Latin America and the 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 January.

Migrant children run away from clashes with Mexican National Guard after their group crossed the Suchiate River on foot from Guatemala to Mexico, on the riverbank near Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Santiago Billy)

An upside-down Mexican flag, modified to look like it is riven with bullet holes, is carried by members of the LeBaron family during a march against violence called "Walk for Peace," on the road between Tres Marias and Mexico City, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Central American migrants carry children as they run across the Suchiate River from Guatemala to Mexico, near Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Santiago Billy)

Boys point an unloaded gun at the sky as they play in La Mora, Mexico, one day before the expected arrival of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)

National Assembly President Juan Guaido, Venezuela's opposition leader, climbs the fence in a failed attempt to enter the compound of the Assembly, as he and other opposition lawmakers are blocked from entering a session to elect new Assembly leadership in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

An anti-government demonstrator shouts slogans against Chile's President Sebastian Pinera from atop a destroyed bus station in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Women protest against the latest murder of two women, in Mexico City, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. During the past couple of weeks two women activists, attorney Yunuen Lopez Sanchez and Isabel Cabanillas de la Torre where both murdered by unknown assailants. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

A supporter of Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori and opposition leader, is held back by police officers outside a courtroom in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

An accordion is on a bench inside the improvised temple where a pregnant woman, five of her children and a neighbor were killed by cult members in the remote hamlet of El Terron, Panama, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

Alejandro Giammattei waves to the crowd accompanied by his daughter Ana Marcela after he was sworn-in as president of Guatemala at the National Theater in Guatemala City, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

A Puerto Rican flag hangs within the rubble, after it was placed there where store owners and family help remove supplies from Ely Mer Mar hardware store, which partially collapsed after an earthquake struck Guanica, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

A police helicopter flies over protesters that were demanding the resignation of Governor Wanda Vazquez after the discovery of an old warehouse filled with unused emergency supplies, outside the executive mansion known has La Fortaleza, in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Bolivia's former President Evo Morales gives a press conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he is currently living, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Marcos Brindicci)

In this Jan.10, 2020 photo, Luis Cassiano shows his green roof at his home in Arara Park favela, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Renato Spyrro)

A woman takes a photo of a muddied store after heavy rains triggered flooding in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Gustavo Andrade)

A small statue of Yemanja floats in a small boat after it was set to sea by followers of the Yoruba religion during a ceremony in honor of the African goddess of the sea, part of New Year celebrations off Praia Vermelha beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

In this Monday Jan. 13, 2020 photo, Asian elephant Mara dusts herself inside the former city zoo now known as Ecopark in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/Daniel Jayo)

A reveler dances during the "Bloco da Favorita" street party on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Colombian police watch the inauguration ceremony for Bogota's new Mayor Claudia Lopez in Simon Bolivar Park in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. Lopez is Bogota's first female mayor, and Latin America's first openly lesbian mayor. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Kenya's Kibiwott Kandie celebrates after winning the annual Sao Silvestre race in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)

Argentina's Alexis Mac Allister, top, fights for the ball with Ecuador's Jackson Porozo during a South America Olympic qualifying U23 soccer match at the Hernan Ramirez Villegas stadium in Pereira, Colombia, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Bolivia's Jose Carrasco covers his face at the end of a South America Olympic qualifying U23 soccer match against Peru at the Centenario stadium in Armenia, Colombia, Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. Bolivia won 2-1 but failed to qualify to the final round. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

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Curated by Tomas Stargardter, photo editor for Latin America and the Caribbean based in Mexico City.