Latin America and Caribbean in review

This monthly gallery features some of the top photojournalism made by Associated Press photographers documenting Latin America and the Caribbean during the month of May.

Pro-choice activists carry a statue of the Virgin Mary which features a green handkerchief symbolizing the abortion rights movement in Argentina during a rally outside Congress in favor of legalizing abortion in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, May 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Marcos Brindicci)

Fans light up their mobile phones prior to the CONCACAF Champions League final soccer match between Monterrey and Tigres in Monterrey, Mexico, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Classmates of 11-year-old Erick Altuve gather around his casket during an outdoor wake near his home in the Petare shantytown of Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Erick died on May 26 while he was waiting for a bone marrow transplant. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

One-month old giraffe Gema stands in front her mother Pretoria as she was presented at the Buin Zoo in Santiago, Chile, Friday, May 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Engelbert Cañete, left, and his friend Ethian Jesus, protect themselves from the rain with a plastic sheet while waiting for the rain to stop so they can continue fishing at the malecón in Havana, Cuba, Monday, May 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

An aerial view of the Taruma cemetery where inmates killed in prison riots are being buried in Manaus, Brazil, Wednesday, May 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

In this May 1, 2019 photo, Cuban soldiers carry depictions of President Donald Trump at the May Day parade in Revolution Square in Havana, Cuba. Trump claimed via Twitter that if Cuban troops and militia do not cease their operations in support of Venezuela immediately, Cuba would suffer "a full and complete embargo" as well as "highest-level sanctions." (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

A man carries a wheelchair as he crosses illegally into Colombia from Venezuela, near the Simon Bolivar International Bridge in La Parada near Cucuta, Colombia, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

A young Haitian migrant cries next to his father as they wait in line at an immigration center in Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, Tuesday, May 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Leo Pereira of Brazil's Athletico Paranaense sits on the field as teammate Braian Romero pats him on the head after they lost the Recopa Sudamericana final 3-0 to Argentina's River Plate in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, May 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

This April 3, 2019 photo published in May shows an aerial view of the Mega 12 police and military base in Peru's Tambopata province, in the Amazon jungle, in an attempt to to chase away illegal miners who deforest the tropical forests in search for gold. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

An anti-government protester calls for help as she and another woman help a fellow demonstrator who is overcome by teargas during clashes with security forces in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Opposition leader Juan Guaidó called for Venezuelans to fill streets around the country to demand President Nicolás Maduro's ouster. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

A demonstrator holds up a poster of a Brazilian flag marred with bullet holes and a message that reads in Portuguese: "80 shots," in reference to soldiers who last month fired 80 shots at a car carrying a family, killing the driver, during a protest against education budget cuts in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, May 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Boys play basketball in the Petare shantytown of Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, May 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Cuban police detain a gay rights activist during an unauthorized march in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, May 11, 2019. The march was organized largely using Cuba's new mobile internet, with gay-rights activists and groups of friends calling for a march over Facebook and WhatsApp after the government-run gay rights organization cancelled a march. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

A contestant competes on stage blanketed in confetti in the Queen of Great Power contest in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, May 24, 2019. The largest religious festival in the Andes choses its queen in a tight contest to head the Festival of the Lord Jesus of the Great Power, mobilizing dancers and musicians. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

The white coats of doctors lie on the street around the Spanish message "No to the veto," directed at President Mario Abdo Benítez, asking him to not veto a proposed law that would allow doctors to partially retire after 25 years of work in Asuncion, Paraguay, Monday, May 20, 2019. Currently, workers are eligible for a government pension after age 65. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Andres Quintero, left, and Fermin Perez rest on top of Perez's car as they wait in line for over 20 hours to fill their tanks with gas in Cabimas, Venezuela, Thursday, May 16, 2019. U.S. sanctions on oil-rich Venezuela resulyrf in mile-long lines for fuel in the South American nation. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A dressed up mannequin dubbed "Miss Evacuated" placed there by an evacuee stands outside a shelter in Asuncion, Paraguay, Tuesday, May 7, 2019, for people who were forced to evacuate their homes due to flooding caused by heavy rains. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Tinted blood red by a thick cloud of smoke and pollution, the sun sets on the mountains above Mexico City, Monday, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

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Edited by Fernando Llano, photojournalist based in Venezuela.