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 February.

Puerto Rico's Edwin Díaz falls face-down into the dugout as he chases a ball during a Caribbean Series baseball game against the Dominican Republic in La Guaira, Venezuela, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Police face off with anti-government protesters on the Pan-American North Highway in Chao, Peru, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. Protesters want immediate elections, Peruvian President Dina Boluarte's resignation, the release of ousted President Pedro Castillo and justice for protesters killed in clashes with police. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

A youth dressed as the fictional heroine Wonder Woman sits on her relative's shoulders as she watches the "Gigantes da Lira" street block party in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. Merrymakers took to the streets for open-air block parties, leading up to carnival's official Feb. 17th opening. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

A biker wearing a mask depicting U.S. President Joe Biden rides in the annual motorcycle pilgrimage to the church of the Black Christ of Esquipulas in Guatemala City, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. Pilgrims from across Central America traveled to the town of Esquipulas to pay homage to the Black Christ after three year hiatus due to the COVID- 19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Children's toys lay in the mud where rescue workers look for bodies after a landslide was triggered by heavy rain near Barra do Sahy beach in the coastal city of Sao Sebastiao, Brazil, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Maria Elena Ríos holds her saxophone at the end of a rehearsal at the National Autonomous University of Mexico music department, in Mexico City, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. Ríos, 29, thought her career as a musician and her devotion to her sax was what led her former boyfriend and politician to hire the men who splashed acid into her face and body, disfiguring her in 2019. Later, she learned that he simply couldn't accept that she had broken off their relationship. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

A few spectators watch Curacao's Nelmerson Angela pitch to Puerto Rico at a Caribbean Series baseball game in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

An anti-government protester challenges the police in Lima, Peru, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Protesters seek immediate elections, the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, the release of President Pedro Castillo who was ousted and arrested for trying to dissolve Congress in December, and justice for protesters killed in clashes with police. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

A statue of baby Jesus sits in a church during Candlemas celebrations in the Xochimilco neighborhood of Mexico City, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Throughout Mexico on this date people dress up figures of baby Jesus and take them to the church to be blessed. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Timoteo Circus performer Arturo Peña hangs his wash on a clothesline on the outskirts of Santiago, Chile, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. Peña performs the part of “The Crazy Purse Lady,” a role that has allowed him to escape life in the countryside and give life to his artistic side, which he combines with an administrative weekday job. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Colombia's Oscar Cortes, left, and Ecuador's Patrickson Delgado fight for the ball during a South America U-20 Championship soccer match in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Carnival party hosts, Nelson Chavez and wife Laura Vargas are adorned with party streamers as they await their guests during Challa Tuesday celebrations, in which devotees bury food, toss candies into the air and burn incense, all in a show of gratitude to Pachamama or Mother Earth, in Achocalla, Bolivia, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. The Andean ritual coincides with the Christian holiday Shrove Tuesday, the culmination of Carnival season, which officially begins each year on Jan. 6, the 12th day after Christmas, and closes with the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

A performer from the Imperio Serrano samba school parades during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

A man’s body is illuminated by police flashlights as investigators work the scene where an alleged thief and a female passenger died in a shootout during a robbery on a bus in San Jose, Costa Rica, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. According to authorities, Costa Rica has reached its highest murder rate since the Organization of Judicial Investigation office has kept records. (AP Photo/Carlos Gonzalez)

Patients wait to be seen by doctors at the Leonor Perez Maternity Center in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023.(AP Photo/Ismael Francisco)

A man rides a bucking horse during a rodeo in Chascomus, Argentina, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Demonstrators wearing horns and smeared with fake blood, representing bulls stabbed in bullfights, protest outside Congress to ask legislators to approve the initiative to ban bullfighting that is currently before the Environmental Commission in Mexico City, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Andrei Ushakov nuzzles his Argentine-born son Lev Andres, at their home in Mendoza, Argentina, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. Shortly after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine, Ushakov and his wife decided to flee their Sochi, Russia, home. Ushakov had been detained for holding up a sign that read “Peace,” and his wife feared her husband would soon be drafted and potentially killed, leaving their baby fatherless. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Residents who offer services to tourists visiting the Rainbow Mountain take cover from the weather in Cusipata, Peru, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. The mountain is a bustling destination for international tourists but the number of visitors has fallen due to the political crisis following President Pedro Castillo's impeachment and arrest for trying to close Congress in December. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Veterinarians tend to a cat that was burned during a wildfire, at an emergency veterinary care center in Santa Juana, Chile, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. Wildfires in southern and central Chile triggered evacuations and the declaration of a state of emergency in some regions. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

People wade in the river under a smoked-filled sky caused by wildfires in Renaico Chile, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. Wildfires in southern and central Chile triggered evacuations and the declaration of a state of emergency in some regions. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Performers from the Paraiso de Tuiuti samba school parade during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

A dog wearing a Captain America costume attends the "Blocao" dog carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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Lead photo: A dancer from the Dragoes da Real samba school performs during a carnival parade in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

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

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