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 January.

A monument of Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León lays in pieces in Plaza San Jose in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Jan. 24, 2022. Unidentified people toppled the statue in the pre-dawn hours ahead of a visit of King Felipe VI. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Abortion rights activists gather outside the National Assembly which is meeting virtually regarding an upcoming debate on legalizing abortion in cases of rape in Quito, Ecuador, Jan. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Firefighters wait for water during a fire in the low income neighborhood of Laguna Verde, in Iquique, Chile, Jan. 10, 2022. The fire destroyed close to 100 homes of the neighborhood of mostly by migrants. (AP Photo/Ignacio Munoz)

Peru's Aldo Corzo (3) and teammate Gianluca Lapadula hug as they celebrate their 1-0 victory over Colombia at the end of a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 at Roberto Melendez stadium in Barranquilla, Colombia, Jan. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

The moon rises over the humid pine-covered mountains surrounding the Indigenous township of Cheran, Michoacan state, Mexico, Jan. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

A medical worker holds the hand of a COVID-19 patient in the ICU of the Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara Hospital in Marica, Brazil, Jan. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Relatives show photos of the three Roman siblings who are in prison, accused of participating in anti-government protests, at their home in the La Guinera neighborhood of Havana, Cuba, Jan. 19, 2022. Six months after surprising protests against the Cuban government, more than 50 protesters charged with sedition are headed to trial and could face prison sentences up to 30 years. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Demonstrators march against gender violence, particularly against women's disappearances and femicide in La Paz, Bolivia, Jan. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Venezuelan Cade Gotta dons a shaved head accented with a spider hair design, during a Caribbean Series baseball game against Panama in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Jan. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Workers remove oil from Cavero Beach in the Ventanilla district of Callao, Peru, Jan. 21, 2022. The oil spill was at a refinery run by Spain-based Repsol, caused by the waves from an eruption of an underwater volcano near the South Pacific nation of Tonga. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

A cat that belonged to murdered journalist Lourdes Maldonado walks on the glass of her open casket during her wake in Tijuana, Mexico, Jan. 27, 2022. Maldonado, who was shot dead in her car when arriving home on Jan. 23, was the third journalist killed in Mexico this year. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Musicians perform during the funeral procession of Guatemalan migrant Wilson Ramos Us, 15, at the cemetery in Joyabaj, Guatemala, Jan. 14, 2022. Us was one of 56 people killed when a truck carrying Central American migrants rolled over on a highway in Tuxtla, Mexico on Dec. 9. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Teenagers dance in the late afternoon at the beach in Pinamar, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, Jan. 15, 2022. Amid a rebound in infections by the new Omicron variant of COVID-19, thousands of vacationers fill the beaches in one of the hottest summers in recent years. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A child plays on a public phone booth in Sabaneta, Venezuela, Jan. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Homeless couple Eduardo Pedro da Costa, 24, and Aparecida da Costa, 38, pose for a photo outside the tent where they live on the sidewalk in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, late Jan. 26, 2022. The homeless population in Sao Paulo has increased 30% during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new census showed. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Macuxi Indigenous play soccer in the Maturuca community on the Raposa Serra do Sol Indigenous reserve where mining is illegal in Roraima state, Brazil, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, in this photo that published on Jan. 18. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Paraguay-African cultural group Kamba Cua dancers perform during celebrations in honor of Saint Balthazar, one of the Three Kings, in Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay, late Jan. 8, 2022, just days after the official Epiphany holiday. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

A crown sits on display next to the body of Brazilian samba singer Elza Soares as she lies in state at the Municipal Theater in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 21, 2022. Soares died at age 91 of natural causes in her Rio de Janeiro home, according to her family. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

President-elect Xiomara Castro arrives for her inauguration as Honduras' first female president in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Jan. 27, 2022. Castro, who was previously first lady during the presidency of her husband, Manuel Zelaya, which was cut short by a military coup in 2009, won on her third bid for the presidency. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz, center, celebrates his election into the National Baseball Hall of Fame with his father Leo Ortiz, left, Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez, second left, and Fernando Cuzza, right, moments after receiving the news in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Jan. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Manolito Jimenez)

A resident lights a candle on a home altar marking the Epiphany, in the Ouro Verde village on the outskirts of Brasilia, Brazil, Jan. 6, 2022. Epiphany marks the Biblical journey of the Three Kings, Gaspar, Melchior and Balthazar, to visit baby Jesus. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Chairs dot Las Americas Square in San Salvador, El Salvador, Jan. 22, 2022, before a Roman Catholic Church ceremony to beatify two priests and two lay people, all victims of right-wing death squads during the country’s civil war. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

Victor Escobar rests at home in Cali, Colombia, Jan. 6, 2022. Escobar was scheduled on the evening of Jan. 7 to become the first person to receive euthanasia legally, without being a terminally ill patient. He suffered chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, oxygen dependence, lack of muscle control and secondary effects from a stroke. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Firefighters remove the body of a landslide victim after heavy rain in Franco da Rocha, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Jan 31, 2022. At least 19 people died in the area. (AP Photo/Marcelo Chello)

Ana Paula Santos sunbathes in a bikini top fashioned from electrical tape at the Sabrina Bronze rooftop salon which offers crisp tan lines in the Turano favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 27, 2022. Santos said she uses the rooftop partially because she prefers its privacy compared to the public beach. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

A "murga" group performs during the inaugural carnival parade in Montevideo, Uruguay, Jan. 20, 2022. Performers attended the parade for a limited audience at a park instead of the traditional one on the capital city's main avenue, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

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Lead photo: The Indigenous Guard carry the coffin of Indigenous leader Albeiro Camayo, a founder of the guard, in Buenos Aires, Colombia, Jan. 27, 2022. Camayo was assassinated on Jan. 24 by an armed group that the Indigenous community says they believe are remnants of the former FARC rebel group. (AP Photo/Andres Gonzalez)

This gallery was edited by Senior Photo Editor for Latin America & Caribbean Leslie Mazoch in Mexico City.

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