AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

May 5, 2022, 8:59 AM | Updated: 9:25 pm

Women surround San Bernardo Convent in Salta, Argentina, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Feminist groups have rallied to the support of 18 cloistered Carmelite nuns who have filed an unusual complaint of gender violence against the local Catholic archbishop. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Mexican golfer Carlos Ortiz stands on the 13th hole during the second round of the Mexico Open at Vidanta in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Friday, April 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Aymara Indigenous people attend a ceremony of the "Chakana," or Andean Cross, in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, May 3, 2022. The Chakana is one of the greatest symbols of Andean culture and coincides with the Catholic celebration of the Lord of the Holy Cross. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

A couple embraces during an event for Labor Day in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, May 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A government supporter poses for a photo during a rally marking May Day, or International Workers' Day in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, May 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Jean Pierre Archimbaud of Peru's Melgar celebrates scoring his team's second goal against Uruguay's River Plate at a Copa Sudamericana soccer match in Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, May 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

People carry torches for light as they work to carry a heavy, wooden cross after lowering it from a hilltop as part of celebrations marking the day of the Holy Cross, in the Santa Cruz Xochitpec neighborhood of Mexico City, seen in the background, late Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

People work to lower a heavy, wooden cross from a hilltop to carry it to a church as part of celebrations marking the day of the Holy Cross, in the Santa Cruz Xochitpec neighborhood of Mexico City, late Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Rosary beads hang by a sign asking people to keep their distance amid the COVID-19 virus outside the sanctuary of the "Madonna del Cerro" formally called La Inmaculada Madre Del Divino Corazón Eucarístico De Jesús, in Salta, Argentina, Monday, May 2, 2022. The "Madonna del Cerro" is a popular figure in Salta who a woman in the province said appeared to her in a vision in the 1990s. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A boy removes his shoes for Eid al-Fitr prayer, an Islamic holiday that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at the Convention Center in Panama City, Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

A person dressed as a woman fighter participates in a re-enactment of The Battle of Puebla as part of Cinco de Mayo celebrations in the Peñon de los Baños neighborhood of Mexico City, Thursday, May 5, 2022. Cinco de Mayo commemorates the victory of an ill-equipped Mexican army over French troops in Puebla on May 5, 1862. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

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April 29 – May 5, 2022

This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean. It was curated by AP photo editor Leslie Mazoch in Mexico City.

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