AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

Sep 22, 2022, 9:10 AM | Updated: Sep 23, 2022, 6:27 am

Chilean police carry puppies that will be future police dogs during Army Day and Independence Day celebrations in Santiago, Chile, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Chile celebrated 212 years of independence. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Dancers arrive to dance the "cueca" at the oldest club of Rodeo and Huasos known as "Gil Letelier" during Independence Day celebrations in Santiago, Chile, Santiago, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

A house lays in the mud after it was washed away by Hurricane Fiona at Villa Esperanza in Salinas, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Fiona left hundreds of people stranded across the island after smashing roads and bridges, with authorities still struggling to reach them four days after the storm smacked the U.S. territory, causing historic flooding. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)

Uruguay's Martin Cuevas reacts after loosing a set against China's Zhang Zhizhen during a Davis Cup World Group II tennis match in Montevideo, Uruguay, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

A cracked wall stands in a home damaged by an earthquake in Huizontla, Michoacan state, Mexico, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. A magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook Mexico's central Pacific coast on Monday, centered 37 kilometers (23 miles) southeast of Aquila near the state border of Colima and Michoacan. (AP Photo/Armando Solis)

Danieli Balbi, who is running for a seat as a state representative with the Communist Party of Brazil, speaks to supporters during the "March of Flowers" against machismo, violence against women, homophobia and against President Jair Bolsonaro's government in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Balbi has a doctorate in literature science, is a screenwriter and was the first transsexual teacher at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Homeless Joao De Jesus rests inside a mattress on a rainy day in the Pelourinho neighborhood of Salvador, Bahia state, Brazil, early Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Behind De Jesus are "Bonfim" ribbons tied to a fence, which according to popular belief are synonymous with faith and tradition and have the power to make three wishes come true. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A protester adds a tire to a burning barricade during a protest against fuel price hikes and demands for Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry to step down in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

America's Henry Martin, front, and Guadalajara's Luis Olivas fight for the ball during a Mexican soccer league match at Azteca stadium in Mexico City, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. America won 2-1. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Fire brigades battle fires in Apui, Amazonas state, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. The Brazilian Amazon recorded more fires in the first week of September alone than in the whole of the same month last year, according to Brazil Institute for Space Research (INPE). (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)

Nelson Cirino's home stands with its roof torn off by the winds of Hurricane Fiona in Loiza, Puerto Rico, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022. President Joe Biden said Thursday the full force of the federal government is ready to help Puerto Rico recover from the devastation even as Bermuda and Canada’s Atlantic provinces were preparing for a major blast from the Category 4 storm. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

Sept. 16 – 22, 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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