Latin America and Caribbean week in pictures
Palestinian supporters hold bengals while marching against Israel’s attacks on Gaza, in Santiago, Chile, June 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
June 13-19, 2025
A federal court granted a request by former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to serve a six-year prison sentence for corruption at her home in Buenos Aires.
Hurricane Erick came ashore down southern Mexico’s Pacific coast Thursday morning as a Category 3 major hurricane, but it landed in a sparsely populated area between resorts Acapulco and Puerto Escondido.
A supporter of Argentina’s former President Cristina Fernandez uses a broom to paste a photo of her on the wall outside her home after the nation’s Supreme Court upheld Fernandez’s corruption conviction, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A supporter of Argentina’s former President Cristina Fernandez uses a broom to paste a photo of her on the wall outside her home after the nation’s Supreme Court upheld Fernandez’s corruption conviction, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Residents remove debris after the passing of Hurricane Erick, near Charco Redondo, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Alberto Cruz)
Residents remove debris after the passing of Hurricane Erick, near Charco Redondo, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Alberto Cruz)
The Christ the Redeemer statue stands over Rio de Janeiro before a morning Mass celebrating the Catholic holiday of Corpus Christi that will be held at the base of the statue, Thursday, June 19, 2025 (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
The Christ the Redeemer statue stands over Rio de Janeiro before a morning Mass celebrating the Catholic holiday of Corpus Christi that will be held at the base of the statue, Thursday, June 19, 2025 (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Lucia Ruiz Diaz sits next to her 5-year-old son Tomas, who has cancer, at a waiting room in the Garrahan Hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. Cancer patients say they’ve grown sicker since Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei took his chainsaw to the public health system. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Lucia Ruiz Diaz sits next to her 5-year-old son Tomas, who has cancer, at a waiting room in the Garrahan Hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. Cancer patients say they’ve grown sicker since Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei took his chainsaw to the public health system. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
People march to condemn the assassination attempt against opposition Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay, who was shot during a campaign rally, in Bogota, Colombia, June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
People march to condemn the assassination attempt against opposition Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay, who was shot during a campaign rally, in Bogota, Colombia, June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
An Indigenous man protests against the auction of dozens of oil blocks, including blocks near the mouth of the Amazon River, in Rio de Janeiro, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
An Indigenous man protests against the auction of dozens of oil blocks, including blocks near the mouth of the Amazon River, in Rio de Janeiro, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
TikTok personality Khaby Lame, left center, and Brazilian soccer player Emerson Royal, play soccer on a inflatable pool during an event to donate toys to children in Americana, Brazil, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
TikTok personality Khaby Lame, left center, and Brazilian soccer player Emerson Royal, play soccer on a inflatable pool during an event to donate toys to children in Americana, Brazil, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Supporters of Argentina’s former President Cristina Fernandez leave at the end of a protest in her defense after she began serving a six-year prison sentence under house arrest for corruption, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Supporters of Argentina’s former President Cristina Fernandez leave at the end of a protest in her defense after she began serving a six-year prison sentence under house arrest for corruption, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Bolivia celebrated its largest Andean religious festival, the day of the Great Power, the carnival dedicated to a 17th-century painting of Jesus Christ.
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 photojournalist Dolores Ochoa, based in Quito, Ecuador.
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