May. 03, 2024 09:14 AM EST

Ap Week In Pictures: Latin America And Caribbean

By The Associated Press
A member of the Mexico City Search Commission uses a ground-penetrating radar in an area where volunteers who search for missing people said they have found a clandestine crematorium in Tlahuac, on the edge of Mexico City, May 1, 2024. Ceci Flores, a leader of one of the groups of so-called "searching mothers" from northern Mexico, announced late Tuesday that her team had found bones around clandestine burial pits and ID cards. Later, prosecutors said they determined the remains were not human. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme) Ginnette Riquelme, ASSOCIATED PRESS
A member of the Mexico City Search Commission uses a ground-penetrating radar in an area where volunteers who search for missing people said they have found a clandestine crematorium in Tlahuac, on the edge of Mexico City, May 1, 2024. Ceci Flores, a leader of one of the groups of so-called "searching mothers" from northern Mexico, announced late Tuesday that her team had found bones around clandestine burial pits and ID cards. Later, prosecutors said they determined the remains were not human. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)
Brazilian singer Catia de Franca, 77, belts out a tune at a warehouse converted into a venue for independent artists in Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 19, 2024. It took almost half a century for de França to find her audience. Her belated fame largely reflects a revival taking place in Brazil, where vinyl records outsold CDs and DVDs for the first time last year. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Protesters carry balloons to a march on International Workers' Day in Santiago, Chile, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Basualdo)
Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who has been banned from running for office, holds a campaign poster promoting presidential candidate Edmundo González, during a rally in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Thursday, May 2, 2024. Venezuela’s opposition is rallying behind the unknown former diplomat to challenge Nicolas Maduro in the July 28th presidential election. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Union workers march on International Workers' Day in Caracas, Venezuela, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Jesus Vargas)
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April 16 - May 2, 2024

Brazilian singer Catia de Franca performs her blend of psychedelic rock with traditional rhythms and modernist poetry. Mothers search a field on the outskirts of Mexico City looking for remains of missing love ones. Gangs in Haiti lay siege to several neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince, burning homes and battling with police.

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 Leslie Mazoch, AP senior photo editor for Latin America and Caribbean, in Mexico City.

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