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 December.

Children compete in a traditional street race of "carruchas," the name for makeshift wooden cars in Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

People cover themselves in front of a man wearing a "torito," a bull-shaped harness equipped with fireworks, during a Christmas celebration in Antigua, Guatemala, Dec. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

A man votes at a polling station during the presidential run-off election in Santiago, Chile, Dec. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Relatives bury a woman who died in the hospital from her burn injuries caused by a gasoline truck that overturned and exploded, killing dozens in Cap-Haitien Haiti, Dec. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

A Honduran migrant who is part of a caravan that is slowly moving north looks up during a protest outside of the National Institute of Migration headquarters in Mexico City, Dec. 14, 2021. The demonstration was to protest the rough treatment they say they received from Mexican migration authorities and to pay homage to the victims of the recent road accident that claimed the lives of more than 50 migrants. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Members of the Movement for Homosexual Integration and Liberation celebrate after lawmakers approved legislation legalizing marriage and adoption by same-sex couples in Santiago, Chile, Dec. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Jose Ivanildo, who lost the use of his legs due to infantile paralysis, uses a skate board as he begs for money at a traffic light dressed as Santa Claus in Brasilia, Brazil, Dec. 21, 2021. The 48-year-old, known as "Ivanildo do Skate," said that the COVID-19 pandemic has made people scared to open their windows. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Carmela Lopez holds a Christmas decoration featuring a photo of her missing husband Cesar Alarcon at the Memorial Garden in the Iztacalco borough of Mexico City, Dec. 14, 2021. Cesar Alarcon went missing on July 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Showered by confetti, Republican Party presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast stands next to his wife Maria Pia Adriasola at his closing campaign rally ahead of the presidential run-off election in Santiago, Chile, Dec. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

People spend time on Agua Dulce beach in Lima, Peru, Dec. 30, 2021. The Peruvian government announced the closing of beaches for Dec. 31 - Jan. 1 as a measure to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Corinthians soccer fans cheer during a women's championship soccer final match against Sao Paulo in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Dec. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

A diver swims with fish near an old oil platform during a tour organized by the Chelonia Dive Center in Los Organos in northern Peru, Dec. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Furniture destroyed by flooding is piled in a street, including an old for sale sign, in Itapetinga, Bahia state, Brazil, Dec. 28, 2021. Two dams broke in northeastern Brazil, threatening worse flooding in a rain-drenched region that has already seen thousands of forced to flee their homes. (AP Photo/Raphael Muller)

People cross a street amid soap bubbles in downtown Santiago, Chile, Dec. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

A woman spreads incense as coffins are brought to a protest against violence in Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan, Guatemala, Dec. 20, 2021. A dozen people were slain in Chiquix, a village that has been involved in a years-long territorial dispute with Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan over water and land access with a nearby town, police said. (AP Photo/Oliver de Ros)

Ruben Munoz, an evangelical pastor from the church Puerta del Cielo, or "Heaven's Door," who served two years in prison for robbery, baptizes an inmate in a kiddie pool, at an evangelical cellblock inside Penal Unit N11 in Pinero, Santa Fe province, Argentina, Dec. 11, 2021. Over the past 20 years, Argentine prison authorities have encouraged the creation of units effectively run by evangelical inmates. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A pier sits in the dry lakebed of the Aculeo Lagoon in Paine, Chile, Dec. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

A man dressed as a bolero strikes a pose during festivities during Holy Innocents Day in Caucagua, Venezuela, Dec. 28, 2021. Residents celebrate a variation of the feast day wearing old clothes, painting their faces black and tongues red. The more than 200-year-old tradition is a day of song, dance and pranks. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

A mummy from 800-1200 AD is displayed at San Marcos University in Lima, Peru, Dec. 7, 2021. According to archeologists, the mummy was buried with its hands covering its face and wrapped with rope in Cajamarquilla. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Migrants cross a stream after crossing into Chile from Bolivia, near Colchane, Chile, Dec. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Shamans hold photos of U.S. President Joe Biden and Russia's President Vladimir Putin during a year-end ritual where they predict political and social issues expected to occur in next year in Lima, Peru, Dec. 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)

Geovanni, a Virgin of Guadalupe pilgrim, poses for a portrait at Our Lady of Guadalupe Basilica in Mexico City, Dec. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Emilio Espejel)

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Lead photo: A small-scaled boat filled with offerings for Yemanja floats out to sea during a ceremony honoring the deity celebrated by the African Yoruba religion, off Icarai Beach in Niteroi, Brazil, Dec. 29, 2021. As the year winds down, Brazilian worshippers celebrate the goddess of the sea, offering flowers and launching boats into the ocean in exchange for blessings for the coming year. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

This gallery was edited by Fernando Llano, AP photojournalist based in Mexico City.

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