AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

Workers clean a roof at the Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, Thursday, May 22, 2025, as Panama and Venezuela prepare to resume commercial flights nearly a year after suspending them when Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino refused to recognize the re-election of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Workers clean a roof at the Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, Thursday, May 22, 2025, as Panama and Venezuela prepare to resume commercial flights nearly a year after suspending them when Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino refused to recognize the re-election of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

May 16-22, 2025

Panama and Venezuela are resuming commercial flights nearly a year after suspending them when the Panamanian president refused to recognize the reelection of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Geese in Brazil were stained blue in the Tulipas stream after a truck accidentally spilled chemical dye into the water. In Argentina, a woman carried a dog along a flooded highway after heavy rains in Campana.

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.

Fans dressed in costumes gather to take part in a parade celebrating the month of May as Star Wars' month, as seen by some fans of the George Lucas space opera, in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Fans dressed in costumes gather to take part in a parade celebrating the month of May as Star Wars’ month, as seen by some fans of the George Lucas space opera, in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Geese stained blue swim in the Tulipas stream after a truck accidentally spilled chemical dye into the water in Jundiai, Brazil, Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Geese stained blue swim in the Tulipas stream after a truck accidentally spilled chemical dye into the water in Jundiai, Brazil, Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Children play at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Children play at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

An elephant arrives at its new home in Mazatlan, Sinaloa state, after being transported from Ostok Sanctuary in the outskirts of Culiacan, Mexico, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

An elephant arrives at its new home in Mazatlan, Sinaloa state, after being transported from Ostok Sanctuary in the outskirts of Culiacan, Mexico, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

Members of Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo company perform during the opening of "Core meu" at the National Theater, in Havana, Friday, May 16, 2025. Princess Caroline of Monaco, president of the company established in 1985 in honor of her mother, Princess Grace, accompanied the dancers to Havana. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Members of Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo company perform during the opening of “Core meu” at the National Theater, in Havana, Friday, May 16, 2025. Princess Caroline of Monaco, president of the company established in 1985 in honor of her mother, Princess Grace, accompanied the dancers to Havana. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

America's Kevin Alvarez controls the ball during a Mexican soccer league first leg semifinal match against Cruz Azul in Mexico City, Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

America’s Kevin Alvarez controls the ball during a Mexican soccer league first leg semifinal match against Cruz Azul in Mexico City, Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Tents set up by protesting teachers blanket the Zócalo, the main square in Mexico City, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Tents set up by protesting teachers blanket the Zócalo, the main square in Mexico City, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

A firefighter sets the forest ablaze as part of a controlled plan to prevent wildfires in the Cerrado region, at a national park in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

A firefighter sets the forest ablaze as part of a controlled plan to prevent wildfires in the Cerrado region, at a national park in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Demonstrators travel by river to the mouth of the Rio Indio on Panama's Caribbean coast to protest against a planned reservoir for the Panama Canal and to protest against Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino, Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Demonstrators travel by river to the mouth of the Rio Indio on Panama’s Caribbean coast to protest against a planned reservoir for the Panama Canal and to protest against Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino, Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

A woman carries a dog along a flooded highway after heavy rains in Campana, Argentina, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A woman carries a dog along a flooded highway after heavy rains in Campana, Argentina, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

The selection was curated by AP photographer Juan Karita, based in La Paz, Bolivia.

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