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AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

2021-06-04 12:00 Last Updated At:12:20

MAY 28 – June 3 , 2021

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 photojournalist Moises Castillo based in Guatemala City.

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Marven, a transgender woman from the state of Oaxaca, launches colorful smoke flares during her campaign event for a seat on Mexico City's Congress, outside a restaurant in Mexico City, Saturday, May 29, 2021. Marven will be one of more than 100 members of Mexico's LGBTQ community participating in Sunday's mid-term elections that will fill the 500 seats of the lower chamber of the Congress, as well as state and local posts across the country. (AP PhotoFernando Llano)

MAY 28 – June 3 , 2021

Anti-government protesters clash with police in Madrid, on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia, Friday, May 28, 2021. Colombians have taken to the streets for weeks across the country after the government proposed tax increases on public services, fuel, wages and pensions. (AP PhotoIvan Valencia)

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A woman working for a social organization hands a snack to a homeless man on 9 de Julio Avenue in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, May 31, 2021. Argentina is facing a surge of COVID-19 infections with a series of lockdown measures being imposed on and off, with high consequences on poverty. (AP PhotoNatacha Pisarenko)

A woman working for a social organization hands a snack to a homeless man on 9 de Julio Avenue in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, May 31, 2021. Argentina is facing a surge of COVID-19 infections with a series of lockdown measures being imposed on and off, with high consequences on poverty. (AP PhotoNatacha Pisarenko)

A man pushes a shopping cart loaded with bananas through a street flooded by the Negro River in downtown Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Rivers around Brazil's biggest city in the Amazon rain forest have swelled to levels unseen in over a century of record-keeping, according to Manaus' port authorities. (AP PhotoEdmar Barros)

A man pushes a shopping cart loaded with bananas through a street flooded by the Negro River in downtown Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Rivers around Brazil's biggest city in the Amazon rain forest have swelled to levels unseen in over a century of record-keeping, according to Manaus' port authorities. (AP PhotoEdmar Barros)

A man dressed in red to represent a devil kneels in prayer during Corpus Christi celebrations in San Francisco de Yare, Venezuela, Thursday, June 3, 2021. The Carnival-like dance, in which the devils pay penance and ask for relief from physical ailments, symbolizes the ongoing struggle between good and evil. (AP PhotoMatias Delacroix)

A man dressed in red to represent a devil kneels in prayer during Corpus Christi celebrations in San Francisco de Yare, Venezuela, Thursday, June 3, 2021. The Carnival-like dance, in which the devils pay penance and ask for relief from physical ailments, symbolizes the ongoing struggle between good and evil. (AP PhotoMatias Delacroix)

Cyclers gather around a mural of Colombian cyclist Egan Bernal in his hometown of Zipaquira, Colombia, Sunday, May 30, 2021. Bernal won the Giro d'Italy cycling race in Milan. (AP PhotoIvan Valencia)

Cyclers gather around a mural of Colombian cyclist Egan Bernal in his hometown of Zipaquira, Colombia, Sunday, May 30, 2021. Bernal won the Giro d'Italy cycling race in Milan. (AP PhotoIvan Valencia)

Catharina Michel plays "altinha," a popular beach game with a soccer ball, on Arpoador beach Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, May 15, 2021. (AP PhotoBruna Prado)

Catharina Michel plays "altinha," a popular beach game with a soccer ball, on Arpoador beach Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, May 15, 2021. (AP PhotoBruna Prado)

A woman wears a protective face mask as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (AP PhotoRamon Espinosa)

A woman wears a protective face mask as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (AP PhotoRamon Espinosa)

In this photo published on June 3, 202, volunteer Santiago Sanchez, right, measures a baby's weight alongside the girl's mother at a health center in Cachoche village near Tizamarte, Guatemala, Dec. 10, 2020. A nurse vaccinates and measures babies and spots the effects of malnutrition at this community center where there is no running water. (AP PhotoMoises Castillo)

In this photo published on June 3, 202, volunteer Santiago Sanchez, right, measures a baby's weight alongside the girl's mother at a health center in Cachoche village near Tizamarte, Guatemala, Dec. 10, 2020. A nurse vaccinates and measures babies and spots the effects of malnutrition at this community center where there is no running water. (AP PhotoMoises Castillo)

A woman takes pictures in a park amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (AP PhotoNatacha Pisarenko)

A woman takes pictures in a park amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (AP PhotoNatacha Pisarenko)

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Marven, a transgender woman from the state of Oaxaca, launches colorful smoke flares during her campaign event for a seat on Mexico City's Congress, outside a restaurant in Mexico City, Saturday, May 29, 2021. Marven will be one of more than 100 members of Mexico's LGBTQ community participating in Sunday's mid-term elections that will fill the 500 seats of the lower chamber of the Congress, as well as state and local posts across the country. (AP PhotoFernando Llano)

Marven, a transgender woman from the state of Oaxaca, launches colorful smoke flares during her campaign event for a seat on Mexico City's Congress, outside a restaurant in Mexico City, Saturday, May 29, 2021. Marven will be one of more than 100 members of Mexico's LGBTQ community participating in Sunday's mid-term elections that will fill the 500 seats of the lower chamber of the Congress, as well as state and local posts across the country. (AP PhotoFernando Llano)

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Anti-government protesters clash with police in Madrid, on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia, Friday, May 28, 2021. Colombians have taken to the streets for weeks across the country after the government proposed tax increases on public services, fuel, wages and pensions. (AP PhotoIvan Valencia)

Anti-government protesters clash with police in Madrid, on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia, Friday, May 28, 2021. Colombians have taken to the streets for weeks across the country after the government proposed tax increases on public services, fuel, wages and pensions. (AP PhotoIvan Valencia)

A woman working for a social organization hands a snack to a homeless man on 9 de Julio Avenue in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, May 31, 2021. Argentina is facing a surge of COVID-19 infections with a series of lockdown measures being imposed on and off, with high consequences on poverty. (AP PhotoNatacha Pisarenko)

A woman working for a social organization hands a snack to a homeless man on 9 de Julio Avenue in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, May 31, 2021. Argentina is facing a surge of COVID-19 infections with a series of lockdown measures being imposed on and off, with high consequences on poverty. (AP PhotoNatacha Pisarenko)

A man pushes a shopping cart loaded with bananas through a street flooded by the Negro River in downtown Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Rivers around Brazil's biggest city in the Amazon rain forest have swelled to levels unseen in over a century of record-keeping, according to Manaus' port authorities. (AP PhotoEdmar Barros)

A man pushes a shopping cart loaded with bananas through a street flooded by the Negro River in downtown Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Rivers around Brazil's biggest city in the Amazon rain forest have swelled to levels unseen in over a century of record-keeping, according to Manaus' port authorities. (AP PhotoEdmar Barros)

A man dressed in red to represent a devil kneels in prayer during Corpus Christi celebrations in San Francisco de Yare, Venezuela, Thursday, June 3, 2021. The Carnival-like dance, in which the devils pay penance and ask for relief from physical ailments, symbolizes the ongoing struggle between good and evil. (AP PhotoMatias Delacroix)

A man dressed in red to represent a devil kneels in prayer during Corpus Christi celebrations in San Francisco de Yare, Venezuela, Thursday, June 3, 2021. The Carnival-like dance, in which the devils pay penance and ask for relief from physical ailments, symbolizes the ongoing struggle between good and evil. (AP PhotoMatias Delacroix)

Cyclers gather around a mural of Colombian cyclist Egan Bernal in his hometown of Zipaquira, Colombia, Sunday, May 30, 2021. Bernal won the Giro d'Italy cycling race in Milan. (AP PhotoIvan Valencia)

Cyclers gather around a mural of Colombian cyclist Egan Bernal in his hometown of Zipaquira, Colombia, Sunday, May 30, 2021. Bernal won the Giro d'Italy cycling race in Milan. (AP PhotoIvan Valencia)

Catharina Michel plays "altinha," a popular beach game with a soccer ball, on Arpoador beach Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, May 15, 2021. (AP PhotoBruna Prado)

Catharina Michel plays "altinha," a popular beach game with a soccer ball, on Arpoador beach Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, May 15, 2021. (AP PhotoBruna Prado)

A woman wears a protective face mask as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (AP PhotoRamon Espinosa)

A woman wears a protective face mask as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (AP PhotoRamon Espinosa)

In this photo published on June 3, 202, volunteer Santiago Sanchez, right, measures a baby's weight alongside the girl's mother at a health center in Cachoche village near Tizamarte, Guatemala, Dec. 10, 2020. A nurse vaccinates and measures babies and spots the effects of malnutrition at this community center where there is no running water. (AP PhotoMoises Castillo)

In this photo published on June 3, 202, volunteer Santiago Sanchez, right, measures a baby's weight alongside the girl's mother at a health center in Cachoche village near Tizamarte, Guatemala, Dec. 10, 2020. A nurse vaccinates and measures babies and spots the effects of malnutrition at this community center where there is no running water. (AP PhotoMoises Castillo)

A woman takes pictures in a park amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (AP PhotoNatacha Pisarenko)

A woman takes pictures in a park amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (AP PhotoNatacha Pisarenko)

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AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

2022-04-22 12:00 Last Updated At:13:01

April 15-21, 2022

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 photo editor Anita Baca in Mexico City.

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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)

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)

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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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)