Latin America in review

Latin America in review is a monthly gallery that features some of the top photojournalism made by AP staff photographers and freelancers based in our Latin America region.

This month's selection begins in Oaxaca state, Mexico, where an earthquake damaged an altar to the Virgin of Guadalupe. 

People move through flooded streets in Havana after the passage of Hurricane Irma.

In Mexico City, rescue workers search for survivors after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck.

Fans attend the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro.

In Colombia, people gather in front of the Cathedral Primada in Simon Bolivar Square and wait for the arrival of Pope Francis.

Destroyed communities are seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.

This gallery was curated by Latin America photo editors Leslie Mazoch, Tomas Stargardter and Chief Latin America multi-platform producer Dario Lopez-Mills.    

An altar to the Virgin of Guadalupe is covered with fallen debris inside the earth-damaged home where Larissa Garcia, 24, lived with her family in Juchitan, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Rescue workers search for people trapped inside a collapsed building felled by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake in the Del Valle area of Mexico City, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

In this Sept. 19, 2017 photo, a man is rescued from a collapsed building in the Condesa neighborhood after an earthquake struck Mexico City. (AP Photo/Pablo Ramos)

Rescue workers search for survivors at an apartment building located on the street corner of Amsterdam and Laredo, that collapsed during an earthquake in the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Men walk across the bridge that connects Juchitan to Union Hidalgo in Oaxaca state, Mexico, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. While the bridge survived Thursday's magnitude 8.1 earthquake, the road leading up to each side fissured and the supporting walls buckled. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

In this Sept. 19, 2017 photo, an injured man is pulled out of a building that collapsed during an earthquake in the Roma Norte neighborhood of Mexico City. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

In this Sept. 20, 2017 photo, a car sits crushed from a building felled by a 7.1 earthquake, in Jojutla, Morelos state, Mexico. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

The body of woman hangs crushed by a collapsed building in the neighborhood of Roma Norte, in Mexico City, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

In this Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017 photo, relatives of 38-year-old earthquake victim, police officer Juan Jimenez Regalado, weep during his funeral in Juchitan, Oaxaca state, Mexico. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

A rescue worker listens for signs of a person trapped under the rubble of a building felled by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake, in the Ciudad Jardin neighborhood of Mexico City, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Remains of a damaged building stands after an earthquake in Mexico City, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A nurse runs during rescue efforts at the Enrique Rebsamen school in Mexico City, Mexico, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

In this Sept. 19, 2017 photo, a man walks through a door frame of a building that collapsed during a 7.1 magnitude earthquake, in the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

People move through flooded streets in Havana after the passage of Hurricane Irma, in Cuba, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Handlers from the Cayo Guillermo dolphinarium prepare dolphins for their transfer to the dolphinarium in Cienfuegos, located on Cuba's southern coast, just hours before the arrival of Hurricane Irma, Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. (Osvaldo Gutierrez Gomez/ACN via AP)

Nestor Serrano walks on the upstairs floor of his home, where the walls were blown off, in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Damaged boats are seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Dorado, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

In this Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017 photo, U.S. Air force personnel evacuate U.S. citizens from St. Martin, aboard an aircraft after the passage of Hurricane Irma. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

People affected by Hurricane Maria bathe in water pipes from a creek in the mountains, in Naranjito, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Destroyed communities are seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Men board up a door in preparation for Hurricane Irma in Caibarien, Cuba, Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)

In this Sept. 21, 2017, trees stand stripped of their foliage by the winds of Hurricane Maria, in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

A despondent Mariela Leon sits in front of her flood damaged home after the passing of Hurricane Irma, in Isabela de Sagua, Cuba, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

A "reconciliation flame" burns as Pope Francis speaks during a ceremony at the presidential palace in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Police stand as people begin arriving for Pope Francis to offer a giant outdoor Mass in Medellin, Colombia, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

A man prays during an evangelical service at Manantial Church in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Residents sit on top of a home to get a better view of Pope Frances celebrating Mass at a park in Villavicencio, Colombia, Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. The sign reads in Spanish "Pope Francis, Welcome to Villavicencio!" (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

In this Friday, Sept. 8, 2017 photo, people wait under a light rain for the start of a Holy Mass celebrated by Pope Francis in Villavicencio, Colombia. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

Priests wave from the stage where Pope Francis will celebrate Mass in Villavicencio, Colombia, Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

Pope Francis' greets people at his arrival at the San Francisco neighborhood in Cartagena, Colombia, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

A drop of blood stains Pope Francis' white cassock after he knocked his head on the popemobile in Cartagena, Colombia, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. (Alberto Pizzoli/Pool via AP)

People gather in front of the Cathedral Primada in Simon Bolivar Square waiting for the arrival of Pope Francis in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

In this Monday, Sept. 4, 2017 photo, a local government employee waits inside an official vehicle used to move the electoral supplies as residents vote to nominate municipal delegate candidates in the district of Marianao in Havana, Cuba. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Fabian Balbuena of Brazil's Corinthians fights for the ball with Enrique Luis Triverio of Argentina's Racing Club, right, during a Copa Sudamericana soccer match in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)

Alice Cooper performs at the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Sept.21, 2017. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo))

Former presidential candidate Moise Jean-Charles, from the Platform Pitit Dessalines party, is carried by supporters after national police officers attempted to detain him in Delmas, a district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Fans attend the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

A soldiers poses for a photo with a statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe before the start of the annual Independence Day military parade in Mexico City's main square, known as the Zocalo, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Demonstrators push against a security line of army police as they protest a new penal law approved by Congress, outside the National Palace in Guatemala City, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Luis Soto)

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - The bodies of three men, two of them teenagers, lie against a wall under an overpass on a highway after being shot in the town of Coyuca, near Acapulco, Guerrero state, Mexico, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Bernandino Hernandez)

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, center, speaks with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garrett, right, and Los Angeles International Olympic Committee member Anita DeFrantz, left, at the end of the IOC session in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

In this Sept. 16, 2017. photo, a soldier embraces a woman before the start of the annual Independence Day military parade in Mexico City's main square, known as the Zocalo. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

In this Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017 photo, Venezuela's Jhon Chancellor, left, clears a ball beside Argentina's Guido Pizarro, center, and Federico Fazio during a 2018 World Cup qualifying soccer match in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

In this Sept. 19, 2017 photo, government supporters march past a street performer working hula hoops around his neck, during an anti-imperialist demonstration, in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Demonstrators hold photos of missing activist Santiago Maldonado, during a protest at Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

In this Sept. 16, 2017 photo, a music fan poses for the photo against an angel wings' mural at the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

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