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.

Lead photo: Police lean against a wall in pain after an explosive device was thrown by protesters outside of the Attorney General Office in Mexico City, Sept. 22, 2022. The demonstrators were marching ahead of the anniversary of the 2014 disappearance of 43 students of a teachers’ college in Iguala, Guerrero. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

This gallery was edited by AP photojournalist Moises Castillo in Guatemala City.

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