AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

A girl uses her laptop as she sits in a window after her COVID-19 quarantine ended at her home in Belen, Uruguay, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. She and part of her family had COVID-19 but her quarantine ended the day before. (AP PhotoMatilde Campodonico)

The body of a COVID-19 victim waits to be retrieved from the morgue, after the woman passed away the previous night at Clinicas Hospital in San Lorenzo, Paraguay, Monday, April 26, 2021. (AP PhotoJorge Saenz)

Residents carry a statue of the town's patron saint, San Vicente, and the Virgin Mary, to pray that the Pacaya Volcano decreases its activity in San Vicente Pacaya, Guatemala, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Residents of small communities living around Pacaya volcano wake up each morning wondering if the lava from the current eruption will reach their homes. (AP PhotoMoises Castillo)

Illuminated crosses are displayed on top of a salesman's car outside Saint George Church, closed to help contain the spread of the new coronavirus, where worshippers gather to mark the saint's feast day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, before sunrise, Friday, April 23, 2021. The Catholic saint is associated with bravery and resistance. (AP PhotoSilvia Izquierdo)

The National Police destroy an illegal gold mining operation with soldiers standing guard as part of the Armed Forces' "Operation Guamuez III" in Magui Payan, Colombia, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. Illegal gold mining is common in Colombia, especially wildcat mines in poverty-stricken areas dominated by criminal gangs with little state presence. (AP PhotoFernando Vergara)

Open water swimmer Robert Yatto warms up in his Captain America swimsuit on Pescadores beach where swimming in the ocean is booming while pools are closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Lima, Peru, at sunrise Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Yatto, a former police officer who has been swimming in the Pacific for the past 30 years, said the sport is expensive, citing the $400 price tag of his suit. (AP PhotoMartin Mejia)

An employee waits on a customer via window service amid new lockdown restrictions due to the increase in COVID-19 infections, in Quito, Ecuador, Saturday, April 24, 2021. (AP PhotoDolores Ochoa)

A teddy bear made with pieces of clothing that were worn by a COVID-19 victim, sits in the workshop of seamstress Irma de la Parra, in Mexico City, Saturday, April 24, 2021. De la Parra used to make teachers' gowns, but school closings during the pandemic left her without a job. She took it upon herself to make teddy bears out of clothing from those who died of COVID-19 to give those who are still alive a chance to grieve and be closer to those they were unable to bid farewell to. (AP PhotoGinnette Riquelme)

The sun rises in Mexico City, Monday, April 26, 2021. (AP PhotoMarco Ugarte)

Rafael Santos Borre of Argentina's River Plate reacts after being fouled by goalkeeper Marcos Felipe of Brazil's Fluminense during a Copa Libertadores soccer match in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, April 22, 2021. (AP PhotoSilvia Izquierdo, Pool)

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, center, wearing a blue protective face mask and handcuffed, is escorted under heavy guard to a waiting aircraft at the Air Force base in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Thursday, April 21, 2022. Honduras extradited Hernandez to the United States to face drug trafficking and weapons charges in a dramatic reversal for a leader once touted by U.S. authorities as a key ally in the war on the drugs. (AP PhotoElmer Martinez)

Revelers dance during an unofficial street party called "blocos" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, April 21, 2022. The municipality of Rio de Janeiro postponed the annual samba school Carnival parades to April 22 - 23, but City Hall refused to grant authorization to the more than 500 blocos that accompany Carnival celebrations, claiming it lacked sufficient time to prepare. (AP PhotoBruna Prado)

Ring-tailed lemurs sit on the hood of a truck as one flicks out a peanut from the inside of an Easter egg, at the Buin Zoo in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, April 17, 2021. Zookeepers gave out to its animals in captivity, Easter eggs painted with non-toxic tempera and filled with treats. (AP PhotoEsteban Felix)

Jenna Davis of the United States, left, and Argentina's Catalina Laivinia, compete during the final match of the Women's Polo World Championship, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, April 16, 2022. Six countries faced off at the Campo Argentino de Polo in the first women's polo world championship tournament. Argentina went on to win the title. (AP PhotoNatacha Pisarenko)

The body of former Colombian footballer Freddy Rincon is transported in a flag-draped coffin atop a fire engine, to the sports coliseum in his native Buenaventura, Colombia, Thursday, April 14, 2022. Rincon, a former captain of the Colombian national soccer team who played in three World Cups, died following a traffic accident. He was 55. (AP PhotoOswaldo Paez)

Residents poke around in the cockpit of a Cessna 207 plane that crashed in the Carrefour community of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. The small plane crashed when it tried to land and hit a truck transporting soda bottles, killing at least five people and injuring several others, authorities said. (AP PhotoOdelyn Joseph)

A cat rests inside the shell of an abandoned, charred car, in the El Paraiso neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. The streets are full of used, old and not-so environmentally friendly vehicles as car loans have become nonexistent and dealerships sit mostly empty. (AP PhotoMatias Delacroix)

Members of the Nazarene brotherhood sit in a living room as they wait to take part in a Good Friday procession in Zipaquira, Colombia, Friday, April 15, 2022. Processions and religious floats paraded throughout region during Holy Week, commemorating the last week of the earthly life of Jesus Christ culminating in his crucifixion on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday. (AP PhotoIvan Valencia)