AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

Oct 20, 2022, 6:53 PM | Updated: Oct 21, 2022, 6:59 am

Children run past a goal post used to hang clothes at the Hugo Chavez public square transformed into a refuge for families forced to leave their homes due to clashes between armed gangs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro watch his campaign rally for reelection in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. The presidential run-off election is Oct. 30. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Houseboats sit amid drought-impacted land near the Solimões River, in Tefe, Amazonas state, Brazil, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. Months after enduring floods that destroyed crops, thousands of families in the Brazilian Amazon are now dealing with severe drought. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)

"Cargadores" or carriers, shoulder a religious float supporting The Lord of Miracles religious icon during a procession marking the the nation's patron saint feast day in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. After two years of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, the annual procession has returned to the streets of Lima. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Police carry a man across a flooded street in El Castano, Venezuela, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. At least three people died and dozens of homes were damaged Monday by the overflow of the El Castaño river, President Nicolas Maduro said. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Framed photos covered in mud sit in a bookshelf inside a flooded home in El Castano, Venezuela, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. At least three people died and dozens of homes were damaged Monday by the overflow of the El Castaño river, President Nicolas Maduro said. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Migrants walk past after they were taken off a bus by police at a checkpoint in El Cinchado, Guatemala, on the border with Honduras, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Authorities have deployed an operation at the border due to the increase of migrants attempting to cross the country seeking to reach the United States. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

A child dressed as an Ewok character participates in a Star Wars parade in Mexico City, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Ecuadorian migrants walk across the Darien Gap from Colombia into Panama hoping to reach the U.S., Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

A wooden statue of a condor stands under the stars at the entrance of the base of the Andean Condor Conservation Program in Sierra Paileman in the Rio Negro province of Argentina, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. For 30 years the Andean Condor Conservation Program has hatched chicks in captivity, rehabilitated others and freed them across South America. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Supporters of Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for office again, attend his campaign rally next to a giant doll of Lula, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Lula is facing President Jair Bolsonaro in a presidential run-off election set for Oct. 30. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

Oct. 14-20, 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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