April 11-17, 2025
Processions for Holy Week took place around Latin America, including in Brazil, Guatemala and Uruguay. Demonstrators in Venezuela called for the freedom of political prisoners. Supporters of Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa supported his victory in the presidential election in Quito. People lit candles at a makeshift memorial for victims of the Jet Set nightclub roof collapse in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
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.
A relative of a prisoner wipes away tears with a Venezuelan flag during a performance of the Way of the Cross, calling for the freedom of political prisoners, during Holy Week in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
A relative of a prisoner wipes away tears with a Venezuelan flag during a performance of the Way of the Cross, calling for the freedom of political prisoners, during Holy Week in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Students attend class in Villa Caleta, a community in Panama that used to benefit economically by being on the route migrants took after crossing the Darien Gap on their way north to the U.S., Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Students attend class in Villa Caleta, a community in Panama that used to benefit economically by being on the route migrants took after crossing the Darien Gap on their way north to the U.S., Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Juan Pedro Gutierrez, a folksy singer and guitar player called a payador, poses for a photo during the Criolla Week rodeo festival in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
Juan Pedro Gutierrez, a folksy singer and guitar player called a payador, poses for a photo during the Criolla Week rodeo festival in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
Supporters of President Daniel Noboa celebrate early returns showing him in the lead in the presidential election runoff in Quito, Ecuador, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Carlos Noriega)
Supporters of President Daniel Noboa celebrate early returns showing him in the lead in the presidential election runoff in Quito, Ecuador, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Carlos Noriega)
A woman and her dog wait to take part in a dog-a-thon, as part of Bolivia’s bicentennial celebrations and to raise awareness about care and respect for pets, in La Paz, Bolivia, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A woman and her dog wait to take part in a dog-a-thon, as part of Bolivia’s bicentennial celebrations and to raise awareness about care and respect for pets, in La Paz, Bolivia, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A displaced woman holds her baby inside a school that is now operating as a shelter for those fleeing their homes to escape gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
A displaced woman holds her baby inside a school that is now operating as a shelter for those fleeing their homes to escape gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
People light candles at a makeshift memorial outside the Jet Set nightclub, in memory of the more than 200 people who died when its roof collapsed, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
People light candles at a makeshift memorial outside the Jet Set nightclub, in memory of the more than 200 people who died when its roof collapsed, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A customer walks out of the “Donde Golpea el Monito” hat shop and museum that preserves a hat-making tradition for more than a century, in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, April 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A customer walks out of the “Donde Golpea el Monito” hat shop and museum that preserves a hat-making tradition for more than a century, in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, April 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
The selection was curated by AP photo editor Jon Orbach, based in Mexico City.
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