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 August.

A resident crawls away with a donated bag of rice after residents temporarily overtook a truck loaded with relief supplies, in Vye Terre, Haiti, Aug. 20, 2021, a week after the 7.2 magnitude quake. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Pink liquid waste from the Durli Leathers S.A. tannery fills an open pit in Paraguari, Paraguay, Aug. 13, 2021, on the day the Environment Ministry stopped the tannery's operations. Nearby landowners fear that once it rains the liquid will contaminate streams that drain into Lake Ypoa and suspect the deaths cattle with bloody diarrhea were caused by drinking water near this deposit. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

A student sits alone during in-person class at the Republic of Argentina secondary school in Iztacalco, Mexico City, Aug. 30, 2021, on the first day back to school amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Earthquake-displaced children huddle under a piece of plastic the morning after Tropical Storm Grace swept over Les Cayes, Haiti, Aug. 17, 2021, three days after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn)

A police officer plays the trumpet during a tribute honoring people who died of COVID-19 at Citizens Plaza outside La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, Aug. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

A man carries an elderly woman across a street damaged by flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rains in Tovar municipality in Merida state,Venezuela, Aug. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Luis Bustos)

People look at the body of Esther Daniel, 7, who died under the rubble of a house destroyed by the earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021. A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday, with the epicenter about 125 kilometers (78 miles) west of the capital of Port-au-Prince, the US Geological Survey said. (AP Photo / Joseph Odelyn)

A man rides a bicycle alongside a car in the rain brought by Hurricane Ida, in Guanimar, Artemisa province, Cuba, Aug. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Extreme Barcelona 2020 champion Daniel Dhers, who won a silver medal in the Tokyo Olympics’ debut of BMX Freestyle, gives an exhibition in Caracas, Venezuela, Aug. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Birds fly over a man photographing the exposed riverbed of the Old Parana River, a tributary of the Parana River during a drought in Rosario, Argentina, July 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Victor Caivano)

People stand next to an empty coffin near the sheet-covered remains of Francois Elmay whose body was recovered from the rubble of a home destroyed by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti, Aug. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn)

A man silhouetted at sunset drinks water as he fixes a structure on the Malecon sea wall of Carupano, Sucre state, Venezuela, Aug. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Residents overtake an aid truck in Vye Terre, Haiti, Aug. 20, 2021 as shipments arrive to Haiti a week after the 7.2 magnitude quake. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

A line of people snakes around a field to enter a COVID-19 vaccination site, as people over age 30 became eligible for a vaccine in Brasilia, Brazil, Aug. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

An egret catches a fish in the canals of Xochimilco, Mexico City, Aug. 12, 2021. The canals and floating gardens of Xochimilco are the last remnants of a vast water transport system built by the Aztecs to serve their capital of Tenochtitlán. (AP Photo /Marco Ugarte)

Rosario Cal poses for a photo wearing her veil and holding her bouquet, as she recalls her wedding day from this past May, in the new settlement Nuevo Queja, Guatemala, July 10, 2021. Cal is one of the survivors of a mudslide triggered by Hurricane Eta that buried her Guatemalan town Queja in Nov. 2020. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A traffic sign pokes out from the debris of a landslide triggered by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake, alongside a road in Rampe, Haiti, Aug. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Oxiliene Morency cries out after the body of her 7-year-old-daughter Esther Daniel was recovered from the rubble of their home destroyed by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti, Aug. 14, 2021. (AP Photo /Joseph Odelyn)

Tourists stand by a sea lion on Mann Beach on the island of San Cristobal, Galapagos, Ecuador, Aug. 20, 2021.(AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Residents cross the Cavaillon River to reach the Maniche market to sell their products, in Maniche, Haiti, Aug. 24, 2021, a week after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Indigenous men perform a ritual dance as Indigenous groups set up the "Luta pela Vida" or Struggle for Life camp, in Brasilia, Brazil, Aug. 23, 2021, during a weeklong mobilization to protest a Supreme Court ruling that could undermine rights to their lands. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Zenobia Ansualve, 88, eats lunch in her home where she lives alone in Caracas, Venezuela, Aug. 18, 2021. Ansualve said she hasn't left her home since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and survives on $20 a month from a room she rents. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

A youth sleeps outside her home in Saint-Louis-du-Sud, Haiti, Aug. 16, 2021, two days after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Residents fight a fire with buckets of water in Santa Ana, poor neighborhood of Asuncion, Paraguay, Aug. 19, 2021. The fire was started by people burning trash, but it spread and destroyed at least a dozen homes. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Youths, some wearing masks, wait in line to be vaccinated with the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 during a campaign for people between ages18-29 in Mexico City, Aug. 19, 2021. Xochimilco encouraged youths to arrive in costumes and compete for prizes if they came for their first shot. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Police introduce a litter of golden retriever puppies, some of which are black golden retrievers, to be trained as police dogs during a ceremony at the National Police Academy in La Paz, Bolivia, Aug. 16, 2021, the date of the feast day for Saint Roch, considered the patron saint of dogs, among other things. Other police dogs were retired from service during the ceremony. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Residents gather outside the Petit Pas Hotel, destroyed by a 7.2 earthquake, in Les Cayes, Haiti, Aug. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Joseph Odelyn, File)

A police officer aims pepper spray at a protester pushing on a fence placed by police that blocks access to the government palace during protests against the government's economic policies in Quito, Ecuador, Aug. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Younaika rests next to her mother Jertha Ylet, who was injured in the 7.2 magnitude earthquake one week prior, at the Immaculate Conception Hospital in Les Cayes, Haiti, Aug. 22, 2021. The quake brought down their house, killing Ylet's father and two other relatives and seriously injuring her brother. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

After a heavy rain, a girl hauls wood for cooking, in the makeshift settlement Nuevo Queja, Guatemala, July 5, 2021. The survivors of a mudslide triggered by Hurricane Eta, burying their Guatemalan town Queja in Nov. 2020, are destitute and displaced. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Men carry a coffin amid traffic in Les Cayes, Haiti, Friday, Aug. 20, 2021, six days after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit the area. (AP Photo)

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Lead photo: A girl plays inside a classroom where her family is staying at a school turned into a shelter for those displaced by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti, Aug. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Edited by Ramon Espinosa, AP photojournalist based in Havana, Cuba.

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