Chile hosts a time-travel-themed zombie walk featuring costumes inspired by monsters and bygone eras; Bolsonaro and Lula intensify their campaigns in the final week before Brazil’s presidential runoff; and a prominent Guatemalan anti-corruption lawyer is assassinated on a soccer field in Guatemala City.
Esmeralda Quijano bathes her 4-year-old son Valentin in a small river in an area affected by drought in Tecoluca, El Salvador, part of the Central American Dry Corridor, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
A Public Ministry investigator collects evidence near the body of Juan Francisco Solorzano Foppa, a former anti-gang prosecutor and superintendent of the Tax Administration, at a soccer field following a shooting in Guatemala City, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Emmanuel Andres)
Police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators protesting proposed government spending cuts during a march marking the 7th anniversary of Chile's 2019 social uprising, in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A model wears a creation from Joao Pimenta collection during the Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for reelection, takes part in a campaign rally in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, Friday, Oct. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Presidential candidate Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro, front, and city councilman Lucas Pavanato pump up supporters during a campaign rally ahead of the presidential election runoff in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
A police officer sprays pepper spray at a teacher during an anti-government protest outside the Ministry of Education in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A tourist stands on a walkway overlooking Iguazu Falls in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, Friday, Oct. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Prisoners sit inside cells at the prison known as the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in Tecoluca, El Salvador, Friday, Oct. 16, 2026, during a tour for Costa Rican President Laura Fernandez. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
A health worker fumigates a market to control mosquitoes and prevent the spread of malaria following reports of several cases in Panama City, Friday, Oct. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A woman eyes the camera while taking part in the Zombie Walk Retro 2026, a time-travel-themed march featuring costumes inspired by monsters and bygone eras, in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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Esmeralda Quijano bathes her 4-year-old son Valentin in a small river in an area affected by drought in Tecoluca, El Salvador, part of the Central American Dry Corridor, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
A Public Ministry investigator collects evidence near the body of Juan Francisco Solorzano Foppa, a former anti-gang prosecutor and superintendent of the Tax Administration, at a soccer field following a shooting in Guatemala City, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Emmanuel Andres)
Police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators protesting proposed government spending cuts during a march marking the 7th anniversary of Chile's 2019 social uprising, in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A model wears a creation from Joao Pimenta collection during the Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for reelection, takes part in a campaign rally in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, Friday, Oct. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Presidential candidate Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro, front, and city councilman Lucas Pavanato pump up supporters during a campaign rally ahead of the presidential election runoff in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
A police officer sprays pepper spray at a teacher during an anti-government protest outside the Ministry of Education in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A tourist stands on a walkway overlooking Iguazu Falls in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, Friday, Oct. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Prisoners sit inside cells at the prison known as the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in Tecoluca, El Salvador, Friday, Oct. 16, 2026, during a tour for Costa Rican President Laura Fernandez. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
A health worker fumigates a market to control mosquitoes and prevent the spread of malaria following reports of several cases in Panama City, Friday, Oct. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
