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AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

By The Associated Press 2 min read
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A woman dressed as a Catrina takes part in a parade as part of Day of the Dead celebrations, along the iconic Reforma Avenue in Mexico City, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. The holiday officially begins Oct. 31, remembering those who died in accidents; it continues Nov. 1 to mark those who died in childhood, and then those who died as adults on Nov. 2.

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Supporters wave Palestinian flags during a protest against Israel and in support of the Palestinian cause, outside Israel's embassy in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023.

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Guatemala's Florinda de Leon, left, and Colombia's Angie Lara, compete in the women's mountain bike cross-country final at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. The Games bring together Olympic hopefuls from 41 nations for the 16-day multi-sport event.

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Brazil's Arthur Mariano celebrates after competing in the men's gymnastics vault exercise final at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Chile is hosting the Olympic-style event for the first time.

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Natalia Grossman of the United States competes in the women's boulder lead climbing final at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. Six new venues were built for 30 sporting events, an investment of $507 million.

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People line up to vote in the opposition primary election that was later denounced as illegal by the government, in Caracas, Venezuela, on a rainy Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. Organized by the National Primary Commission, the election drew more than 2.4 million voters in Venezuela and abroad and was aimed at choosing a candidate to run against President Nicolás Maduro next year.

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María Corina Machado, a former lawmaker and longtime government foe, speaks to the press in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. Machado continued to dominate the primary election held to pick the opposition's candidate to challenge Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro next year.

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A supporter of presidential candidate Javier Milei brandishes a chainsaw cardboard mask outside campaign headquarters after polls closed in the country's general election, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. The chainsaw is used as a prop as part of Milei's campaign arsenal to symbolize his plan to slash public spending, scrap half the government's ministries, sell state-owned companies and eliminate the central bank.

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A woman is helped across a highway blocked by a landslide triggered by Hurricane Otis, near Acapulco, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Acapulco was told to expect a tropical storm just below hurricane strength. But just 24 hours later, Otis blasted ashore with 165 mph (266 kph) winds, the strongest landfall of any East Pacific hurricane.

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A woman models creations by a local designer at a Chola fashion show in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. The fashion show is designed to promote the Andean style and beauty of Aymara women.

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A riverside community resident, accompanied by a dog, pushes a wheelbarrow filled with free food and drinking water distributed by the state's humanitarian aid action due to the ongoing drought and high temperatures in the region of the Solimoes River, in Careiro da Varzea, Amazonas state, Brazil, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. Across Amazonas state, which has a territory the size of three Californias, 59 out of its 62 municipalities are under a state of emergency.

Oct. 20-26, 2023

Mexicans kick off their Day of the Dead celebrations with a Catrina parade along the iconic Reforma Avenue in Mexico City, Chile hosts Olympic hopefuls from 41 nations competing in the Pan American Games and Hurricane Otis, expected as a tropical storm just below hurricane strength, blasted the Mexican resort of Acapulco as a Category 5 storm with 165 mph (266 kph) winds, the strongest landfall of any East Pacific hurricane.

This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The selection was curated by photo editor Anita Baca in Mexico City.

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