Sissa de la Cruz, left, and Sisa Guandinango, fight for the ball during a handball match in the Indigenous community of Turucu, Ecuador, June 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Indigenous women in Ecuador take on soccer by inventing a sport: handball in traditional skirts.
Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Sao Paulo as protests sweep across Brazil in opposition to a bill that would further criminalize abortions. If passed, the law would equate the termination of a pregnancy after 22 weeks with homicide.
Panama Canal authorities reported they will increase vessel transits through the interoceanic waterway following drought-related restrictions.
Tropical Storm Alberto formed in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, the first named storm of what is forecast to be a busy hurricane season.
This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by The Associated Press from Latin America and the Caribbean.
An Indian supporter cheers for his team ahead of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup cricket match between Afghanistan and India, at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, June 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
Abortion rights activists march against an anti-abortion congressional bill, along Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, June 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Ettore Chiereguini)
Police inspect the crash site where a freight train collided head-on with another train on a test run, in San Bernardo, on the outskirts of Santiago, Chile, June 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Faithful pray while attending a Mass recognizing the efforts of soup kitchen volunteers and priests who serve low-income neighborhoods amid the government’s restrictions on distribution of subsidized food to soup kitchens, at the Virgin of Caacupé sanctuary in La Matanza, Argentina, June 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Cranes load and unload containers from cargo ships at Rodman Port, after Panama Canal authorities reported they will increase vessel transits through the interoceanic waterway following drought-related restrictions, in Panama City, June 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
An inmate playing the goalkeeper position celebrates his team’s goal during a soccer match as part of an intramural tournament at the Sarita Colonia prison in Callao, Peru, June 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)
A masked protester shouts to his colleagues as they block a street with burning tires as part of the national strike by the construction union, in Panama City, June 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Margarita Salazar wipes sweat off her brow inside her home amid high heat in Veracruz, Mexico, June 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
Body bags that contain the remains of people who died in a landslide caused by heavy rains, are gathered in a parking lot in El Placer, Ecuador, Monday, June 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
A bird flies over a deserted pier in Miramar, as Tropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of the hurricane season, formed in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, June 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Fabian Melendez)
The selection was curated by AP photo editor Anita Baca, based in Mexico City.
