This photo gallery highlights some of the top news images made by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean that were published in the past week.
Fires continued to burn across Brazil's Amazon region as well as in the Chiquitania Forest of Bolivia.
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This photo gallery highlights some of the top news images made by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean that were published in the past week.
Relatives buried loved ones who died when gang members blocked a nightclub's exits and set the building on fire in Coatzacoalcos, a city in Mexico's Gulf state of Veracruz.
Supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro participated in an anti-imperialist rally. Meanwhile, Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump's daughter and White House adviser, addressed workers at a women-run strawberry farm in Colombia.
Curated by photojournalist Arnulfo Franco in Panama.
In this Sept. 4, 2019 photo, people warm up near a fire as they camp and protest outside the Social Development Ministry in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Social organizations are calling a food emergency and asking the government to provide food to the needy. (AP PhotoNatacha Pisarenko)
In this Sept. 2, 2019 photo, former first lady and runner-up presidential candidate Sandra Torres is escorted by police to court in Guatemala City. Authorities arrested Torres at her home Monday on charges of campaign finance violations. (AP PhotoOliver De Ros)
In this Aug. 30, 2019 photo, a vendor sells Mexican flags and items in the flag's colors ahead of upcoming Independence Day celebrations, in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz state, Mexico. Mexico's drug war appears to be back, and it may be worse this time around than in the bloody years of the government's 2006-2012 offensive against drug cartels. That was evident this week in Coatzacoalcos, an oil industry city in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz where residents say gangs have been fighting over turf and extorting business owners with threats of violence. (AP PhotoRebecca Blackwell)
In this Aug. 29, 2019 photo, Vanessa Galindo Blas, second right, embraces one of the couple's three children, as family members comfort each other during the burial of her husband Erick Hernandez Enriquez, also known as DJ Bengala, who was killed in an attack on the White Horse nightclub where he was DJ'ing, at the municipal cemetery in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz state, Mexico. At least seven of the more than two dozen victims were laid to rest in the municipal cemetery Thursday afternoon, in overlapping burials two days after gang members blocked the club's exits and set it on fire.(AP PhotoRebecca Blackwell)
In this Sept. 4, 2019 photo, people fight as they line up at a closed gas station, hoping it will open eventually, during a fuel shortage in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Stations have been reducing their operating hours for the past two weeks, and on Sunday all stations were closed. (AP PhotoDieu Nalio Chery)
In this Aug. 30, 2019 photo, West Indies' captain Jason Holder celebrates taking the wicket of India's captain Virat Kohli during day one of the second Test cricket match at Sabina Park cricket ground in Kingston, Jamaica. (AP PhotoRicardo Mazalan)
In this Sept. 2, 2019 photo, photographers take photos of the burnt vehicle in which the body of mayoral candidate Karina Garcia who was found in Suarez, Colombia. Garcia was found dead along with several others, in what authorities said was an attack by dissident leftist rebels operating in the turbulent rural area. (El Pais de Cali via AP)
In this Aug. 31, 2019 photo, a supporter of President Nicolas Maduro has his beard done with the words "No more Trump" during an anti-imperialist rally in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP PhotoAriana Cubillos)
In this Aug. 30, 2019 photo, a butcher loads meat from a truck in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A recent private online questionnaire found that six of every 10 Argentines were disposed to stop eating beef, a figure that alarmed ranchers who are already struggling through an economic crisis. (AP PhotoNatacha Pisarenko)
In this Sept. 4, 2019 photo, Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump's daughter and White House adviser, addresses workers at a women-run strawberry farm next to Alicia Espinosa, right, who owns the farm with her daughter Alicia Pulido, not in picture, in Usme, Colombia. Ivanka Trump is kicking off her trip to South America by promoting women's empowerment. (AP PhotoIvan Valencia)
In Guatemala, former first lady and presidential runner-up Sandra Torrez was arrested and taken to court on campaign finance charges.
In this Sept. 4, 2019 photo, the destruction caused by Hurricane Dorian is seen from the air, in Marsh Harbor, Abaco Island, Bahamas. The death toll from Hurricane Dorian has climbed to 20. Bahamian Health Minister Duane Sands released the figure Wednesday evening and warned that more fatalities were likely. (AP PhotoGonzalo Gaudenzi)
Relatives buried loved ones who died when gang members blocked a nightclub's exits and set the building on fire in Coatzacoalcos, a city in Mexico's Gulf state of Veracruz.
A fuel shortage hit gas stations in Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince, leading to fistfights among would-be customers in at least one closed station.
In Colombia, a mayoral candidate was found slain along with several others, in what authorities said was an attack by dissident leftist rebels operating in their turbulent rural area.
In this Sept. 4, 2019 photo, an airplane sits on the side of a road in the Pine Bay neighborhood, in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, in Freeport, Bahamas. Rescuers trying to reach drenched and stunned victims in the Bahamas fanned out across a blasted landscape of smashed and flooded homes Wednesday, while disaster relief organizations rushed to bring in food and medicine. (AP PhotoRamon Espinosa)
Supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro participated in an anti-imperialist rally. Meanwhile, Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump's daughter and White House adviser, addressed workers at a women-run strawberry farm in Colombia.
A recent online survey by beef interests in Argentina found that six of every 10 Argentines is disposed to stop eating beef, a figure that alarmed ranchers who are already struggling through an economic crisis.
In Kingston, Jamaica, the West Indies played India in a series of cricket matches.
In this Aug. 31, 2019 photo, Krimej indigenous Chief Kadjyre Kayapo, of the Kayapo indigenous community, looks out at a path created by loggers on the border between the Biological Reserve Serra do Cachimbo, front, and Menkragnotire indigenous lands, in Altamira, Para state, Brazil. Much of the deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is done illegally -- land grabbers burn areas to clear land for agriculture and loggers encroach on national forests and indigenous reserves, and Kayapo says he does not want loggers and prospectors on his land. (AP PhotoLeo Correa)
Curated by photojournalist Arnulfo Franco in Panama.
In this Aug. 30, 2019 photo, soldiers take a break from fighting fires in the Chiquitania Forest, on the outskirts of Robore, Bolivia. While some of the fires are burning in Bolivia's share of the Amazon, the largest blazes were in the Chiquitania region of southeastern Bolivia. It's zone of dry forest, farmland and open prairies that has seen an expansion of farming and ranching in recent years. (AP PhotoJuan Karita)
In this Sept. 4, 2019 photo, people warm up near a fire as they camp and protest outside the Social Development Ministry in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Social organizations are calling a food emergency and asking the government to provide food to the needy. (AP PhotoNatacha Pisarenko)
In this Sept. 2, 2019 photo, former first lady and runner-up presidential candidate Sandra Torres is escorted by police to court in Guatemala City. Authorities arrested Torres at her home Monday on charges of campaign finance violations. (AP PhotoOliver De Ros)
In this Aug. 30, 2019 photo, a vendor sells Mexican flags and items in the flag's colors ahead of upcoming Independence Day celebrations, in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz state, Mexico. Mexico's drug war appears to be back, and it may be worse this time around than in the bloody years of the government's 2006-2012 offensive against drug cartels. That was evident this week in Coatzacoalcos, an oil industry city in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz where residents say gangs have been fighting over turf and extorting business owners with threats of violence. (AP PhotoRebecca Blackwell)
In this Aug. 29, 2019 photo, Vanessa Galindo Blas, second right, embraces one of the couple's three children, as family members comfort each other during the burial of her husband Erick Hernandez Enriquez, also known as DJ Bengala, who was killed in an attack on the White Horse nightclub where he was DJ'ing, at the municipal cemetery in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz state, Mexico. At least seven of the more than two dozen victims were laid to rest in the municipal cemetery Thursday afternoon, in overlapping burials two days after gang members blocked the club's exits and set it on fire.(AP PhotoRebecca Blackwell)
In this Sept. 4, 2019 photo, people fight as they line up at a closed gas station, hoping it will open eventually, during a fuel shortage in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Stations have been reducing their operating hours for the past two weeks, and on Sunday all stations were closed. (AP PhotoDieu Nalio Chery)
In this Aug. 30, 2019 photo, West Indies' captain Jason Holder celebrates taking the wicket of India's captain Virat Kohli during day one of the second Test cricket match at Sabina Park cricket ground in Kingston, Jamaica. (AP PhotoRicardo Mazalan)
In this Sept. 2, 2019 photo, photographers take photos of the burnt vehicle in which the body of mayoral candidate Karina Garcia who was found in Suarez, Colombia. Garcia was found dead along with several others, in what authorities said was an attack by dissident leftist rebels operating in the turbulent rural area. (El Pais de Cali via AP)
In this Aug. 31, 2019 photo, a supporter of President Nicolas Maduro has his beard done with the words "No more Trump" during an anti-imperialist rally in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP PhotoAriana Cubillos)
In this Aug. 30, 2019 photo, a butcher loads meat from a truck in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A recent private online questionnaire found that six of every 10 Argentines were disposed to stop eating beef, a figure that alarmed ranchers who are already struggling through an economic crisis. (AP PhotoNatacha Pisarenko)
In this Sept. 4, 2019 photo, Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump's daughter and White House adviser, addresses workers at a women-run strawberry farm next to Alicia Espinosa, right, who owns the farm with her daughter Alicia Pulido, not in picture, in Usme, Colombia. Ivanka Trump is kicking off her trip to South America by promoting women's empowerment. (AP PhotoIvan Valencia)