Latin America & Caribbean in review

Latin America and Caribbean in Review is a monthly gallery featuring some of the top photojournalism by AP staff photographers and freelancers. The month of July saw Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s landslide win of Mexico's presidential election, a 1-year-old migrant reunited with his parents in Honduras after being separated from them by U.S. immigration officials, and violent protests in Haiti against a big hike in fuel prices.

A fan of Uruguay's soccer team cries after watching Uruguay lose to France in a live television broadcast of the World Cup match in Montevideo, Uruguay, July 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

A man holds his cigarette above the ocean waterline as he takes a dip with his dog near Playita 16 in Havana, Cuba, July 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)

Pro-government Sandinista militia members stand guard at a torn down barricade, which had been set up by anti-government protesters, after police and militias stormed the Monimbo neighborhood of Masaya, Nicaragua, July 17, 2018. Heavily armed police and militias laid siege to and then retook a symbolically important neighborhood that had recently become a center of resistance to President Daniel Ortega's government. (AP Photo/Cristobal Venegas)

A youth holds up a statue of Santo Domingo de Guzman inside Las Sierritas church during Mass in honor of the saint in Managua, Nicaragua, July 31, 2018. The festival has its roots in the 1885 discovery of the 8-centimeter (a little over 3-inch) statue of Santo Domingo de Guzman, also known as St. Dominic de Guzman, the founder of the Dominican religious order. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

Students who had taken refuge in the Jesus of Divine Mercy church amid a barrage of armed attacks, arrive on a bus to the Cathedral in Managua, Nicaragua, July 14, 2018. Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes negotiated for the safe transfer of students who had sought refuge there when police forced them out of the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, which had been occupied during two months of protests against the government of President Daniel Ortega. (AP Photo/Cristobal Venegas)

Friends and family carry the coffin of Gerald Vasquez, an engineering student who was killed during the July 14 attack by police and paramilitary forces to the National University of Managua, to be buried in Managua, Nicaragua, July 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)

A pet iguana sits on a Nicaraguan flag during an anti-government march in support of the Catholic church in Managua, Nicaragua, July 28, 2018. Simultaneous marches of supporters of President Daniel Ortega and those opposed to his government have passed through the streets of the capital without incident. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)

A masked, anti-government student who had taken refuge at Jesus of Divine Mercy church from an armed attack by police and government supporters is embraced by a relative after he was transported to the Cathedral with other students in Managua, Nicaragua, July 14, 2018. Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes negotiated with the president's office for the safe transfer of students out of the church and to the Metropolitan cathedral. (AP Photo/Cristobal Venegas)

Baboons are silhouetted by the moon at the city zoo in Brasilia, Brazil, July 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

People pack Mexico City's main square, the Zocalo, as presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador delivers his victory speech, July 1, 2018. Lopez Obrador has claimed victory in Mexico's presidential election, calling for reconciliation. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)

Mexico's President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador accepts a note from a supporter as he leaves his headquarters in Mexico City, July 11, 2018. Each day hundreds crowd the office of Lopez Obrador bearing handwritten notes, medical records, retirement papers and other documents, in hopes he can help with everything from boosting pensions to clemency for a jailed loved one or even offer a job. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

A woman casts her ballot at a voting center covered by a red tarp, during general elections in Iztapalapa, Mexico City, July 1, 2018. Sunday's elections for posts at every level of government are Mexico's largest ever and have become a referendum on corruption, graft and other tricks used to divert taxpayer money to officials' pockets and empty those of the country's poor. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Colombian soccer fans watch a live telecast of a World Cup match between Colombia and England in Bogota, Colombia, July 3, 2018. Colombia lost the match in a penalty shootout. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Supporters of Ecuador's former President Rafael Correa clash with police near the government palace during a rally in support of Correa after a judge ordered him jailed for failing to appear in court as required as part of a kidnapping probe, in Quito, Ecuador, July 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

A supporter of Brazil's presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, wearing a mask of President Donald Trump, arrives to the National Social Liberal Party convention where Bolsonaro is to accept the nomination in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 22, 2018. Far-right congressman Bolsonaro is running in distant second to former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is in jail, and promises to clean house ahead of October elections. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

A partially-built suspension bridge is demolished by engineers in Chirajara, Colombia, July 11, 2018. One part of the bridge collapsed in January during its construction, killing at least nine workers. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

A young horse is transported in a horse-drawn carriage along the main road of Camaguey, Cuba, July 26, 2018. The horse was carried to protect its soft hooves from the asphalt and prevent it from getting spooked by passing cars. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Adalicia Montecinos holds her 1-year-old son Johan, who became a poster child for the U.S. policy of separating immigrants and their children, in Yojoa, Honduras, July 20, 2018. Johan arrived in San Pedro Sula and was reunited with his parents. Captured by Border Patrol agents in March, Johan's father was deported and the then 10-month-old remained at an Arizona shelter. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Relatives and friends wait for the remains of Katty Velasco and Oscar Villacis, to arrive at the Mariscal Sucre airport in Quito, Ecuador, July 6, 2018. The two were kidnapped three months ago and later killed by a dissident group of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia on the border with Colombia. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Artists with masks of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio da Silva perform at the Lula Free festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 28, 2018. Popular Brazilian musicians and social movements organized a concert to call for the release of Da Silva, who has been in prison since April but continues to lead the polls ahead of October's election. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

In this June 20, 2018 photo published in July, a woman spreads incense over the remains of 172 unidentified people who were discovered buried at what once was a military camp in San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala, one day before their formal burial at the same site where they were unearthed. A genetic bank of the unidentified is saving the samples of DNA for those searching for their relatives in the future. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Brazil soccer fans react at the end of a live broadcast of a World Cup quarterfinal match with Belgium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 6, 2018. Belgium knocked Brazil out of the World Cup and advanced to the semi-finals. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Performers protest violence against black people in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 23, 2018. Activists and relatives of black youth who have been killed in Rio de Janeiro marched to demand justice, as they marked the 25th anniversary of the "Candelaria Massacre" when eight black youths were killed by police. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

In this photo released by Red Cross Durango communications office, Red Cross workers and rescue workers carry an injured person on a stretcher, right, as airline workers, left, walk away from the site where an Aeromexico airliner crashed in a field near the airport in Durango, Mexico, July 31, 2018. The jetliner crashed while taking off during a severe storm, smacking down in a field nearly intact then catching fire, and officials said it appeared everyone on board escaped the flames. (Red Cross Durango via AP)

Supporters of former President Rafael Correa rally in his favor after a judge ordered him jailed for failing to appear in court as required as part of a kidnapping probe in Quito, Ecuador, July 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Marta Bermudez Robles hangs a lamp in her kitchen in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, at her home that is still with electricity since Hurricane Irma and Maria, July 12, 2018. The only power Bermudez and her husband have had for 10 months is courtesy of a neighbor who threw over an extension cord connected to his generator that provides just enough power to light one bulb in the kitchen and another in the living room for a couple hours each day. (AP Photo/Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo)

In this June 30, 2018 photo published in July, foster girl Franchina, 11, poses for a picture at the entrance of her room at her foster parent home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Franchina's foster parents cared for one troubled foster child, an 11-year-old named Alexandre, for six months, and now have Franchina living with them. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

A man looks inside a car before setting it on fire at the Royal Oasis hotel during protests over a fuel price increase in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 7, 2018. The government announced an increase in prices for gasoline, diesel and kerosene, part of a plan endorsed by the IMF to modernize the economy, but then cancelled the hike after violent protests broke out. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

People move past the Best Western hotel during a protest over the rising cost of fuel in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 7, 2018. The Haitian government suspended a fuel price hike hours after demonstrators attacked a Best Western Premiere hotel in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods of the capital. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Joshep Balta, who plays the part of a clown named "Cachupito," peers through the tent curtain to see how many people are waiting for the show, put on by the International Circus, set up in the shanty town of Puente Piedra on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, July 20, 2018. Balta, a 12-year old clown whose parents work at the circus setting up and breaking down the encampment, was discovered by the circus two years ago when he was performing as a clown at street corners. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

"Vaguito" the clown assists acrobat Brenda Aguila as she prepares to hang from her neck, as spectators watch the Tony Perejil circus, set up in the shanty town of Puente Piedra on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, July 8, 2018. The circus owner, Jose Alvarez, said he remembers happier times in the 1980s, when his father filled their circus tent with people even though Peru was in the midst of an economic crisis and a war raged between the state and Sendero Luminoso guerrillas. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Women in favor of a measure to expand legal abortions wear red cloaks and white bonnets like the characters from the novel-turned-TV series "The Handmaid's Tale" as they march in silence to Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 25, 2018. Once they reached Congress, one of them read a letter by "Handmaid's Tale" author Margaret Atwood, who supports the effort led by Argentine feminist groups. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A bucked rider is dragged to safety during a bull riding event on the eve of the annual Santo Domingo festival in Managua, Nicaragua, July 29, 2018. Festivities include processions, bull riding, parties and church services to pay homage to the popular saint who is fondly referred to as "Minguito". (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

Johandrys Colls places a tiara on her niece Victoria at their home in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Caracas, Venezuela, July 1, 2018. Colls' parents have enrolled her in one of Venezuela's top modeling schools despite their modest income in hopes of transforming their daughter into a sought-after beauty queen. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Paraguay's President Horacio Cartes straightens his tie as he waits for the arrival of the coffin of his Agriculture Minister Luis Gneiting, for a memorial service at the Colorado Party headquarters in Asuncion, Paraguay, July 27, 2018. The minister and three other people died when the twin-engine plane they were traveling in went down in a marshy area shortly after taking off at night from an airport. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

A sheet covers the body of an auxiliary police officer who was killed when he confronted assailants at the strip mall he was guarding in Acapulco, Mexico, July 31, 2018. Mexico's National Statistics Institute, INEGI, reports that the homicide rate in 2017 broke down to 25 per 100,000 inhabitants. (AP Photo/Bernandino Hernandez)

In this June 16, 2018 photo published in July, a coffee cup remains on the rim of a pool at La Reunion Golf Resort & Residences, destroyed by the eruption of the Volcano of Fire in San Miguel Los Lotes, Guatemala. Here and there remain unmistakable signs of a hasty evacuation before the June 3 eruption. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

In this June 26, 2018 photo published in July, police look at the identification cards of Venezuelan girls to check their ages as they search for minors at a bar known for prostitution in Cucuta, Colombia, as two females hide from the camera, behind. As Venezuelans flee their country's collapsing economy and an autocratic government in rising numbers, a grim toll is becoming evident among the youngest arrivals: Children are sleeping on the streets, suffering from hunger and untreated infections, and sometimes being lured into sex work. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

A soldier takes a cell phone picture of journalists before the start of a military parade, part of Independence Day celebrations in Lima, Peru, July 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

In this March 1, 2018 photo published in July, an art restorer works on a 17th century painting in a studio at the Ministry of Culture Restoration Center in Cuzco, Peru. The center receives calls for help from small churches in remote Andean villages that have existed for centuries, and many of the paintings have endured punishing rain, sun, mold, nibbling moths and even flawed repairs by untrained hands. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Demonstrators protest corruption at San Martin plaza in Lima, Peru, July 19, 2018. The latest scandal to embroil this South American nation has ensnared some of the country's highest-ranking judges and political officials and comes just four months after then-President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski stepped down in a separate corruption probe. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

A demonstrator poses between life-sizes cutouts of slain activists during a candle light vigil honoring activists killed since the signing of the peace accords in Bogota, Colombia, July 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

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Curated by Latin America photo editors Leslie Mazoch, Anita Baca and Tomas Stargardter.