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.
Migrants cross the Rio Grande river on an inflatable mattress into the U.S. from Matamoros, Mexico, May 9, 2023. The U.S. ended on May 11 the Title 42 policy, linked to the coronavirus pandemic that allowed it to quickly expel many migrants seeking asylum. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Migrants line-up between a barbed-wire barrier and the fence at the US-Mexico border, seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, May 9, 2023. The U.S. ended on May 11 the Title 42 policy, linked to the coronavirus pandemic that allowed it to quickly expel migrants seeking asylum. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)
Honduras' Geremy Rodas, front, and Gambia's Muhammed Sawaneh battle for the ball during a FIFA U-20 World Cup group F soccer match at Malvinas Argentinas stadium in Mendoza, Argentina, May 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Elise Messadien cries as she sits next to the body of her one-year-old goddaughter, believed to have died of dehydration, at a shelter for people displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
An inmate from the Obrajes women's prison models her creation during a fashion show sponsored by the Entrepreneurship for Freedom program at the women's prison in La Paz, Bolivia, May 23, 2023. The event showcased textiles and accessories produced by inmates and presented a fashion show to exhibit the garments. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Guarani Indigenous people block Bandeirantes highway on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil with burning tires to protest proposed legislation that would change the policy that demarcates Indigenous lands, May 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Ettore Chiereguini)
Rescuers treat an injured fan on the field of Cuscatlan stadium in San Salvador, May 20, 2023. At least nine people were killed and dozens injured when stampeding fans pushed through one of the access gates at a quarterfinal Salvadoran league soccer match between Alianza and FAS. (AP Photo/Milton Flores)
The Popocatepetl volcano spews ash and steam, seen from Santiago Xalitzintla, Mexico, May 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
A person dances during the annual gay pride march in support of the fight for tolerance and acceptance of the LGBTQ community in Havana, Cuba, May 13, 2023. The march commemorates International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, celebrated globally on May 17. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People wait at the Stabroek Market to ferry across the Demerara River, as a container ship is anchored behind them in Georgetown, Guyana, April 12, 2023. Guayana is poised to become the world’s fourth-largest offshore oil producer, placing it ahead of Qatar, the United States, Mexico and Norway. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A view of the bathroom of a woman who said she aborted here in an undisclosed town in northern Honduras, March 10, 2023. The woman, who does not want to be identified because abortion is illegal in Honduras under all circumstances, said she took abortion pills five years ago and evacuated into her toilet, hours after taking them. Women are terminating pregnancies with the help of clandestine networks seeking to make the procedure as safe as possible. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)
The relatives of miner Clemente Coaquira carry his casket from the morgue in Arequipa, Peru, May 8, 2023. Coaquira was killed during a fire at a gold mine in southern Peru that killed at least 27 workers, Peruvian authorities reported. (AP Photo/Alberto Jimenez)
A cat-like Nazca Line geoglyph is seen from above in Nazca, Peru, May 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Demonstrators protest against racism directed at Brazilian soccer star Vinicius Junior who plays for Spain's Real Madrid, outside Spain’s Consulate in Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 23, 2023. Vinicius, who is Black, has been subjected to repeated racist taunts since he arrived in Spain five years ago. (AP Photo/Tuane Fernandes)
A vendor salvages items from the burned ruins of the Shada Market in the Petion-ville area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
A man votes at the old Mapocho train station, now a cultural center, during an election to choose members of a Constitutional Council who will draft a new constitution proposal in Santiago, Chile, May 7, 2023. A first attempt to replace the current charter bequeathed by the military 42 years ago was rejected by voters during a referendum in 2022. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Pablo Fernandez, an Mb'a Indigenous man from Caaguazu, stands under plastic at an encampment outside the National Indigenous Office (INDI) where an Indigenous group is demanding food aid in Asuncion, Paraguay, April 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei arrives to present his book "The End of Inflation" at the Buenos Aires book fair in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 14, 2023. Milei is the latest example of how right-wing populists are making inroads in Latin America, appealing to a citizenry angry with politics as usual and eager for outsiders to shake up the system. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Migrants who blocked the highway on the Chile-Peru border are dispersed by Chilean police near Arica, Chile, May 2, 2023. A migration crisis at the border has intensified as migrants are unable to enter Peru. (AP Photo/Agustin Mercado)
A member of The Leatherback Project, for the conservation of leatherback turtles, holds one in a cup of sand, to be released on a beach near Armila, Panama, May 20, 2023. A new law in Panama will allow any citizen to be the voice of sea turtles and defend them legally. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
Migrants who plan to start walking across the Darien Gap from Colombia to Panama, in hopes of reaching the U.S., stand at the trailhead camp in Acandi, Colombia, May 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
A red sky at dusk blankets Montevideo, Uruguay before the start of a Copa Libertadores soccer match at the Centenario stadium, May 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
Educator Patricio Molina, who has been on a hunger strike for five days, is treated by paramedics inside the teachers union headquarters, before taking him to a clinic in La Paz, Bolivia, May 5, 2023. Three leaders in public education began a hunger strike on May 1 after two months of ongoing protests by teachers demanding a higher budget for public education and to protest the new educational curriculum. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Gold miners work at an underground mine in El Callao, Bolivar state, Venezuela, April 28, 2023. Operators use dynamite to loosen rocks below the surface, where workers descend to work in high heat with no safety gear. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Lead photo: A migrant gestures to Texas National Guards standing behind razor wire on the bank of the Rio Grande river, seen from Matamoros, Mexico, May 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
This gallery was curated by AP photojournalist Fernando Llano in Mexico City.