Latin America and Caribbean in Review

Latin America and Caribbean in Review is a monthly gallery featuring some of the top photojournalism made by AP staff photographers and freelancers. The month of June brought a devastating volcanic eruption to Guatemala, historic election campaigns in Mexico and Colombia, continued anti-government protests in Nicaragua and gatherings in plazas across the region to watch the start of the World Cup soccer tournament.

A dining room is interred in volcanic ash spewed by the Volcano of Fire in San Miguel Los Lotes, Guatemala, June 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A bone is removed from a home buried by the eruption of the Volcano of Fire in San Miguel Los Lotes, Guatemala, June 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Yoselin Rancho cries as she carries the remains of her best friend Etelvina Charal, who died during the eruption of the Volcano of Fire in San Juan Alotenango, Guatemala, June 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

The Volcano of Fire blows a cloud of ash, seen from Palin, Guatemala, June 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Cows lie dead amid steam rising from the hot volcanic ash following a light rain, near the Volcano of Fire in the El Rodeo hamlet of Escuintla, Guatemala, June 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A resident carries a stove and gas can recovered from his volcano-destroyed home, following the eruption of the Volcano of Fire in San Miguel Los Lotes, Guatemala, June 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A body is covered in volcanic ash spewed by the Volcano of Fire in Escuintla, Guatemala, June 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Luis Soto)

Women sweep volcanic ash after the eruption of the Volcano of Fire in San Juan Alotenango, Guatemala, June 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Luis Soto)

Presidential candidate Ricardo Anaya kicks a soccer ball to supporters during his campaign rally in Mexico City, June 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

In this April 8, 2018 photo published in June, San Lorenzo soccer fans who are part of the team's most militant fan base, coined "La Butteler," sing and dance in the grandstand during a match against Godoy Cruz in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A bloodied soccer fan talks back to officers after being injured by the police during a scuffle, after Mexico soccer fans celebrated their World Cup game win in Mexico City, June 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Anthony Vazquez)

Bolivia's new presidential palace stands tall in the historic district of downtown La Paz, Bolivia, June 20, 2018. The 28-floor palace, including a helipad, a jacuzzi suite, massage room and gym, cost 34 million dollars in South America's poorest nation. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Women watch a live broadcast of the debate by the lower house of Congress over an abortion law in Buenos Aires, June 14, 2018. The lower house approved the bill that would legalize elective abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy, sending the measure to the Senate. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Pro-choice protesters gather near Congress as lawmakers debate a proposed law to legalize abortion in Buenos Aires, June 13, 2018. The measure would allow elective abortions in the first 14 weeks. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

A dog named "Perlita," or Little Pearl, who is dressed in Peru's colors, stands with its owner during a live broadcast of the World Cup match between France and Peru in Lima, Peru, June 21, 2018.(AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Police walk over a water pipe during a security operation in the City of God slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

The body of 19-year-old Chester Chavarria is surrounded by his friends outside the Autonomous University of Nicaragua, in Managua, June 8, 2018. Chavarria died after being shot several times while guarding a barricade during a protest against the government. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli gestures victory from his handcuffs while escorted away from his hearing at the Supreme Court in Panama City, June 11, 2018. Martinelli returned to Panama to face political espionage and embezzlement charges after being extradited from the U.S. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

Anti-government protesters shoot their homemade weapons as they bury a fellow protester, Jorge Zepeda who was killed during a demonstration, at the cemetery in Monimbo, Nicaragua, June 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)

In this May 5, 2018 photo published in June, a Haitian migrant bride waits for the start of a group wedding at the First Baptist Church of Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Emilio Espejel)

A child holds a sign protesting the death of teenager Marcos Vinicius da Silva, illuminated by the headlights of the vehicle transporting the coffin containing his remains to a cemetery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 21, 2018. Da Silva is one of two 14-year-olds killed by stray bullets in Rio on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Nude cyclists rides through Mexico City, June 9, 2018, to promote the use of bicycles and highlight damage caused by car dependency. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

In this Feb. 28, 2018 photo published in June, the sun sets over the U.S.-Mexico barrier that runs into the Pacific Ocean, seen from Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Emilio Espejel)

Soccer fans celebrate Mexico's World Cup game victory over Korea in Mexico City, June 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)

A woman cries after a fire wiped out her stall at a rice and beans market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, June 12, 2018. The entire market, where vendors sell rice, black beans, onions and other grains and perishables was destroyed. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Armed police search for alleged drug traffickers in the Urca neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 8, 2018, after a shootout erupted next to Sugarloaf mountain and brought one of the city's most tourist areas to a halt. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Supporters of presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wait in Azteca stadium for him to arrive for his closing campaign rally in Mexico City, June 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)

A supporter of presidential candidate Ivan Duque attends his campaign rally in Armenia, Colombia, June 10, 2018. Duque, a former senator and protege of former President Alvaro Uribe, won the contest over Gustavo Petro, a former rebel and Bogota mayor. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador arrives for his closing campaign rally at Azteca stadium in Mexico City, June 27, 2018, before winning in a landslide. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

A woman turns on the catwalk during Miss Cholita beauty pageant in La Paz, Bolivia, June 29, 2018, an annual contest recognizing indigenous women's fashion, beauty, command of indigenous lifestyle and language. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

In this May 8, 2018 photo published in June, children study at a school in the Amazonian town of Victoria Gracia, Peru. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Relatives and friends of Marcos Vinicius da Silva attend his wake in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 21, 2018. Da Silva is one of two 14-year-olds killed by stray bullets in Rio on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Robin Burbano controls the ball on crutches, during a game against El Empalme at a national soccer tournament for players with amputated limbs, in Quito, Ecuador, June 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

A printed photo taken on Sept. 29, 2017 showing police lifting the coffin of officer Luis Angel Gonzalez Lorenzo, who was killed during the passage of Hurricane Maria when he tried to cross a river in his car, is shown at the same cemetery in Aguada, Puerto Rico, May 31, 2018. The local police force of Aguadilla and Aguada lacks about a dozen officers since the storm, due to resignations and retirements. The U.S. territory's bankruptcy has frozen promotions, salaries, new hires and some police academies have even closed. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Revelers kiss during the annual gay pride parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)

Supporters of presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wait for their candidate's arrival during his closing campaign rally at Azteca stadium in Mexico City, June 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

This photo released by the National Security Ministry shows fake World Cup trophies stuffed with cocaine, and the product itself on display next to the trophies, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 21, 2018 photo. (National Security Ministry via AP)

Indigenous men in costume, one holding a mock gun made of wood, dance to the rhythm of the monotonous tune of San Juanito, as groups from different communities compete to occupy the main plaza during the Sun Festival in Cotacachi, Ecuador, June 24, 2018. Across the Andes, from the tip of Argentina as far north as Colombia, indigenous communities are gathering for the southern hemisphere's winter solstice to honor the ancient sun god. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

In this June 1, 2018 photo, women face a line of policewomen at the start of a feminist march in Santiago, Chile. A seemingly light ruling against a university professor for sexual harassment outraged women across the country who demanded a stronger punishment. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo)

A man carries a container of sea water past burning trash at the harbor in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, June 7, 2018, to keep the fire from burning his merchandise. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Presidential candidate Gustavo Petro is surrounded in ticker tape as he speaks to supporters after his rival Ivan Duque won the election in Bogota, Colombia, June 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

A man dressed a the Inca Emperor Atahualpa leaves of a porta-pottie as he holds a beer, in Cuzco, Peru, June 23, 2018, during the Inti Raymi, the Festival of the Sun. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

In this May 3, 2018 photo published in June, 2-year-old Luiz Mauricio, who was born with the Zika-caused microcephaly birth defect, takes an ophthalmology exam at the Altino Ventura Institute in Recife, Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Supporters of Ecuador's former President Rafael Correa hold up his image to protest an attempt to prosecute him in connection with the attempted kidnapping of opposition lawmaker, in Quito, Ecuador, June 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

A couple dances in front of a police barricade during a protest in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, June 2, 2018, during a protest against Juan Orlando Hernandez' government before they were forcibly removed by military and police. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)

In this May 24, 2018 photo published in June, an anti-government protester holds up his homemade mortar made of sections of pipes at a roadblock set up by protesters along the Panamerican Highway in Nagarote, Nicaragua. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Soldiers patrol the forest above Chapeu Mangueira slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

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Edited by photo editors Leslie Mazoch and Tomas Stargardter, and multimedia producer Dario Lopez-Mills, from The Associated Press headquarters for Latin America and Caribbean located in Mexico City.