AUG. 14-20, 2020
This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean. It was curated by AP Senior Photo Editor for Latin America and Caribbean Leslie Mazoch in Mexico City.
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AUG. 14-20, 2020
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A police dog and his handler kneel in prayer during a K-9 police unit retirement ceremony, in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. Once the dogs are retired from duty they are offered up for adoption to people who have passed a rigorous interview process. (AP PhotoDolores Ochoa)
A statue of Jesus that was decapitated during an attack sits inside a home that was partially burned by unidentified, armed men, on a coffee plantation in Cubilguitz, Guatemala, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. Indigenous families have been living here for years as the result of a long-running labor dispute, and on Monday, President Alejandro Giammattei said the attackers had been identified. (AP PhotoMoises Castillo)
Jhona Zapata, whose clown name is "Jijolin," is reflected in the window of a home as he offers caramelized apples for sale, while circuses are closed during the lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Zapata, 35, is selling circus food to help his family survive the economic shutdown. (AP PhotoMartin Mejia)
COVID-19 patients lie in the intensive care unit (ICU) at a hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. The number of new coronavirus cases is surging despite nearly five months of strict limits on movement and activities in the Buenos Aires area, home to about two-thirds of the country's population. (AP PhotoNatacha Pisarenko)
Victor Castillo poses for a picture next to items he collected to sell as recycled material outside "Sarita Colonia" prison, where three of his relatives are serving sentences in Lima, Peru, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP PhotoRodrigo Abd)
Bricklayer Eric Mendez, 40, floats on his inner tube to open sea fish off Escondida Beach in La Guaira, Venezuela, Friday, Aug. 14, 2020, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. Aside from the risks, the fishermen on inner tubes say being at sea for several hours brings a calm. They're far from the struggles of life on land — the growing COVID-19 pandemic, economic crisis, hungry children and no work. (AP PhotoMatias Delacroix)
A student waits for her turn to enter the Lycee Marie Jeanne school on the first day back to school since the COVID-19 pandemic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. After five months of lockdown, schools are officially reopening on Monday, requiring students to wear masks and dividing students into smaller groups with different schedules. (AP PhotoDieu Nalio Chery)
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Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro puts on a mask due to the COVID-19 pandemic during the inauguration of the new civic-military school General Abreu in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 14, 2020. (AP PhotoSilvia Izquierdo)
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People are reflected in the window of an eyeglasses store as they wait outside the pension administration office, AFP, to apply for an early withdrawal of a percentage of their government pensions on the first day of the partial lifting of quarantine restrictions aimed at curbing the new coronavirus in downtown Santiago, Chile, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. (AP PhotoEsteban Felix)
A police dog and his handler kneel in prayer during a K-9 police unit retirement ceremony, in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. Once the dogs are retired from duty they are offered up for adoption to people who have passed a rigorous interview process. (AP PhotoDolores Ochoa)
A statue of Jesus that was decapitated during an attack sits inside a home that was partially burned by unidentified, armed men, on a coffee plantation in Cubilguitz, Guatemala, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. Indigenous families have been living here for years as the result of a long-running labor dispute, and on Monday, President Alejandro Giammattei said the attackers had been identified. (AP PhotoMoises Castillo)
Jhona Zapata, whose clown name is "Jijolin," is reflected in the window of a home as he offers caramelized apples for sale, while circuses are closed during the lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Zapata, 35, is selling circus food to help his family survive the economic shutdown. (AP PhotoMartin Mejia)
COVID-19 patients lie in the intensive care unit (ICU) at a hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. The number of new coronavirus cases is surging despite nearly five months of strict limits on movement and activities in the Buenos Aires area, home to about two-thirds of the country's population. (AP PhotoNatacha Pisarenko)
Victor Castillo poses for a picture next to items he collected to sell as recycled material outside "Sarita Colonia" prison, where three of his relatives are serving sentences in Lima, Peru, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP PhotoRodrigo Abd)
Bricklayer Eric Mendez, 40, floats on his inner tube to open sea fish off Escondida Beach in La Guaira, Venezuela, Friday, Aug. 14, 2020, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. Aside from the risks, the fishermen on inner tubes say being at sea for several hours brings a calm. They're far from the struggles of life on land — the growing COVID-19 pandemic, economic crisis, hungry children and no work. (AP PhotoMatias Delacroix)
A student waits for her turn to enter the Lycee Marie Jeanne school on the first day back to school since the COVID-19 pandemic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. After five months of lockdown, schools are officially reopening on Monday, requiring students to wear masks and dividing students into smaller groups with different schedules. (AP PhotoDieu Nalio Chery)