AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
A firefighter is silhouetted by the flames of a forest fire on the outskirts of Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Nicolas Aguilera)
Police ride past residents in a bulldozer they use to clear street barricades during a security operation against organized crime in the Mare Complex favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. Security forces targeted three neighborhoods that are controlled by the Red Command drug trafficking group. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
A couple dances on the street during a national strike in Guatemala City, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. People are protesting to support President-elect Bernardo Arévalo after Guatemala’s highest court upheld a move by prosecutors to suspend his political party over alleged voter registration fraud. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A migrant girl with the colors of the Venezuelan flag painted on her cheek lines up to acquire a Honduras Migration transit permit to continue on her way north to Guatemala and hopefully to the Mexico-United States border, in Danlí, Honduras, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Elmer Martinez)
Members of the Israeli community light candles in front of photos of the recently kidnapped women from the attacks in Israel during a vigil in front of the UN building in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A supporter of Presidential candidate Daniel Noboa, of the National Democratic Action Alliance political party, carries a cardboard cutout of Noboa, as he bikes to attend a political rally in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Brazilians who were caught in the latest Israel-Hamas war kneel down in thanks on the tarmac as journalists cover their arrival to the Air Force air base in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. The Brazilian Air Force flew its citizens home, first landing in Brasilia. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
tDemonstrators attack a building in downtown Guatemala City during a national strike, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. People are protesting to support President-elect Bernardo Arévalo after Guatemala’s highest court upheld a move by prosecutors to suspend his political party over alleged voter registration fraud. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A Spiderman costume wearing supporter of presidential hopeful of the Liberty Advances coalition, Javier Milei, gathers with other supporters outside the hotel where he arrived in Salta, Argentina, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. Elections are set for Oct. 22. (AP Photo/Javier Corbalan)
Members of the Palestinian community in Chile attend a demonstration in support of the Palestinian people, in front of the UN building in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Colombia’s James Rodriguez celebrates scoring the opening goal during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup 2026 between Colombia and Uruguay at the Metropolitano stadium in Barranquilla, Colombia, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
A firefighter is silhouetted by the flames of a forest fire on the outskirts of Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Nicolas Aguilera)
A firefighter is silhouetted by the flames of a forest fire on the outskirts of Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Nicolas Aguilera)
Police ride past residents in a bulldozer they use to clear street barricades during a security operation against organized crime in the Mare Complex favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. Security forces targeted three neighborhoods that are controlled by the Red Command drug trafficking group. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Police ride past residents in a bulldozer they use to clear street barricades during a security operation against organized crime in the Mare Complex favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. Security forces targeted three neighborhoods that are controlled by the Red Command drug trafficking group. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
A couple dances on the street during a national strike in Guatemala City, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. People are protesting to support President-elect Bernardo Arévalo after Guatemala’s highest court upheld a move by prosecutors to suspend his political party over alleged voter registration fraud. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A couple dances on the street during a national strike in Guatemala City, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. People are protesting to support President-elect Bernardo Arévalo after Guatemala’s highest court upheld a move by prosecutors to suspend his political party over alleged voter registration fraud. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A migrant girl with the colors of the Venezuelan flag painted on her cheek lines up to acquire a Honduras Migration transit permit to continue on her way north to Guatemala and hopefully to the Mexico-United States border, in Danlí, Honduras, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Elmer Martinez)
A migrant girl with the colors of the Venezuelan flag painted on her cheek lines up to acquire a Honduras Migration transit permit to continue on her way north to Guatemala and hopefully to the Mexico-United States border, in Danlí, Honduras, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Elmer Martinez)
Members of the Israeli community light candles in front of photos of the recently kidnapped women from the attacks in Israel during a vigil in front of the UN building in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Members of the Israeli community light candles in front of photos of the recently kidnapped women from the attacks in Israel during a vigil in front of the UN building in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A supporter of Presidential candidate Daniel Noboa, of the National Democratic Action Alliance political party, carries a cardboard cutout of Noboa, as he bikes to attend a political rally in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
A supporter of Presidential candidate Daniel Noboa, of the National Democratic Action Alliance political party, carries a cardboard cutout of Noboa, as he bikes to attend a political rally in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Brazilians who were caught in the latest Israel-Hamas war kneel down in thanks on the tarmac as journalists cover their arrival to the Air Force air base in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. The Brazilian Air Force flew its citizens home, first landing in Brasilia. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Brazilians who were caught in the latest Israel-Hamas war kneel down in thanks on the tarmac as journalists cover their arrival to the Air Force air base in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. The Brazilian Air Force flew its citizens home, first landing in Brasilia. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
tDemonstrators attack a building in downtown Guatemala City during a national strike, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. People are protesting to support President-elect Bernardo Arévalo after Guatemala’s highest court upheld a move by prosecutors to suspend his political party over alleged voter registration fraud. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
tDemonstrators attack a building in downtown Guatemala City during a national strike, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. People are protesting to support President-elect Bernardo Arévalo after Guatemala’s highest court upheld a move by prosecutors to suspend his political party over alleged voter registration fraud. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A Spiderman costume wearing supporter of presidential hopeful of the Liberty Advances coalition, Javier Milei, gathers with other supporters outside the hotel where he arrived in Salta, Argentina, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. Elections are set for Oct. 22. (AP Photo/Javier Corbalan)
A Spiderman costume wearing supporter of presidential hopeful of the Liberty Advances coalition, Javier Milei, gathers with other supporters outside the hotel where he arrived in Salta, Argentina, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. Elections are set for Oct. 22. (AP Photo/Javier Corbalan)
Members of the Palestinian community in Chile attend a demonstration in support of the Palestinian people, in front of the UN building in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Members of the Palestinian community in Chile attend a demonstration in support of the Palestinian people, in front of the UN building in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Colombia’s James Rodriguez celebrates scoring the opening goal during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup 2026 between Colombia and Uruguay at the Metropolitano stadium in Barranquilla, Colombia, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Colombia’s James Rodriguez celebrates scoring the opening goal during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup 2026 between Colombia and Uruguay at the Metropolitano stadium in Barranquilla, Colombia, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Oct. 6-12, 2023
Firefighters work to extinguish a forest fire on the outskirts of Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina. A couple dances on the street during a national strike in Guatemala City to support President-elect Bernardo Arévalo. A supporter of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Daniel Noboa carries a cardboard cutout of the candidate while biking to attend a political rally in Quito, Ecuador. Brazilians who were caught in the latest Israel-Palestinian war kneel down in thanks on the tarmac as journalists cover their arrival at an air force base in Rio de Janeiro.
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 Associated Press Photo Editor Tomas Stargardter in Mexico City.
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