Top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean
A couple ride past a community hall damaged as a result of dozens of earthquakes and aftershocks recorded in a matter of hours, in Santa Maria de Jesus, Guatemala, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
July 4-10, 2025
Dozens of earthquakes and aftershocks rattled Guatemala, people in Rio de Janeiro’s Rocinha favela attended a yoga class, gauchos in Argentina celebrated Independence Day atop horses at a rodeo.
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.
Tennis coach Delfin Barrial, left, teaches children how to hold a racket during a class in the Jicamarca neighborhood on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)
Tennis coach Delfin Barrial, left, teaches children how to hold a racket during a class in the Jicamarca neighborhood on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)
A “gaucho,” or cowboy, rides a horse at a rodeo during a celebration of Independence Day in San Isidro, Argentina, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A “gaucho,” or cowboy, rides a horse at a rodeo during a celebration of Independence Day in San Isidro, Argentina, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Statues of Ismael adorn the pantheon of “Santos Malandros,” or Holy Thugs, in the historic “Cementerio General del Sur,” or General Cemetery of the South, in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Statues of Ismael adorn the pantheon of “Santos Malandros,” or Holy Thugs, in the historic “Cementerio General del Sur,” or General Cemetery of the South, in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Maite Hernandez gets into a taxi to go home after having her nails done at a home-run salon in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, July 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Maite Hernandez gets into a taxi to go home after having her nails done at a home-run salon in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, July 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, center, adjusts the helmet of a presidential guard after a meeting with Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, center, adjusts the helmet of a presidential guard after a meeting with Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Residents remain outside their homes after dozens of earthquakes and aftershocks were recorded in a matter of hours in Palin, Guatemala, early Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Residents remain outside their homes after dozens of earthquakes and aftershocks were recorded in a matter of hours in Palin, Guatemala, early Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
England’s Freddie Steward, center, is tackled by Argentina’s Pablo Matera, right, and Lucas Paulos during a rugby test match in La Plata, Argentina, Saturday, July 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
England’s Freddie Steward, center, is tackled by Argentina’s Pablo Matera, right, and Lucas Paulos during a rugby test match in La Plata, Argentina, Saturday, July 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
A demonstrator kicks in a bank storefront window at the end of peaceful protest that turned violent against gentrification, as the increase in remote workers has risen prices and increased housing demand in neighborhoods like Condesa and Roma, in Mexico City, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurea Del Rosario)
A demonstrator kicks in a bank storefront window at the end of peaceful protest that turned violent against gentrification, as the increase in remote workers has risen prices and increased housing demand in neighborhoods like Condesa and Roma, in Mexico City, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurea Del Rosario)
Chicken vendor Silvino sips on “terere”, an infusion of yerba mate served cold, as he waits for customers at Market No. 4, in Asuncion, Paraguay, Saturday, July 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Chicken vendor Silvino sips on “terere”, an infusion of yerba mate served cold, as he waits for customers at Market No. 4, in Asuncion, Paraguay, Saturday, July 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
People attend a performance by American vocalist of Hindu devotional music Jeff Kagel during a Tranformation Project yoga class in the Rocinha favela, Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
People attend a performance by American vocalist of Hindu devotional music Jeff Kagel during a Tranformation Project yoga class in the Rocinha favela, Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
The selection was curated by AP photo editor Esteban Felix based in Santiago, Chile.
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