AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Magalí Maisonnave poses for a photo with her six-year-old dachshund Sandro in their home in Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
May 23-29, 2025
As more Argentines go childless, pampered dogs are becoming part of the family unit. Buenos Aires is now home to over 493,600 dogs — compared to 460,600 children under the age of 14 — government statistics show.
More than 2,000 cocoons of a butterfly popularly known as “four mirrors” are sheltered on clotheslines in the gardens of the Natural History Museum in Mexico City. The cocoons were rescued from very unfavorable conditions in the State of Mexico at the end of March.
Supporters hold a sign with an image of former President Evo Morales and a message that reads in Spanish; “Without Evo, there are no elections,” during a protest demanding he be allowed to compete in the upcoming presidential election, near the Supreme Electoral Tribunal in La Paz, Bolivia, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Supporters hold a sign with an image of former President Evo Morales and a message that reads in Spanish; “Without Evo, there are no elections,” during a protest demanding he be allowed to compete in the upcoming presidential election, near the Supreme Electoral Tribunal in La Paz, Bolivia, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Supporters of judicial candidate Lenia Batres, who is running for a Supreme Court seat, cheer during her closing campaign rally in Mexico City, May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Supporters of judicial candidate Lenia Batres, who is running for a Supreme Court seat, cheer during her closing campaign rally in Mexico City, May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Ana Paula Vilela holds her dolls during a group gathering to bond and show off their hyper-realistic reborn baby dolls, in a park in Sao Paulo, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Ana Paula Vilela holds her dolls during a group gathering to bond and show off their hyper-realistic reborn baby dolls, in a park in Sao Paulo, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
A supporter wraps a scarf on a cutout of Ecuador’s re-elected President Daniel Noboa on the day of his inaugural ceremony, in Quito, Ecuador, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Carlos Noriega)
A supporter wraps a scarf on a cutout of Ecuador’s re-elected President Daniel Noboa on the day of his inaugural ceremony, in Quito, Ecuador, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Carlos Noriega)
Anti-government demonstrators march to protest a reform to the social security system in Panama City’s Old Town, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Anti-government demonstrators march to protest a reform to the social security system in Panama City’s Old Town, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A man wears a tin can fashioned into a helmet labeled with the Spanish word for “retiree”, during a weekly protest demanding better pensions in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A man wears a tin can fashioned into a helmet labeled with the Spanish word for “retiree”, during a weekly protest demanding better pensions in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Security forces stand guard as handcuffed Colombians and Haitians who are accused of involvement in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise ascend a flight of stairs into their court hearing, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Security forces stand guard as handcuffed Colombians and Haitians who are accused of involvement in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise ascend a flight of stairs into their court hearing, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa was officially sworn following his reelection for another four-year term early this year.
Videos featuring emotional moments with hyper-realistic baby dolls are popular in Brazil, sparking both fascination and political debate. Influencers have staged situations such as birth simulations and strolls in shopping malls with the hand-crafted baby figures, known as “reborn” dolls.
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 photo editor Anita Baca, based in Mexico City.
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