AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
A portrait of the late Pope Francis is projected onto a water fountain at Magic Water Circuit in Lima, Peru, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
A penitent depicting the role of Jesus Christ is crowned by a fellow devotees playing the role of Roman soldiers, during the Via Crucis or Way of the Cross reenactment in Panama City, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Photographed through a decorative element, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, stands with Chile’s President Gabriel Boric during a welcoming ceremony at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Miners demand a solution to the diesel shortage and economic crisis, in front of a billboard of President Luis Arce, outside the Mining and Metallurgy Ministry in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
An effigy representing Judas Iscariot and El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele burns as Easter tradition in different communities in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
A bus hangs off an overpass after colliding with a vehicle, in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Javier Torres)
Genali Nogales touches a painting of the late Pope Francis at the Basílica de San José de Flores, where he worshipped as a youth, following the Vatican’s announcement of his death in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
Katy Perry performs in concert at Arena CDMX in Mexico City, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Men gather at a Hogares de Cristo community center in the Carlos Mugica neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, part of a network for drug addicts originally supported by then-Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio, the late Pope Francis, who passed away on Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Ring-tailed lemurs eat Easter eggs at the Buinzoo in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A street artists chalks a portrait of the late Pope Francis outside the Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Rayan of Brazil’s Vasco da Gama, lies on the pitch during a Copa Sudamericana Group G soccer match against Argentina’s Lanus at Sao Januario stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
A portrait of the late Pope Francis is projected onto a water fountain at Magic Water Circuit in Lima, Peru, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
A portrait of the late Pope Francis is projected onto a water fountain at Magic Water Circuit in Lima, Peru, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
A penitent depicting the role of Jesus Christ is crowned by a fellow devotees playing the role of Roman soldiers, during the Via Crucis or Way of the Cross reenactment in Panama City, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A penitent depicting the role of Jesus Christ is crowned by a fellow devotees playing the role of Roman soldiers, during the Via Crucis or Way of the Cross reenactment in Panama City, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Photographed through a decorative element, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, stands with Chile’s President Gabriel Boric during a welcoming ceremony at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Photographed through a decorative element, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, stands with Chile’s President Gabriel Boric during a welcoming ceremony at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Miners demand a solution to the diesel shortage and economic crisis, in front of a billboard of President Luis Arce, outside the Mining and Metallurgy Ministry in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Miners demand a solution to the diesel shortage and economic crisis, in front of a billboard of President Luis Arce, outside the Mining and Metallurgy Ministry in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
An effigy representing Judas Iscariot and El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele burns as Easter tradition in different communities in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
An effigy representing Judas Iscariot and El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele burns as Easter tradition in different communities in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
A bus hangs off an overpass after colliding with a vehicle, in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Javier Torres)
A bus hangs off an overpass after colliding with a vehicle, in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Javier Torres)
Genali Nogales touches a painting of the late Pope Francis at the Basílica de San José de Flores, where he worshipped as a youth, following the Vatican’s announcement of his death in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
Genali Nogales touches a painting of the late Pope Francis at the Basílica de San José de Flores, where he worshipped as a youth, following the Vatican’s announcement of his death in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
Katy Perry performs in concert at Arena CDMX in Mexico City, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Katy Perry performs in concert at Arena CDMX in Mexico City, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Men gather at a Hogares de Cristo community center in the Carlos Mugica neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, part of a network for drug addicts originally supported by then-Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio, the late Pope Francis, who passed away on Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Men gather at a Hogares de Cristo community center in the Carlos Mugica neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, part of a network for drug addicts originally supported by then-Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio, the late Pope Francis, who passed away on Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Ring-tailed lemurs eat Easter eggs at the Buinzoo in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Ring-tailed lemurs eat Easter eggs at the Buinzoo in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A street artists chalks a portrait of the late Pope Francis outside the Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A street artists chalks a portrait of the late Pope Francis outside the Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Rayan of Brazil’s Vasco da Gama, lies on the pitch during a Copa Sudamericana Group G soccer match against Argentina’s Lanus at Sao Januario stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Rayan of Brazil’s Vasco da Gama, lies on the pitch during a Copa Sudamericana Group G soccer match against Argentina’s Lanus at Sao Januario stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
April 18-24, 2025
Latin Americans mourned the death of Pope Francis, who was from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Revelers in Panama City marked Good Friday with a Way of the Cross reenactment. A bus collided with a vehicle in Santiago, Chile, leaving various dead and injured. Katy Perry performed in concert in Mexico City.
This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by The Associated Press from Latin America and the Caribbean.
The selection was curated by AP photographer Natacha Pisarenko, based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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