1of17Family members embrace during the 8th annual "Hugs not Walls" event on the Rio Grande, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Saturday, June 19, 2021. The event allows migrants living in the U.S. to reunite with their relatives living on the other side of the border for a few minutes.Christian Chavez/APShow MoreShow Less2of17Aymara Indigenous exit a ceremony after receiving the first rays of sunlight in a New Year's ritual in the ancient city of Tiwanaku, Bolivia, early Monday, June 21, 2021. The Aymaras are celebrating the Andean New Year of 5,529 as well as the Southern Hemisphere's winter solstice, which marks the start of a new agricultural cycle.Juan Karita/APShow MoreShow Less3of174of17Revelers dance during the "Inti Raymi," or Sun Festival celebrations, despite restrictions to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, in Cotacachi, Ecuador, Thursday, June 24, 2021. Across the Andes, from the tip of Argentina as far north as Colombia, indigenous communities gather in June for the southern hemisphere's winter solstice to pay homage to Inti, the ancient Incan sun god, in hopes of being granted a plentiful harvest.Dolores Ochoa/APShow MoreShow Less5of17Indigenous armed with bows and arrows clash with police during a protest opposing a proposed bill the Indigenous protesters say would limit recognition of reservation land, outside Congress in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, June 22, 2021.Eraldo Peres/APShow MoreShow Less6of177of17Enthusiasts practice yoga to mark International Yoga Day, on the rooftop of ARA Yoga Caracas Studio in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, June 21, 2021.Matias Delacroix/APShow MoreShow Less8of17Displaced Haitians eat in a shelter for refugees, after armed gangs set their homes on fire in Port au Prince, Haiti, Thursday, June 24, 2021.Insecurity continues throughout the country with Port-au-Prince being the most-affected.Joseph Odelyn/APShow MoreShow Less9of1710of17A medical worker attends to a COVID-19 patient in the ICU of the General Hospital in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Bolivia is experiencing a third wave of the pandemic, according to health authorities.Juan Karita/APShow MoreShow Less11of17Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, who was abducted by the rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, while she was campaigning, is comforted by another kidnapping victim, during a Truth Commission event to commemorate victims of the country's decades long armed conflict, in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, June 23, 2021.Ivan Valencia/APShow MoreShow Less12of1713of17A cemetery worker cremates the remains of a man who died from the new coronavirus, at the crematorium of Zipaquira's Park Cemetery in Zipaquira, Colombia, Friday, June 18, 2021. Funeral workers in Colombia are struggling to dispose of bodies as the country experiences a surge in deaths from COVID-19.Fernando Vergara/APShow MoreShow Less14of17A member of the Bolivarian militia who is reflected in a puddle of water, attends a ceremony marking the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Carabobo, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, June 24, 2021. The 1821 battle was decisive in the independence of Venezuela, once a rich oil country and has the largest oil reserves in the world, but is now mired in the worst economic crisis in its history.Matias Delacroix/APShow MoreShow Less15of1716of17A child shovels dirt over a tree seedling planted with the remains of a family member who died from complications related to COVID-19, on a hill in the El Pajonal de Cogua Natural Reserve, north of Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, June 24, 2021. As Colombia suffers a critical moment of the pandemic, some families are bringing the cremated remains of their loved ones to the reserve where trees are planted with the ashes in their honor.Ivan Valencia/APShow MoreShow Less17of17
June 18 - 24, 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 for Latin America & Caribbean Anita Baca in Mexico City.
