AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Congregants attend an Indigenous blessing ceremony for Communion wafers that will be taken to a priest to be consecrated before they can be given out, in the Simojovel municipality, Mexico, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Isabel Mateos)
May 2-8, 2025
Congregants attended an Indigenous blessing ceremony for Communion wafers in Chiapas state, Mexico. Fans packed the shore of Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro to attend a free Lady Gaga concert. Mexican bullfighter Diego Silveti smiled at fans after a bullfight in Aguascalientes, Mexico. People searched for recyclable items in trash bins in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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.
A woman with her face painted in the colors of the Brazilian flag attends a rally in support of a proposed bill to grant amnesty to those arrested for storming government buildings in an alleged coup attempt in 2023, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A woman with her face painted in the colors of the Brazilian flag attends a rally in support of a proposed bill to grant amnesty to those arrested for storming government buildings in an alleged coup attempt in 2023, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Mexican bullfighter Diego Silveti smiles at fans in the bullring after a bullfight in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Mexican bullfighter Diego Silveti smiles at fans in the bullring after a bullfight in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
A woman, who only gave her first name as Ana, takes a picture as she visits a parish named after the Peruvian saint, Santo Tomas de Porres, the day Cardinal Robert Prevost was announced as Pope Leo XIV, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
A woman, who only gave her first name as Ana, takes a picture as she visits a parish named after the Peruvian saint, Santo Tomas de Porres, the day Cardinal Robert Prevost was announced as Pope Leo XIV, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Quinceañeras ride in limousine as part of their celebration, in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, May 2, 2025. The Sueños Hechos Foundation, led by a former police officer, is hosting a quinceañera celebration on Friday for 24 disadvantaged teen girls. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Quinceañeras ride in limousine as part of their celebration, in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, May 2, 2025. The Sueños Hechos Foundation, led by a former police officer, is hosting a quinceañera celebration on Friday for 24 disadvantaged teen girls. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Medical staff operate on a woman at a clinic run by Doctors Without Borders in the Tabarre neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Medical staff operate on a woman at a clinic run by Doctors Without Borders in the Tabarre neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
A child wearing a Darth Vader mask attends an exhibition called “Expo Yoda” in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, May 3, 2025, on the eve of May 4th, known as Star Wars Day, when fans of the franchise get to greet others with “May the Fourth be with you” in a nod to the classic movie line, “May the force be with you. (AP Photo/Matias Basualdo)
A child wearing a Darth Vader mask attends an exhibition called “Expo Yoda” in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, May 3, 2025, on the eve of May 4th, known as Star Wars Day, when fans of the franchise get to greet others with “May the Fourth be with you” in a nod to the classic movie line, “May the force be with you. (AP Photo/Matias Basualdo)
The selection was curated by AP photographer Ariana Cubillos, based in Caracas, Venezuela.
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