May. 24, 2024 00:17 AM EST

Ap Week In Pictures: Latin America And Caribbean

By The Associated Press
A porcupine is treated for an injured paw at a wildlife center in the rural Las Mercedes community of Tocaima, Colombia, May 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) Fernando Vergara, ASSOCIATED PRESS
A porcupine is treated for an injured paw at a wildlife center in the rural Las Mercedes community of Tocaima, Colombia, May 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
A child covers his head with a bucket in the Los Guandules neighborhood of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, May 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Youths hang out near cars serving as street barricades placed there by residents to deter gangs from entering their neighborhood, in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
A commuter sits in a subway car in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 17, 2024. Argentine commuters in the city were hit by an abrupt 360% increase in subway fares as part of President Javier Milei's austerity campaign. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado is lifted onto the stage as she arrives to help launch the campaign for presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, in La Victoria, Venezuela, May 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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May 17-23, 2024

In the Dominican Republic, Haitians and migration featured heavily in the election conversation.

Argentine President Javier Milei belts hard rock at a presentation of his new book in Buenos Aires.

Mexico's heatwave is so dire, howler monkeys are falling dead out of trees. Dozens were found dead in the Gulf Coast state of Tabasco while others were rescued by residents who rushed them to a local veterinarian.

Venezuelans in soccer-mad Peru find shelter in baseball. Immigrants, mainly Venezuelans, have opened five baseball academies in Peru’s capital.

This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The selection was curated by photo editor Jon Orbach based in Mexico City.

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