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.
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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.
Migrants departed Honduras together in large numbers for the first time in months, but less organization among the migrants, tighter control by Guatemalan officials and the presence of U.S. advisers make it less likely they will coalesce into the mass “caravans" seen in recent years.
In Haiti, vendors salvaged merchandise from the burned ruins of the Guerite Market in Port-au-Prince.
In Rio de Janeiro, Carnival King Momo received the key to the city at a ceremony marking the official start of Carnival on Copacabana Beach.
Bryan Lebaron, second from right, and relatives place flowers where one of the cars belonging to the extended LeBaron family was ambushed by gunmen last year near Bavispe, Sonora state, Mexico, Sunday Jan. 12, 2020. Lopez Obrador said Sunday there is an agreement to establish a monument will be put up to memorialize nine U.S.-Mexican dual citizens ambushed and slain last year by drug gang assassins along a remote road near New Mexico. (AP PhotoChristian Chavez)
Boys point an unloaded gun at the sky as they play in La Mora, Mexico, one day before the expected arrival of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020. Three women and six of their children from La Mora, all U.S. citizens from the extended LeBaron family, were slaughtered and one of their cars burned by gunmen in this area on Nov. 4, 2019. (AP PhotoChristian Chavez)
A vendor carries away her salvaged merchandise from the burned ruins of the Guerite Market that was engulfed in flames in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, early Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. (AP PhotoDieu Nalio Chery)
This Jan. 9, 2020 photo provided by Galapagos National Park shows Diego the tortoise on Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Ecuador. After fertilizing some 800 offspring and contributing substantially to the salvation of one of the giant turtle species of the Galapagos Islands, Diego, a tortoise who is over 100 years old, will be returned in March to his original habitat on Española Island, from where he was extracted more that eight decades ago. (Galapagos National Park via AP)
Demonstrator march against a bus fare increase in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Protests sparked after a bus fare hike of almost 10 percent, to 5.50 Reals, or about 1.27 U.S. dollars. (AP PhotoEraldo Peres)
Carnival King Momo, Djeferson Mendes da Silva, second from left, holds the key to the city at a ceremony marking the official start of Carnival on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020. (AP PhotoBruna Prado)
Pro-government and opposition forces in Venezuela struggled over control of the National Assembly, which has been the only institution controlled by the opposition.
People walk past a quote by Simon Bolivar that reads in Spanish: "If nature opposes, we will fight against her and make her obey us," near the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. There is a struggle for control of the opposition-dominated National Assembly and Venezuela as a whole, a nation suffering economic and social collapse that's led an estimated 4.5 million to emigrate. (AP PhotoErnesto Vargas)
Migrants departed Honduras together in large numbers for the first time in months, but less organization among the migrants, tighter control by Guatemalan officials and the presence of U.S. advisers make it less likely they will coalesce into the mass “caravans" seen in recent years.
Alejandro Giammattei, a conservative physician opposed to gay marriage and abortion, was sworn in as Guatemala's president.
Mexican President Lopez Obrador said there is an agreement to establish a monument to nine U.S.-Mexican dual citizens slain by drug gang assassins along a remote road in northern Mexico.
Honduran migrant Selvin Hernandez carries Mayra Irene, the baby daughter of another migrant, as another man tries to shade her with his hand amid a group of migrants trying to make it to the United States, near El Cinchado, Guatemala, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, on the border with Honduras. (AP PhotoMoises Castillo)
In Haiti, vendors salvaged merchandise from the burned ruins of the Guerite Market in Port-au-Prince.
After fertilizing some 800 offspring and contributing substantially to the salvation of one of the giant turtle species of the Galapagos Islands, a more than 100-year-old turtle known as Diego is being returned to Española Island, where he was extracted more than eight decades ago.
Demonstrators marched in Brazil's capital to protest a bus fare hike of almost 10%, to about $1.27.
A wildfire burns on Casitagua hill, north of Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. While the fire is not threatening homes, the smoke is reaching the north of Quito. (AP PhotosDolores Ochoa)
In Rio de Janeiro, Carnival King Momo received the key to the city at a ceremony marking the official start of Carnival on Copacabana Beach.
This gallery was curated by photo editor Leslie Mazoch. On Twitter: @LeslieMazoch
Guatemala's newly sworn-in President Alejandro Giammattei drives a vehicle as he arrives for a ceremony to recognize him as commander and chief of the military at the Mariscal Zabala military base in Guatemala City, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, one day after his inauguration. (AP PhotoOliver de Ros)
Bryan Lebaron, second from right, and relatives place flowers where one of the cars belonging to the extended LeBaron family was ambushed by gunmen last year near Bavispe, Sonora state, Mexico, Sunday Jan. 12, 2020. Lopez Obrador said Sunday there is an agreement to establish a monument will be put up to memorialize nine U.S.-Mexican dual citizens ambushed and slain last year by drug gang assassins along a remote road near New Mexico. (AP PhotoChristian Chavez)
Boys point an unloaded gun at the sky as they play in La Mora, Mexico, one day before the expected arrival of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020. Three women and six of their children from La Mora, all U.S. citizens from the extended LeBaron family, were slaughtered and one of their cars burned by gunmen in this area on Nov. 4, 2019. (AP PhotoChristian Chavez)
A vendor carries away her salvaged merchandise from the burned ruins of the Guerite Market that was engulfed in flames in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, early Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. (AP PhotoDieu Nalio Chery)
This Jan. 9, 2020 photo provided by Galapagos National Park shows Diego the tortoise on Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Ecuador. After fertilizing some 800 offspring and contributing substantially to the salvation of one of the giant turtle species of the Galapagos Islands, Diego, a tortoise who is over 100 years old, will be returned in March to his original habitat on Española Island, from where he was extracted more that eight decades ago. (Galapagos National Park via AP)
Demonstrator march against a bus fare increase in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. Protests sparked after a bus fare hike of almost 10 percent, to 5.50 Reals, or about 1.27 U.S. dollars. (AP PhotoEraldo Peres)
Carnival King Momo, Djeferson Mendes da Silva, second from left, holds the key to the city at a ceremony marking the official start of Carnival on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020. (AP PhotoBruna Prado)