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AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

Sept. 9 '“ Sept. 16, 2021

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 Tomas Stargardter in Mexico City.

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Migrants cross the Acandi River on their way north, in Acandi, Colombia, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. The migrants, following a well-beaten, multi-nation journey towards the U.S., will continue their journey through the jungle known as the Darien Gap. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) The Associated Press
An Indigenous woman cries after the Supreme Court judges' decision to suspend the vote that defines the demarcation of Indigenous lands, during a protest in front of the Supreme Court building, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) The Associated Press
Residents evacuate from their home at the site of a landslide that brought tons of massive boulders down on a steep hillside neighborhood, in Tlalnepantla, on the outskirts of Mexico City, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. A section of the peak known as Chiquihuite gave way Friday afternoon, plunging rocks the size of small homes onto the densely populated neighborhood. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme) The Associated Press
Children wait in line to watch a movie of the "Cinema no Morro" or Cinema on the hill project at a cultural center at the Vila Cruzeiro favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. The Cinema on the hill is a project provided by the Voz da Comunidade NGO, to screen movies for children from the favelas. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo) The Associated Press
A healthcare worker takes the names of residents gathered outside a vaccination center hoping to be inoculated with a second dose of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. The Venezuelan government is beginning rollouts of second doses following months of delays. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) The Associated Press
Street food vendor Mila Veloso walks through an alley in the Paraisopolis favela, during the community's centennial celebration, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. One of the largest favela's in Brazil, home to tens of thousands of residents in the country's largest and wealthiest city, Paraisopolis is grappling with crime and a pandemic that have challenged daily life for many who live there, but organizers say its people have built a vibrant community and are launching a 10-day celebration of its achievements. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) The Associated Press
Fireworks light up the sky over the Zocalo during Mexico's Independence Day celebrations in Mexico City, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) The Associated Press
Traditional dancers, and the family of late organ grinder and ¨Chinchinero¨ Hector Lizana, 93, who died from COVID-19 three weeks after his son Manuel also succumbed to COVID-19, dance during his funeral at a cemetery in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Sept.15, 2021. A Chinchinero is an urban street performer in Chile, who plays a bass drum-type percussion instrument with long drumsticks strapped to his back which also involves a rope with a noose tied around the performer's foot to play the cymbals which also form part of this improvised instrument. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) The Associated Press
Colombia's goalkeeper David Ospina blocks an attack by Chile's Erick Pulgar during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 in Barranquilla, Colombia, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) The Associated Press
Argentina's Lionel Messi, right, celebrates with his teammates Lautaro Martinez, center, and Crsitian Romero after scoring the opening goal against Bolivia during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, Pool) The Associated Press
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