AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Anti-government protesters clash with police at the Indigenous Embera community of Arimae, Panama, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
May 30-June 5, 2025
Anti-government protestors clashed with police in the Indigenous Embera community of Arimae, Panama. Sargassum gathered on the coast of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. A scientist captured a bat for research in Gamboa, Panama. And Cubans experienced a partial blackout in Havana province.
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.
People carry cut-outs of the faces of senators to protest a bill before Congress that would change environmental licensing laws, on World Environment Day in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
People carry cut-outs of the faces of senators to protest a bill before Congress that would change environmental licensing laws, on World Environment Day in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A scientist from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute captures a bat for research in Gamboa, Panama, Sunday, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A scientist from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute captures a bat for research in Gamboa, Panama, Sunday, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Japan’s Mina Tanaka, right, scores her side’s opening goal that was later disallowed by the referee, during a women’s friendly soccer match against Brazil at Neo Quimica Arena in Sao Paulo, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Japan’s Mina Tanaka, right, scores her side’s opening goal that was later disallowed by the referee, during a women’s friendly soccer match against Brazil at Neo Quimica Arena in Sao Paulo, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Indigenous woman listen as judges find three former paramilitary fighters guilty of crimes against humanity, including rape, against women four decades ago during Guatemala’s civil war in Guatemala City, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Indigenous woman listen as judges find three former paramilitary fighters guilty of crimes against humanity, including rape, against women four decades ago during Guatemala’s civil war in Guatemala City, Friday, May 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Mulato Teatro cast member Aldo Martin Cortez poses for a photo during a break rehearsal in Ticumán, Mexico, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)
Mulato Teatro cast member Aldo Martin Cortez poses for a photo during a break rehearsal in Ticumán, Mexico, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)
Hercot Larsen, 74, wears a sign with a message that reads in Spanish: “Retirees are an endangered species”, during a weekly protest demanding better pensions for retirees, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Hercot Larsen, 74, wears a sign with a message that reads in Spanish: “Retirees are an endangered species”, during a weekly protest demanding better pensions for retirees, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
People wait at a bus stop lit by a motorcycle’s headlights during a partial power outage in La Gallega, Havana province, Cuba, Sunday, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People wait at a bus stop lit by a motorcycle’s headlights during a partial power outage in La Gallega, Havana province, Cuba, Sunday, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
The selection was curated by AP photo editor Silvia Izquierdo, based in Rio De Janeiro.
___
Follow AP visual journalism:
AP Images blog: http://apimagesblog.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apnews