that cattle breathe out are measured in the machines while the pellets entice them to stay and keep eating. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
![Sara Place, associate professor of feedlot systems, holds her cellphone which shows a cattle’s methane emissions, in blue, being recorded by green feed machines at Colorado State University’s research pens in Fort Collins, Colo., Tuesday, March 7, 2](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310795827-O88VO47XCNQMY1VCKSJ1/Monthly_November_2023_248.jpg)
Sara Place, associate professor of feedlot systems, holds her cellphone which shows a cattle’s methane emissions, in blue, being recorded by green feed machines at Colorado State University’s research pens in Fort Collins, Colo., Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
![Meredith Ellis, center left, sits at the kitchen table next to her son, GC, 6, mother Mary, right, and father, also named, GC, at their ranch in Rosston, Texas, Thursday, April 20, 2023. Ellis’ parents built this ranch and it’s where she was raised](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310795895-CVO48YWMUDL6UPFEKBSL/Monthly_November_2023_249.jpg)
Meredith Ellis, center left, sits at the kitchen table next to her son, GC, 6, mother Mary, right, and father, also named, GC, at their ranch in Rosston, Texas, Thursday, April 20, 2023. Ellis’ parents built this ranch and it’s where she was raised, roaming with her brother through the pastures, creeks and hardwood forests as the family added land and cattle over the years. But now it’s Ellis’ turn to make the decisions, and she takes over at a time when the beef industry faces questions around every corner, how to increase cattle prices as inflation soars, if herd numbers need to be reduced amid long-term drought and most importantly, whether cattle can coexist with efforts to reduce heat-trapping greenhouse gases. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
![Meredith Ellis counts cattle at her ranch in Rosston, Texas, Thursday, April 20, 2023. The cattle part as Ellis edges her small four-wheeler through the herd, silently counting the cows and their calves. It’s the way she starts most days on her 3,00](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310796738-4EA56S7G4IDXVZ1W1C42/Monthly_November_2023_250.jpg)
Meredith Ellis counts cattle at her ranch in Rosston, Texas, Thursday, April 20, 2023. The cattle part as Ellis edges her small four-wheeler through the herd, silently counting the cows and their calves. It’s the way she starts most days on her 3,000-acre ranch: ensuring all the cattle are safe, deciding when they should move to another pasture, and checking that the grass is as healthy as her animals. “We’re looking for the sweet spot where the land and cattle help each other,” Ellis says as she rumbles down a narrow dirt road to check on another herd. “You want to find that balance.” (AP Photo/David Goldman)
![Meredith Ellis calls out to her cattle so they’ll follow her to graze on a different pasture at her ranch in Rosston, Texas, Thursday, April 20, 2023. The cattle part as Ellis edges her small four-wheeler through the herd, silently counting the cows](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310796783-8F8XL1TAW0IAX6ZH45TI/Monthly_November_2023_251.jpg)
Meredith Ellis calls out to her cattle so they’ll follow her to graze on a different pasture at her ranch in Rosston, Texas, Thursday, April 20, 2023. The cattle part as Ellis edges her small four-wheeler through the herd, silently counting the cows and their calves. It’s the way she starts most days on her 3,000-acre ranch: ensuring all the cattle are safe, deciding when they should move to another pasture, and checking that the grass is as healthy as her animals. “We’re looking for the sweet spot where the land and cattle help each other,” Ellis says as she rumbles down a narrow dirt road to check on another herd. “You want to find that balance.” (AP Photo/David Goldman)
![Meredith Ellis, left, prepares for a BBQ with her mother, Mary, and father, GC, right, as her son, also GC, 6, rear, plays on their ranch in Rosston, Texas, Thursday, April 20, 2023. Much of Ellis’ work evolved from the ranching her father practiced](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310797668-6Z7SI9YW51J84N6MQZF2/Monthly_November_2023_252.jpg)
Meredith Ellis, left, prepares for a BBQ with her mother, Mary, and father, GC, right, as her son, also GC, 6, rear, plays on their ranch in Rosston, Texas, Thursday, April 20, 2023. Much of Ellis’ work evolved from the ranching her father practiced for decades. Her parents built this ranch, and it’s where Ellis was raised, roaming with her brother through the pastures, creeks and hardwood forests as the family added land and cattle over the years. But now it’s Ellis’ turn to make the decisions. She’s implemented changes her father couldn’t dream of because for her and other ranchers, their livelihoods and the future of the planet are on the line. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
![Meredith Ellis takes a photo of a new species of flower she’s noticing for the first time on at her ranch in Rosston, Texas, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. By building up resilient, hardy grass, Ellis wants not only to store more carbon but to lengthen](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310797720-AXJNDEL3ABFBTWRP8HNX/Monthly_November_2023_253.jpg)
Meredith Ellis takes a photo of a new species of flower she’s noticing for the first time on at her ranch in Rosston, Texas, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. By building up resilient, hardy grass, Ellis wants not only to store more carbon but to lengthen the time her cattle can live off the grass, rather than be fed supplemental feed. It means that Ellis focuses on soil health just as much as she does cattle health. “We are finding our place and our niche where the cattle are better off, getting better nutrients from the landscape but the landscape is benefiting because of the cattle,” she said. “It’s a state of symbiosis to where the cattle benefit from the land and the land benefit from the cattle.” (AP Photo/David Goldman)
![Meredith Ellis clears a field of branches so her cattle have more space to graze on her ranch in Rosston, Texas, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (AP Photo/David Goldman)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310798948-S8I95K2P8WOGM2RZ3RLW/Monthly_November_2023_254.jpg)
Meredith Ellis clears a field of branches so her cattle have more space to graze on her ranch in Rosston, Texas, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
![The forearm of Meredith Ellis is covered in scratch marks as she fixes a barbed wire fence on her ranch in Rosston, Texas, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (AP Photo/David Goldman)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310798532-Y529CYOC4HLTWSY4YTD6/Monthly_November_2023_255.jpg)
The forearm of Meredith Ellis is covered in scratch marks as she fixes a barbed wire fence on her ranch in Rosston, Texas, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
![Rancher Meredith Ellis, left, and her father, GC, preview bulls for sale at a cattle auction in Gainesville, Texas, Friday, April 21, 2023. The beef industry is the third-largest economic generator in Texas, contributing roughly $12 billion annually](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310799503-P1TSFP5FGPE2F706NWFJ/Monthly_November_2023_256.jpg)
Rancher Meredith Ellis, left, and her father, GC, preview bulls for sale at a cattle auction in Gainesville, Texas, Friday, April 21, 2023. The beef industry is the third-largest economic generator in Texas, contributing roughly $12 billion annually to the state’s economy and employing thousands of people. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
![The sun sets as Meredith Ellis looks at cattle with her son, GC, 6, on their ranch in Rosston, Texas, Thursday, April 20, 2023. Ellis has seen how global warming is altering her land. She calls it an “existential crisis,” the backdrop to the endless](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310800071-BWM6R3521ZAVFJAKTF23/Monthly_November_2023_257.jpg)
The sun sets as Meredith Ellis looks at cattle with her son, GC, 6, on their ranch in Rosston, Texas, Thursday, April 20, 2023. Ellis has seen how global warming is altering her land. She calls it an “existential crisis,” the backdrop to the endless to-do list that comes with regenerative ranching. After a long day, she likes to take a moment to remember why she does it. Standing with her 6-year-old son on a cool evening, they watch over a gate as dozens of cows graze amid the lush grass and a setting sun. “I could stand here all evening,” she says. “I just love them.” (AP Photo/David Goldman)
![As the sun rises, a cow’s warm breath is lit up in the cold morning air at Colorado State University’s research pens in Fort Collins, Colo., Thursday, March 9, 2023. No food is harder on the environment than beef. Some researchers and a growing numb](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310794989-RCCWN64SIHQZ31HU9RRS/Monthly_November_2023_246.jpg)
![Cattle wait for Conner Cox, infield service technician with C-Lock, to finish servicing a GreedFeed machine so they can enter to receive treats of alfalfa pellets at Colorado State University’s research pens in Fort Collins, Colo., Wednesday, March](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310795002-DIM8PS8ICKOONBSLS9EN/Monthly_November_2023_247.jpg)
![Sara Place, associate professor of feedlot systems, holds her cellphone which shows a cattle’s methane emissions, in blue, being recorded by green feed machines at Colorado State University’s research pens in Fort Collins, Colo., Tuesday, March 7, 2](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310795827-O88VO47XCNQMY1VCKSJ1/Monthly_November_2023_248.jpg)
![Meredith Ellis, center left, sits at the kitchen table next to her son, GC, 6, mother Mary, right, and father, also named, GC, at their ranch in Rosston, Texas, Thursday, April 20, 2023. Ellis’ parents built this ranch and it’s where she was raised](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310795895-CVO48YWMUDL6UPFEKBSL/Monthly_November_2023_249.jpg)
![Meredith Ellis counts cattle at her ranch in Rosston, Texas, Thursday, April 20, 2023. The cattle part as Ellis edges her small four-wheeler through the herd, silently counting the cows and their calves. It’s the way she starts most days on her 3,00](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310796738-4EA56S7G4IDXVZ1W1C42/Monthly_November_2023_250.jpg)
![Meredith Ellis calls out to her cattle so they’ll follow her to graze on a different pasture at her ranch in Rosston, Texas, Thursday, April 20, 2023. The cattle part as Ellis edges her small four-wheeler through the herd, silently counting the cows](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310796783-8F8XL1TAW0IAX6ZH45TI/Monthly_November_2023_251.jpg)
![Meredith Ellis, left, prepares for a BBQ with her mother, Mary, and father, GC, right, as her son, also GC, 6, rear, plays on their ranch in Rosston, Texas, Thursday, April 20, 2023. Much of Ellis’ work evolved from the ranching her father practiced](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310797668-6Z7SI9YW51J84N6MQZF2/Monthly_November_2023_252.jpg)
![Meredith Ellis takes a photo of a new species of flower she’s noticing for the first time on at her ranch in Rosston, Texas, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. By building up resilient, hardy grass, Ellis wants not only to store more carbon but to lengthen](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310797720-AXJNDEL3ABFBTWRP8HNX/Monthly_November_2023_253.jpg)
![Meredith Ellis clears a field of branches so her cattle have more space to graze on her ranch in Rosston, Texas, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (AP Photo/David Goldman)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310798948-S8I95K2P8WOGM2RZ3RLW/Monthly_November_2023_254.jpg)
![The forearm of Meredith Ellis is covered in scratch marks as she fixes a barbed wire fence on her ranch in Rosston, Texas, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (AP Photo/David Goldman)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310798532-Y529CYOC4HLTWSY4YTD6/Monthly_November_2023_255.jpg)
![Rancher Meredith Ellis, left, and her father, GC, preview bulls for sale at a cattle auction in Gainesville, Texas, Friday, April 21, 2023. The beef industry is the third-largest economic generator in Texas, contributing roughly $12 billion annually](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310799503-P1TSFP5FGPE2F706NWFJ/Monthly_November_2023_256.jpg)
![The sun sets as Meredith Ellis looks at cattle with her son, GC, 6, on their ranch in Rosston, Texas, Thursday, April 20, 2023. Ellis has seen how global warming is altering her land. She calls it an “existential crisis,” the backdrop to the endless](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310800071-BWM6R3521ZAVFJAKTF23/Monthly_November_2023_257.jpg)
Sports Photography Single Image | Mark J. Terrill
![Houston Rockets center Alperen Sengun (28) goes after a rebound along with Los Angeles Clippers forward Daniel Theis (10), guard Russell Westbrook (0) and guard James Harden (1) during the first half of an NBA basketball In-Season Tournament game Fr](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702310936250-HC6X7G35AE0F9VCK0WVD/Monthly_November_2023_328.jpg)
Houston Rockets center Alperen Sengun (28) goes after a rebound along with Los Angeles Clippers forward Daniel Theis (10), guard Russell Westbrook (0) and guard James Harden (1) during the first half of an NBA basketball In-Season Tournament game Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Sports Photography Story | Ashley Landis and Mark J. Terrill
![Horses leave the track after a morning workout ahead of the Breeders' Cup horse races Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702311012641-ECD5Y4SOX0ZGEP726M7L/Monthly_November_2023_345.jpg)
Horses leave the track after a morning workout ahead of the Breeders' Cup horse races Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
![Horses walk around the stable area before a morning workout ahead of the Breeders' Cup horse races Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702311012664-QO9V0JFK11CHJ233GYO2/Monthly_November_2023_346.jpg)
Horses walk around the stable area before a morning workout ahead of the Breeders' Cup horse races Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
![A woman wears a hat as she arrives for the Breeders' Cup horse races Friday, Nov. 3, 2023 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702311013423-5Z3NJXW9LUPPCWX4AXNN/Monthly_November_2023_347.jpg)
A woman wears a hat as she arrives for the Breeders' Cup horse races Friday, Nov. 3, 2023 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
![Junior Alvarado celebrates atop Cody's Wish after winning the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile horse race Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702311013737-RGOHOHCBULXNMQKED725/Monthly_November_2023_348.jpg)
Junior Alvarado celebrates atop Cody's Wish after winning the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile horse race Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
![Horses and riders finish the first race during the second day of Breeder's Cup horse races Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. The first race is not a Breeders' Cup Championship race. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702311014316-HMVHNTV1RZ7T7SDG3Z7G/Monthly_November_2023_349.jpg)
Horses and riders finish the first race during the second day of Breeder's Cup horse races Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. The first race is not a Breeders' Cup Championship race. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
![Florent Geroux, second from right, rides Idomatic behind Jose Ortiz riding Randomized, left, and Luis Saez riding Hoosier Philly, right, before going on to win the Breeders' Cup Distaff horse race Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Santa Anita Park in Arcad](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702311014808-UZM9DTN6KU2FXQUC7IT8/Monthly_November_2023_350.jpg)
Florent Geroux, second from right, rides Idomatic behind Jose Ortiz riding Randomized, left, and Luis Saez riding Hoosier Philly, right, before going on to win the Breeders' Cup Distaff horse race Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
![Jockey Flavien Prat riding National Treasure, right, touches jockey Junior Alvarado riding Cody's Wish as Cody's Wish wins the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile horse race Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terril](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702311015108-JU7I734A0M5H1PV5OAIY/Monthly_November_2023_351.jpg)
Jockey Flavien Prat riding National Treasure, right, touches jockey Junior Alvarado riding Cody's Wish as Cody's Wish wins the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile horse race Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
![Irad Ortiz Jr. and White Abarrio pass spectators on the way to the track before the Breeders' Cup Classic horse race Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702311015755-AUYKFNAC9NZQ5RQ01L1J/Monthly_November_2023_352.jpg)
Irad Ortiz Jr. and White Abarrio pass spectators on the way to the track before the Breeders' Cup Classic horse race Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
![Irad Ortiz Jr., riding Goodnight Olive, center, gets a pat on the back from Ricardo Santana Jr., left, aboard Yuugiri, after Ortiz Jr. won the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint horse race Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Cal](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702311015952-9MBCX0NOQ51UHO7WF408/Monthly_November_2023_353.jpg)
Irad Ortiz Jr., riding Goodnight Olive, center, gets a pat on the back from Ricardo Santana Jr., left, aboard Yuugiri, after Ortiz Jr. won the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint horse race Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
![Horses are walked around the paddock during the Breeder's Cup horse races, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702311016679-GBM0DSN8MOE5LSPSBPXR/Monthly_November_2023_354.jpg)
Horses are walked around the paddock during the Breeder's Cup horse races, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
![Jockeys ride horses during the Breeders' Cup Classic horse race Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702311016829-12DFBJWO03WP1SV9TZVC/Monthly_November_2023_355.jpg)
Jockeys ride horses during the Breeders' Cup Classic horse race Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
![Irad Ortiz Jr. rides White Abarrio to win the Breeders' Cup Classic horse race Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702311017457-FQXGW01LZNQXI1QXHCER/Monthly_November_2023_356.jpg)
Irad Ortiz Jr. rides White Abarrio to win the Breeders' Cup Classic horse race Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
![Horses leave the track after a morning workout ahead of the Breeders' Cup horse races Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702311012641-ECD5Y4SOX0ZGEP726M7L/Monthly_November_2023_345.jpg)
![Horses walk around the stable area before a morning workout ahead of the Breeders' Cup horse races Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702311012664-QO9V0JFK11CHJ233GYO2/Monthly_November_2023_346.jpg)
![A woman wears a hat as she arrives for the Breeders' Cup horse races Friday, Nov. 3, 2023 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702311013423-5Z3NJXW9LUPPCWX4AXNN/Monthly_November_2023_347.jpg)
![Junior Alvarado celebrates atop Cody's Wish after winning the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile horse race Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702311013737-RGOHOHCBULXNMQKED725/Monthly_November_2023_348.jpg)
![Horses and riders finish the first race during the second day of Breeder's Cup horse races Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. The first race is not a Breeders' Cup Championship race. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702311014316-HMVHNTV1RZ7T7SDG3Z7G/Monthly_November_2023_349.jpg)
![Florent Geroux, second from right, rides Idomatic behind Jose Ortiz riding Randomized, left, and Luis Saez riding Hoosier Philly, right, before going on to win the Breeders' Cup Distaff horse race Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Santa Anita Park in Arcad](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702311014808-UZM9DTN6KU2FXQUC7IT8/Monthly_November_2023_350.jpg)
![Jockey Flavien Prat riding National Treasure, right, touches jockey Junior Alvarado riding Cody's Wish as Cody's Wish wins the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile horse race Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terril](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702311015108-JU7I734A0M5H1PV5OAIY/Monthly_November_2023_351.jpg)
![Irad Ortiz Jr. and White Abarrio pass spectators on the way to the track before the Breeders' Cup Classic horse race Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702311015755-AUYKFNAC9NZQ5RQ01L1J/Monthly_November_2023_352.jpg)
![Irad Ortiz Jr., riding Goodnight Olive, center, gets a pat on the back from Ricardo Santana Jr., left, aboard Yuugiri, after Ortiz Jr. won the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint horse race Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Cal](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702311015952-9MBCX0NOQ51UHO7WF408/Monthly_November_2023_353.jpg)
![Horses are walked around the paddock during the Breeder's Cup horse races, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702311016679-GBM0DSN8MOE5LSPSBPXR/Monthly_November_2023_354.jpg)
![Jockeys ride horses during the Breeders' Cup Classic horse race Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702311016829-12DFBJWO03WP1SV9TZVC/Monthly_November_2023_355.jpg)
![Irad Ortiz Jr. rides White Abarrio to win the Breeders' Cup Classic horse race Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf18ae6b8f5ba693497e1a/1702311017457-FQXGW01LZNQXI1QXHCER/Monthly_November_2023_356.jpg)