Latin America and the 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 May.
People work to lower a heavy, wooden cross from a hilltop to carry it to a church as part of celebrations marking the day of the Holy Cross, in the Santa Cruz Xochitpec neighborhood of Mexico City, late Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
A girl stands in her home in Quilombo Mesquita, a community of descendants from slaves, during its traditional cultural-religious festival "Folia do Divino Espirito Santo", in Cidade Ocidental, 50 km from Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, May 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A discarded doll's head lies on a railroad track in the Puerta de Hierro neighborhood, in La Matanza district of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
People cry as they walk past photos of their deceased relatives during a vigil, at the site of a deadly explosion that destroyed the five-star Hotel Saratoga in Old Havana, Cuba, Friday, May 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Protesters arrive at the Plaza de Mayo to demand higher salaries and more jobs, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, May 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
Children wait for the start of a movie titled "A Cat in Paris" during a film festival in the San Agustin neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Faithful remove their hats as they pray in the culmination of the religious tradition, "Folia do Divino Espirito Santo" or Feast of the Divine, in the rural area of Pirenopolis, state of Goias, Brazil, Saturday, May 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
An airplane silhouetted by the full moon prepares to land at Benito Juarez International Airport in Mexico City, Monday, May 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
People carry the remains of relatives who were killed during the 1980-2000 Maoist-inspired insurgency to the cemetery for burial after authorities recently identified and returned the remains to families in Accomarca, Peru, Friday, May 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Divone Ferreira da Cunha pays last respects to her daughter Gabrielle Ferreira da Cunha, 41, who was killed during a police raid in the Vila Cruzeiro favela, during her funeral in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Journalists gather for the presentation of an aircraft dedicated to the late soccer legend Diego Maradona, at a military base in Moron, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A man dressed as a woman fighter participates in a re-enactment of The Battle of Puebla as part of Cinco de Mayo celebrations in the Peñon de los Baños neighborhood of Mexico City, Thursday, May 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
A black ribbon hangs outside the family home of slain video-journalist Sheila Johana Garcia Olivera where her remains lay during her wake in Minatitlan, Veracruz state, Mexico, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
A passenger rides a bicycle taxi past the Capitol in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Wounded people arrive to Getulio Vargas Hospital after a police raid on the Vila Cruzeiro favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Triston the clown marches for the first time after two years of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions kept them from celebrating The Day of the Peruvian Clown, in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Victor Hugo of Brazil's Flamengo, right, and Angelo Martino of Argentina's Talleres battle for the ball during a Copa Libertadores soccer match in Cordoba, Argentina, Wednesday, May 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Nicolas Aguilera)
Luis Vazquez of Argentina's Boca Juniors, left, and Fabio Santos of Brazil's Corinthians go for a header during a Copa Libertadores soccer match at the Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
Jean Pierre Archimbaud of Peru's Melgar celebrates after scoring the second goal for his team during a Copa Sudamericana soccer match against Uruguay's River Plate at Centenario stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, May 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
Lead photo: The shadows of Haitian migrants are cast on a wall as they wait to receive food at a tourist campground in Sierra Morena, in the Villa Clara province of Cuba, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo Ramon Espinosa)
This gallery was edited by AP photojournalist Fernando Llano in Mexico City.
