Latin America in review

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

Here is a selection of photos for the month of February 2018:

In this Jan. 22, 2018 photo, young wrestlers train in the street during the week-long student wrestling championship coined "The truth of my neighborhood," organized by locals in the Chicharrones neighborhood of Santiago, Cuba. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

In this Feb. 1, 2018 photo, parishioners dress a giant baby Jesus in preparation for "Dia de la Candelaria" or Candlemas Day, at the San Juan Bautista Parish, in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

In this Feb. 2, 2018 photo, a boy stands on a tarp at the Foyer Notre Dame de la Nativite orphanage on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where several children being adopted from the orphanage by U.S. families have been victims of alleged sexual abuse. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

In this Feb. 2, 2018 photo, a woman is seen performing a ritual for the African sea goddess Yemanja, at a beach in Montevideo, Uruguay. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

In this Feb. 3, 2018 photo, a shadow of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya is cast on a wall spray painted with a message that reads in Spanish: “Get out JOH," referring to re-elected President Juan Orlando Hernandez, in Central Park, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)

In this Feb. 3, 2018 photo, a woman wears plastic, yellow gloves on her feet as part of her bird costume during the block party "Maria vem com as outras," or "Maria, join the other women," in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

In this Feb. 4, 2018 photo, a woman takes a selfie with Kaike the dog, both decked out in costumes for the "Blocao" dog carnival parade along Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

In this Feb. 4, 2018 photo, Pumas goalkeeper Alfredo Saldivar reaches for the ball under pressure from Tigres' Eduardo Vargas, during a Mexican soccer league in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)

In this Feb. 4, 2018 photo, a reveler attends the "Escravos da Maua" or "Slaves of Maua", block party during pre-Carnival celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Feb. 5, 2018 photo, Cornelio Colque Huanca, dressed as "Ekeko," the god of prosperity, and the central figure of the Alasita Fair, poses for a portrait in front of a black curtain in La Paz, Bolivia. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

In this Feb. 6, 2018 photo, Mexico baseball fans wear paper bags over their heads during a Caribbean Series game between Dominican Republic's Aguilas Cibaenas and Mexico's Tomateros de Culiacan in Guadalajara, Mexico. (AP Photo/Luis Gutierrez)

In this Feb. 7, 2018 photo, people salvage bedding from a flooded home in Tiquipaya near Cochabamba, Bolivia. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

In this Feb. 8, 2018 photo, Wania de Moraes grieves for her 13-year-old son Jeremias Moraes da Silva, who was killed by a stray bullet, during his burial service in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

In this Feb. 9, 2018 photo, a woman wearing a Wonder Woman costume retouches her make-up during the Carmelitas street party in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Feb. 9, 2018 photo, kids cover a horse with mud as they take part in the traditional "Bloco da Lama" or "Mud Block" carnival party in Paraty, Brazil. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Feb. 10, 2018 photo, musicians perform during Carnival, in Oruro, Bolivia. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

In this Feb. 10, 2018 photo, people take part in the Terreirada Cearense street carnival party in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

In this Feb. 10, 2018 photo, a girl on a wheelchair is pushed by a woman while they dance during the Terreirada Cearense street carnival party in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

In this Feb. 10, 2018 photo, a mud-covered kid wearing a mask made with a leaf poses for a picture during the traditional "Bloco da Lama" or "Mud Block" carnival party in Paraty, Brazil. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Feb. 10, 2018 photo, Cruz Azul's Felipe Mora gets to the ball first against Necaxa's Mario De Luna, during a Mexico soccer league match in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

In this Feb. 10, 2018 photo, people covered in mud walk amid orange smoke in the traditional "Bloco da Lama" or "Mud Block" carnival party in Paraty, Brazil. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Feb. 10, 2018 photo, Cruz Azul goalkeeper Jesus Corona fails to stop the shot by Necaxa's Carlos Gonzalez during a Mexico soccer league match in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

In this Feb. 11, 2018 photo, a carnival hat lies on the ground, muddied, the day after a gas canister exploded during a carnival parade in Oruro, Bolivia. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

In this Feb. 12, 2018 photo, performers from the Vila Isabel samba school run as they hang from a sphere on a float during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Feb. 12, 2018 photo, performers from the Mangueira school parade on a float during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

In this Feb. 12, 2018 photo, a reveler poses for a photo before the start of the Carnival parade in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. ( AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

In this Feb. 12, 2018 photo, giant dolls depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, parade past during Carnival in Olinda, in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. (AP Photo/Diego Herculano)

In this Feb. 12, 2018 photo, dancers wait for the start of Carnival celebrations at the National Stadium in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

In this Feb. 12, 2018 photo, men carry an empty coffin past a Carnival parade in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

In this Feb. 12, 2018 photo, a member of the Unidos da Tijuca samba school performs on a float during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

In this Feb. 13, 2018 photo, Jorge Rozario, 64, a member from Beija Flor samba school, gathers with some friends as Carnival celebrations wind down, at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Feb. 13, 2018 photo, members from the Beija Flor samba school perform showing a coffin containing a doll representing a dead student during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

In this Feb. 13, 2018 photo, police officers pat down former Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom before escorting him into a court hearing in Guatemala City. (AP Photo/Luis Soto)

In this Feb. 17, 2018 photo, Brazil's President Michel Temer pats down his hair as he arrives to a meeting with local authorities about the implementation of a presidential decree placing the military in charge of Rio's state security, at the Guanabara Palace, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Feb. 17, 2018 photo, a downed helicopter sits on its side on top of a van, in Santiago Jimitepec, Oaxaca state, Mexico. The military helicopter carrying officials assessing damage from the Friday's earth quake crashed killing 13 people and injuring 15, all of them on the ground. (AP Photo/Luis Alberto Cruz Hernandez)

In this Feb. 18, 2018 photo, a vendor salvaging her mannequin wearing a skirt cries as she runs away from her stall burning during a massive fire at the biggest clothing market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

In this Feb. 19, 2018 photo, a vendor sits inside the burned ruins of a clothing market that was engulfed in flames a day before, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

In this Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018 photo, Geromel of Brazil's Gremio holds up his team's trophy after they defeated Argentina's Independiente at the Recopa Sudamericana final soccer match, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

In this Feb. 22, 2018 photo, honor guards stand in formation before the arrival of Brazil's President Michel Temer for a meeting with the Defense Military Council in Brasilia, Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

In this Feb. 22, 2018 photo, Venezuelan Bolivars woven together create a purse that is for sale in La Parada, Colombia, on the border with Venezuela. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

In this Feb. 23, 2018 photo, a soldier takes position as a driver opens the back of his trailer during a spot inspection at a checkpoint at the Vila Kennedy slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this Feb. 24, 2018 photo, a boy doused with colored powder competes in the Color Run in Canete Peru. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

In this Feb. 25, 2018 photo, Pumas' Nicolas Castillo, bottom, celebrates his goal against Guadalajara with teammate Matias Alustiza during a Mexico soccer league match in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Anthony Vazquez)

In this Feb. 27, 2018 photo, flower petals land on the coffin containing the remains of the late Archbishop Oscar Julio Vian Morales during his funeral procession outside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Guatemala City. (AP Photo/Luis Soto)

In this Feb. 28, 2018 photo, Honduras' former first lady Rosa Elena Bonilla, who was detained as part of a corruption probe, is escorted from a police station, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)

In this Feb. 28, 2018 photo, Rodrigo Mora of Argentina's River Plate, left, fights for the ball with Rene of Brazil's Flamengo during a Copa Libertadores soccer match in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

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Curated by Leslie Mazoch in Mexico City

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