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: A Venezuelan migrant laughs as she jokes with her husband, who gave her a few flowers he picked in the grass, as they wait along the rail lines in hopes of boarding a freight train heading north in Huehuetoca, Mexico, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

This gallery was curated by AP photojournalist Jorge Saenz, based in Asuncion, Paraguay.