AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
A woman protests the Panamanian government’s decision to sign an agreement with the United States that demonstrators deem at odds with their sovereignty, in Panama City, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
April 25 - May 1, 2025
Rio de Janeiro’s LGBTQ+ community modeled creations inspired by Lady Gaga’s style before Gaga’s concert. San Lorenzo soccer fans in Buenos Aires held a huge banner of the late Pope Francis in the stands, commemorating the Argentine pontiff who was a supporter of the club. Displaced Haitians took shelter after fleeing gang violence in Port-au-Prince.
A member of the LGBTI community models a creation inspired by Lady Gaga’s style, some made by the models themselves and others created by the sustainable fashion house “Escola de Divines,” at the Central Train Station days before Lady Gaga’s concert in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
A member of the LGBTI community models a creation inspired by Lady Gaga’s style, some made by the models themselves and others created by the sustainable fashion house “Escola de Divines,” at the Central Train Station days before Lady Gaga’s concert in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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.
Gerson of Brazil’s Flamengo jumps for a ball challenged by Carlos Gruezo of Ecuador’s Liga Deportiva Universitaria, center right, during a Copa Libertadores Group C soccer match at Rodrigo Paz Delgado stadium in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Gerson of Brazil’s Flamengo jumps for a ball challenged by Carlos Gruezo of Ecuador’s Liga Deportiva Universitaria, center right, during a Copa Libertadores Group C soccer match at Rodrigo Paz Delgado stadium in Quito, Ecuador, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
A mourner holds a giant puppet depicting the late Pope Francis during a caravan through emblematic places of his life in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, April 26, 2025, on the day of his funeral in Rome. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A mourner holds a giant puppet depicting the late Pope Francis during a caravan through emblematic places of his life in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, April 26, 2025, on the day of his funeral in Rome. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A San Lorenzo banner featuring the late Pope Francis is displayed in the stands, commemorating Francis who was a lifelong supporter of the club, during a local soccer match against Rosario Central in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
A San Lorenzo banner featuring the late Pope Francis is displayed in the stands, commemorating Francis who was a lifelong supporter of the club, during a local soccer match against Rosario Central in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
Mexican singer Vivir Quintana, center, and band members join hands before the introduction of her new album “Cosas que Sorprenden a la Audiencia” or Things that Surprise the Audience, in Mexico City, Thursday, April 24, 2025. Quintana’s first “corridos” album tells the stories of women who were incarcerated for killing their abusers while defending themselves. (AP Photo/Aurea Del Rosario)
Mexican singer Vivir Quintana, center, and band members join hands before the introduction of her new album “Cosas que Sorprenden a la Audiencia” or Things that Surprise the Audience, in Mexico City, Thursday, April 24, 2025. Quintana’s first “corridos” album tells the stories of women who were incarcerated for killing their abusers while defending themselves. (AP Photo/Aurea Del Rosario)
Tires burn outside the “Cerro Negro” ceramics factory after company lay offs in Olavarria, Argentina, Monday, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
Tires burn outside the “Cerro Negro” ceramics factory after company lay offs in Olavarria, Argentina, Monday, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
A protester holds a flare during an International Workers’ Day march marking May Day in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Basualdo)
A protester holds a flare during an International Workers’ Day march marking May Day in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Basualdo)
A woman rests at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, April 26, 2025.(AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
A woman rests at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, April 26, 2025.(AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
The selection was curated by AP photo editor Leslie Mazoch, based in Mexico City.
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