Cuba's power outages and other top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean

Jan. 30 - Feb. 1, 2026

Cubans getting by without power as outages persist and tensions with US escalate. Argentina fires ravage pristine Patagonia forests. After Mexico bans vapes, cartels tighten their grip on a booming market.

This gallery was curated by photo editor Anita Baca, based in Mexico City.

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FILE - A full moon rises over Montevideo, Uruguay, Feb. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, File)

FILE - A woman pulls a cart with Baby Jesus figurines on Candlemas Day at the Xochimilco Catholic Church in Mexico City, Feb. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

FILE - A hummingbird feeds on nectar from a moringa flower at the Praderas de Vida nursery in the San Juan de Miraflores district in Lima, Peru, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo, File)

FILE - Vendors wait for customers at a market that primarily sells clothing imported from China in Asuncion, Paraguay, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

FILE - A soldier embraces his family during a farewell ceremony in Guatemala City, Jan. 31, 2026, before traveling to join the United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

FILE - Mexico Reds catcher Santiago Chavez is tagged out by Puerto Rico's Andrew Velazquez during a Caribbean Series baseball game in Guadalajara, Mexico, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

FILE - Ximena Fernandez vapes while working remotely from home in Mexico City, Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

FILE - Fisherman Pancho Contreras sails at sea with young fishermen as night falls near Los Arrecifes, Mexico, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez, File)

FILE - A young vendor of miniature pork sandwich takes part in the Alasita Children's Fair in La Paz, Bolivia, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)

FILE - Dancers perform a dragon dance celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year in the Asian neighborhood of Liberdade, in Sao Paulo, Jan. 31, 2026, marking the beginning of the Year of the Horse. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

FILE - A car speeds along a road as smoke from wildfires turns the sky red near Cholila, Argentina, Feb. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano, File)

FILE - A woman holds up a cell phone flashlight as she chats with a friend during a scheduled power outage as part of energy rationing in Santa Cruz del Norte, home to one of Cuba's largest thermoelectric plants, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — NBA scoring leader Luka Doncic will have an MRI exam on Friday after he left the Los Angeles Lakers' game against Philadelphia with a left leg injury.

Doncic limped to the locker room with 3:03 left in the first half Thursday night after apparently feeling pain in his hamstring on the far end of the court moments earlier. He didn't return to the court when the second half began, and the Lakers announced Doncic was done for the night due to left leg soreness.

“He didn't feel like it was good enough to go back in (to the game),” Lakers coach JJ Redick said. “Neither did (the) medical (staff), so we held him out. He'll get some imaging. Too early to (diagnose) the injury. Just a sore hamstring.”

Doncic began the night leading the NBA with 33.4 points per game in his first full season with the Lakers despite missing eight games with different leg injuries. The Slovenian superstar is second in the league with 8.7 assists and he has also grabbed 7.9 rebounds per game.

He had 10 points, four rebounds and five turnovers during the Lakers' rough first half against the Sixers, missing all four of his 3-point attempts. After falling behind by 16 early in the second half, Los Angeles impressively rallied for a 119-115 victory led by Austin Reaves, who scored 35 points in just 25 minutes during his second game back from a 19-game absence with a calf injury.

“I talked to (Doncic) a little bit at halftime, asked if he was OK, and he kind of just looked at me,” Reaves said. “Hopefully it’s nothing major. We need him. He’s our best player and the engine of a lot of stuff that we do. Hopefully it’ll be good news tomorrow.”

Doncic left the arena with a slight limp in his step.

The Lakers could be forgiven for feeling frustration after yet another injury to one of their three stars.

Doncic, Reaves and LeBron James were all playing together for only the 10th time in Los Angeles' 50 games this season before Doncic got hurt against the Sixers. The Lakers are still in the thick of the Western Conference playoff race at 31-19 despite not knowing what they could look like at full strength for a prolonged period.

James missed the first 14 games of the season with sciatica, and Reaves only returned last Tuesday night in the Lakers' win at Brooklyn to close their eight-game road trip.

Reaves appears to be back in top form already after his scoring barrage while playing on a minutes restriction. He went 12 of 17 from the field and hit five 3-pointers along with six rebounds.

“When you get hurt, obviously there's a period where you don't do much, and then for the last two or three weeks, I've been grinding,” Reaves said. “I've played many stay-ready games. ... The amount of time I actually played, I felt like I got a good jump from that. You don't expect to be ready right off the bat, but I feel like we did a good job of trying to keep my rhythm.”

Doncic was the NBA's Western Conference player of the month for January after averaging 34.0 points on 50.6% shooting with 7.2 rebounds, 9.1 assists and 1.5 steals in a dominant stretch of play.

He was also selected for his sixth All-Star game, voted in as a starter for the annual event at Intuit Dome in nearby Inglewood, California, next weekend.

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Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic, left shoots as Philadelphia 76ers guard Kelly Oubre Jr. defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Philadelphia 76ers forward Dominick Barlow, left, and Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic reach for a rebound during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)