Latin America & 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 September.
A volunteer works to douse a fire along Transpantaneira road in the Pantanal wetlands near Pocone, Brazil, Sept. 11, 2020. The number of fires in the world's biggest tropical wetlands has more than doubled in the first half of 2020 compared to the same period last year, according to data released by a state institute. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
A jaguar crouches on an area recently scorched by wildfires at the Encontro das Aguas park in the Pantanal wetlands near Pocone, Mato Grosso state, Brazil, Sept. 13, 2020. Firefighters, troops and volunteers have been scrambling to rescue animals before they are overtaken by the flames, exacerbated by the worst drought in 47 years, strong winds and temperatures exceeding 40 degrees centigrade (104 Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
A vet shows the paws of Jaguar “Amanaci,” who suffers third degree burns due to the fires in the Pantanal, at Nex Felinos NGO that defends endangered wild cats in Corumba, Brazil, Sept. 27, 2020. Two Jaguars were rescued from the Pantanal fire and are receiving treatment with laser, ozone therapy and cell injections. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A man holds a child behind the gate of a house occupied by squatters for close to a year, before they are evicted in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept.15, 2020, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Transgender Laurent Voltus exhales cigarette smoke while dancing with friends at a club in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Aug. 18, 2020. Voltus lives at the Kay Trans Haiti Center located in an area where residents can bring their partners, go out to clubs, and shop without fear of mistreatment from residents and business owners who have become increasingly friendly and welcoming. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
Sara Magin, who suffers COVID-19 symptoms, sits under a bedsheet for herbal vapor therapy in the Shipibo Indigenous community of Pucallpa, in Peru's Ucayali region, Sept. 1, 2020. The treatment center takes the holistic approach to treating the virus. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Reflected in the rearview mirror, Jose Collantes gets a hug from daughter Kehity while they're stopped at a red light, as Jose drives his five-year-old home from a playdate in Santiago, Chile, Sept. 6, 2020, three months after they lost his wife, her mother, to COVID-19. Their case highlights how COVID-19 deaths the world over are often the beginning of a new personal journey for those affected. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Yalitza Cadiz, who suffers cervical cancer, sits in the Luis Razetti Oncology Hospital where she has been hospitalized since before the start of the COVID-19 lockdown in Caracas, Venezuela, Sept 2, 2020. The hospital, which stopped admitting new cancer patients at the start of the mid-March lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19, lacks water, air conditioning, supplies like lab materials, and even doctors, while only one of the five operating rooms is operational. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
A macaw looks to land on an antenna for food in Caracas, Venezuela, Sept. 5, 2020. Legend has it that Caracas' signature bird was introduced in the 1970s by Italian immigrant Vittorio Poggi, who says he nurtured a lost macaw and trained it to fly with his motorcycle as he cruised his neighborhood. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A character typical of the Mama Negra festival dances with a sword in honor of the Virgin of Las Mercedes in Latacunga, Ecuador, Sept. 24, 2020. The festival dates back to 1742 when the people of Latacunga ask the Virgin to protect them from the eruptions of the Cotopaxi volcano. This year devotees asked the virgin to protect them from COVID-19. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
A woman sells kites on the seaside walk in the Chorrillos area of Lima, Peru, Sept. 19 2020. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Urns of cremated remains of people who are suspected to have died from COVID-19 sit in a funeral home company van, to be delivered to loved ones in Lima, Peru, June 1, 2020. In March, Peru ordered the cremation of all coronavirus victims to prevent people from being infected by contact with bodies. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
People crowd Ipanema beach amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept.6, 2020. Brazilians are packing the beaches and bars during a long holiday weekend to indulge in normal life as the COVID-19 pandemic rages. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
An ICU nurse is reflected in a window as he checks in on a COVID-19 patient at the El Cruce Dr. Nestor Carlos Kirchner Hospital on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sept. 15, 2020. Healthcare workers warn they are being pushed beyond their limits as they care for a growing number of coronavirus patients with limited human resources, as isolation measures are relaxed. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Paulina Mariano Ortiz whispers to her brother Axel in the bed of a pick-up truck that was repurposed as an educational space on the southern edge of Mexico City, Sept. 4, 2020. Concerned about the educational difficulties facing school-age children during the coronavirus pandemic, a couple who runs "Tortillerias La Abuela," or Grandma's Tortilla Shop, adapted spaces outside their locale to provide instruction and digital access to neighborhood children who don't have internet or TV service at home, a project that has attracted donations and a waiting list of students. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
A supporter of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wears a photo of him pinned to her mask outside the presidential palace where he gives his second state-of-the-union address in Mexico City, Sept. 1, 2020. Obrador emphasized what he considers his major achievements: the fight against corruption and his government's austerity. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Wesley of Brazil's Palmeiras, right, and Jhohan Romana of Paraguay's Guarani battle for the ball at a Copa Libertadores soccer match in Asuncion, Paraguay, Sept. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz, Pool)
A masked and hooded man hurls stones at police during protests sparked by the death of a man after he was detained by police for violating social distancing rules in Bogota, Sept. 9, 2020. Javier Ordonez died in a hospital after receiving repeated electric shocks with a stun gun from officers who detained him, seen on a video taken by Ordonez's friend, and published on social media. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Ada Mendoza's nephew touches her pregnant belly at her parents' apartment where she lives with her partner and seven relatives in the Catia neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Aug. 27, 2020. Mendoza, who must use public transport to get to her prenatal care visits, is doing her best to avoid contracting COVID-19. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Tenetehara Indigenous Jair Tembe is ready to take part in a festival on the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous Territory, near the city of Paragominas, Brazil, Sept. 7, 2020. The Indigenous group, also known as Tembe, held a festival this week to celebrate and give thanks that none of their members have fallen ill during the COVID-19 pandemic, after closing their area off in March. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Aide Choque jumps her skateboard during a youth talent show in La Paz, Bolivia, Sept. 30, 2020. The girls of the collective “ImillaSkate,” a mixture of Aymara and English meaning girl and skateboarding, wear the Indigenous dress of their grandmothers to showcase their culture and promote the sport among women. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
An inmate jokes around where the statue of a saint used to stand, as a guard talks on his radio at the Educational Center of Itagua for juvenile offenders in Itagua, Paraguay, Sept. 14, 2020. Visiting privileges were suspended at the start of the new coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Imprisoned gang members look out from behind bars during a media tour of the prison in Quezaltepeque, El Salvador, Sept. 4, 2020. President Nayib Bukele denied a report that his government has been negotiating with one of the country’s most powerful gangs to lower the murder rate and win their support in mid-term elections in exchange for prison privileges. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
A couple wearing masks amid the new coronavirus pandemic walk on the Malecon seawall at sunset in Havana, Cuba, Aug. 31, 2020. Authorities introduced new measures for 15 days aimed at containing the spread in Havana, like a curfew from 7pm until 5am and no one without special permission will be enter or leave the province. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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Corazona Pena's body lies wrapped in plastic by a Peruvian COVID-19 specialized government team in Pucallpa, in Peru's Ucayali region, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
This gallery was curated by photojournalist Silvia Izquierdo in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.