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 August.

A coca farmer kicks a tear gas canister back at police on the third day of clashes near a coca market in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. Anti-government coca farmers are protesting against a new, parallel coca leaf market. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Duverseau Marie Cephta, whose leg was amputated when she was injured by last year's 7.2-magnitude earthquake, cooks in her home in the Lagodray area of Les Cayes, Haiti, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Homeless and injured, Cesar Ramirez lies on a mattress under a bridge in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. Ramirez, who works informally keeping watch over people's cars, accidentally fell off the bridge while under the influence of alcohol. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Migrants wait along a border wall after crossing from Mexico, near Yuma, Ariz., Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

A towel emblazoned with an image of Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for reelection, is draped over a tent during the culmination of the week-long pilgrimage and celebration for the patron saint "Nossa Senhora da Abadia" or Our Lady of Abadia, in the rural area of Cavalcante in Goias state, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Mapuche men pose for a photo wearing kollon, or ceremonial masks, outside their home in Carimallin, southern Chile, on Friday, July 1, 2022. They are in charge of driving away negative energies during the multiday ceremonies of We Tripantu, the Mapuche new year. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Raul Padilla, member of the Jaguar Wildlife Center which works to protect jaguars, poses for a portrait inside a miles-long cave system known as "Garra de Jaguar," or The Paw of the Jaguar," located underneath the planned route of the Maya Train in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Former Army Maj. Antauro Humala, the brother of former President Ollanta Humala, greets supporters after he was released from prison, on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. Humala was serving a 19-year sentence for rebellion after taking up arms in 2005 against then-President Alejandro Toledo as well crimes of simple homicide, kidnapping, aggravated damage, theft, and firearm snatching. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

A mural of soccer player Lionel Messi blankets the facade of an apartment building in Rosario, Argentina, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Australia's Rob Valetini is tackled by Argentina's Julian Montoya, during their Rugby Championship match at the Bicentenario stadium in San Juan, Argentina, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Catholics watch a procession honoring Guatemala City's patroness, the Virgin of the Assumption, in Guatemala City, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

People waving national flags rally against a new draft of the proposed Constitution at the Plaza Italia in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

A nurse uses a megaphone during a protest by active and retired public workers demanding the government pay their full benefits and respect collective bargaining agreements, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Aymara Indigenous women, Teresa Zarate, left, putts the ball while Martha Mamani watches her during the workers' tournament at the La Paz Golf Club of Mallasilla on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Seized pistols are presented to the media before they are set to be destroyed at police headquarters in Panama City, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

West Indies' Kyle Mayers safely makes his ground during the third T20 cricket match against India at Warner Park in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

Fabio Guarin, 76, plays a cello for tips which he said he uses to buy his meals in the La Candelaria neighborhood of Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Religious statues protected with bubble wrap sit in storage inside Our Lady of the Angels Catholic church, in Mexico City, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. The National Institute of Anthropology and History is funding and carrying out the restoration of earthquake-damaged temple. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

A handler swims alongside a horse from the Garrison Savannah Racetrack during its daily trip to the Caribbean Sea near Bridgetown, Barbados, Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Children sit on a swing near the salt flat of Pampatar on Margarita Island, Venezuela, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

People dance at the Gay Pride parade along Icarai Beach in Niteroi, Brazil, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Haitian migrant Philippe Sax, plays his saxophone for alms in downtown Santiago, Chile, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Commuters ride in a subway car in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Photos of slain journalists are posted on a wall during a vigil to protest the murder of journalist Fredid Roman, outside the Attorney General's office in Mexico City, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. Roman was the 15th media worker killed so far this year in Mexico, where it is now considered the most dangerous country for reporters outside a war zone. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Huenchupan family members gather around a campfire as part of celebrations of We Tripantu, the Mapuche new year, in Lof Soyinka, Los Rios, southern Chile, on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Argentina Wildfires

A fireman rests from fighting a wildfire in Victoria, Entre Rios province, Argentina, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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Lead photo - People watch a plume of smoke rise from the Matanzas supertanker base where a deadly fire started during a thunderstorm the night before in Matanzas, Cuba, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. The blaze forced officials to evacuate more than 4,900 people, killed two firefighters, injured 130 people and destroyed four of the facility's eight tanks. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

This gallery was edited by AP photojournalist Ramon Espinosa in Havana, Cuba

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