AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Australian Timothy Lyndsay Shaddock smiles as he speaks during a welcoming ceremony by Grupo Mar after being rescued from sea and arriving to port in Manzanillo, Mexico, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. After being adrift with his dog for three months, the pair were rescued by the Mexican tuna boat “Maria Delia,” owned by Grupo Mar, from his incapacitated catamaran in the Pacific Ocean some 1,200 miles from land. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
A malnourished baby is measured by a health worker at the Gheskio Center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, July 14, 2023. The Center monitors malnourished children’s weight gain and growth on a weekly basis and hands out peanut-based therapeutic supplements to help them gain weight. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Adonis Preciado of Ecuador’s Barcelona, right, strikes the ball as Leonardo Godoy of Argentina’s Estudiantes de La Plata looks on during a Copa Sudamericana second leg play-off soccer match at Jorge Luis Hirschi stadium in La Plata, Argentina, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
What’s left of a car and muddied photo lay in the street after a deadly avalanche smothered homes overnight in El Naranjal, Colombia, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
A man looks through an opening of a giant Colombian national flag during the Independence Day military parade, in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, July 20, 2023. Colombia is marking 213 years of independence from Spain. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
The sun sets over Montevideo, Uruguay, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
A person grieves near a covered body on the ground as residents watch from behind police tape in Duran, Ecuador, early Thursday, July 20, 2023. According to police, the body is that of a 20-year-old male who was shot to death. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Residents and environmentalists watch a Cardon (Dermochelys coriacea) sea turtle hatchling head to the ocean after being released by conservationists at the beach in La Sabana, Venezuela, Sunday, July 16, 2023. Nine Cardon sea turtle hatchlings, the largest in the world, were released on the beach. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Government prosecutor Cinthia Monterroso executes a raid on the Supreme Electoral Tribunal in Guatemala City, Thursday, July 20, 2023. This is the second raid that the Central American country’s Attorney General’s Office executes on the country’s electoral authority headquarters after it certified the June 25 electoral results. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Diana Lander rides a wave as she surfs off Anare beach in La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Australian Timothy Lyndsay Shaddock smiles as he speaks during a welcoming ceremony by Grupo Mar after being rescued from sea and arriving to port in Manzanillo, Mexico, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. After being adrift with his dog for three months, the pair were rescued by the Mexican tuna boat “Maria Delia,” owned by Grupo Mar, from his incapacitated catamaran in the Pacific Ocean some 1,200 miles from land. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Australian Timothy Lyndsay Shaddock smiles as he speaks during a welcoming ceremony by Grupo Mar after being rescued from sea and arriving to port in Manzanillo, Mexico, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. After being adrift with his dog for three months, the pair were rescued by the Mexican tuna boat “Maria Delia,” owned by Grupo Mar, from his incapacitated catamaran in the Pacific Ocean some 1,200 miles from land. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
A malnourished baby is measured by a health worker at the Gheskio Center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, July 14, 2023. The Center monitors malnourished children’s weight gain and growth on a weekly basis and hands out peanut-based therapeutic supplements to help them gain weight. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
A malnourished baby is measured by a health worker at the Gheskio Center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, July 14, 2023. The Center monitors malnourished children’s weight gain and growth on a weekly basis and hands out peanut-based therapeutic supplements to help them gain weight. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Adonis Preciado of Ecuador’s Barcelona, right, strikes the ball as Leonardo Godoy of Argentina’s Estudiantes de La Plata looks on during a Copa Sudamericana second leg play-off soccer match at Jorge Luis Hirschi stadium in La Plata, Argentina, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
Adonis Preciado of Ecuador’s Barcelona, right, strikes the ball as Leonardo Godoy of Argentina’s Estudiantes de La Plata looks on during a Copa Sudamericana second leg play-off soccer match at Jorge Luis Hirschi stadium in La Plata, Argentina, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
What’s left of a car and muddied photo lay in the street after a deadly avalanche smothered homes overnight in El Naranjal, Colombia, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
What’s left of a car and muddied photo lay in the street after a deadly avalanche smothered homes overnight in El Naranjal, Colombia, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
A man looks through an opening of a giant Colombian national flag during the Independence Day military parade, in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, July 20, 2023. Colombia is marking 213 years of independence from Spain. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
A man looks through an opening of a giant Colombian national flag during the Independence Day military parade, in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, July 20, 2023. Colombia is marking 213 years of independence from Spain. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
The sun sets over Montevideo, Uruguay, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
The sun sets over Montevideo, Uruguay, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
A person grieves near a covered body on the ground as residents watch from behind police tape in Duran, Ecuador, early Thursday, July 20, 2023. According to police, the body is that of a 20-year-old male who was shot to death. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
A person grieves near a covered body on the ground as residents watch from behind police tape in Duran, Ecuador, early Thursday, July 20, 2023. According to police, the body is that of a 20-year-old male who was shot to death. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Residents and environmentalists watch a Cardon (Dermochelys coriacea) sea turtle hatchling head to the ocean after being released by conservationists at the beach in La Sabana, Venezuela, Sunday, July 16, 2023. Nine Cardon sea turtle hatchlings, the largest in the world, were released on the beach. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Residents and environmentalists watch a Cardon (Dermochelys coriacea) sea turtle hatchling head to the ocean after being released by conservationists at the beach in La Sabana, Venezuela, Sunday, July 16, 2023. Nine Cardon sea turtle hatchlings, the largest in the world, were released on the beach. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Government prosecutor Cinthia Monterroso executes a raid on the Supreme Electoral Tribunal in Guatemala City, Thursday, July 20, 2023. This is the second raid that the Central American country’s Attorney General’s Office executes on the country’s electoral authority headquarters after it certified the June 25 electoral results. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Government prosecutor Cinthia Monterroso executes a raid on the Supreme Electoral Tribunal in Guatemala City, Thursday, July 20, 2023. This is the second raid that the Central American country’s Attorney General’s Office executes on the country’s electoral authority headquarters after it certified the June 25 electoral results. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Diana Lander rides a wave as she surfs off Anare beach in La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Diana Lander rides a wave as she surfs off Anare beach in La Guaira, Venezuela, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
July 14 – 20, 2023
An Australian cast away being rescued off the coast of Mexico, deadly mudslides in Colombia, a power struggle in Guatemala between the Supreme Electoral Tribunal and the Prosecutor’s Office, and a woman surfing waves in Venezuela.
This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The selection was curated by photo editor Tomas Stargardter in Mexico City.
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