Aug. 16, 2024 00:34 AM EST

Ap Week In Pictures: Latin America And Caribbean

By The Associated Press
Karla Valerye, 15, and her "chamberlain" or escort, arrive to the annual "Mis XV" or "My Fifteenth" birthday celebration for patients who are currently in treatment for a serious disease or have overcome cancer, at the Federico Gomez Children's Hospital in Mexico City, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Aurea Del Rosario) Aurea Del Rosario, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Karla Valerye, 15, and her "chamberlain" or escort, arrive to the annual "Mis XV" or "My Fifteenth" birthday celebration for patients who are currently in treatment for a serious disease or have overcome cancer, at the Federico Gomez Children's Hospital in Mexico City, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Aurea Del Rosario)
A boy pours a jug of water on his head at a school that serves as a shelter for people displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Relatives of people missing embrace each other after a fatal explosion in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024. According to civil protection at the site, the explosion was gas related. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
La Plata river floods a road after Tropical Storm Ernesto passed through Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)
Producer Hugo Sand hauls on his shoulders a bag of harvested yerba mate during a protest against President Javier Milei's proposal to scrap price controls and subsidies affecting a range of markets, including yerba mate, at the iconic Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
View All (11)

August 9-15, 2024

A producer hauls a sack of yerba mate in Buenos Aires to protest President Javier Milei's plan to slash price controls and subsidies in various markets. Tropical Storm Ernesto makes lashes Puerto Rico. A plane crashes in Vinhedo, Brazil. Prince Harry and Meghan visit Colombia.

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 photojournalist Esteban Felix based in Santiago, Chile.

___

Follow AP visual journalism:

AP Images blog: http://apimagesblog.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apnews

X: http://twitter.com/AP_Images

Topics

Places in this Story

Organizations in this Story

People in the Story