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 January.

A TV screen shows a campaign ad promoting El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, who is running for re-election, at the market in Santa Tecla, El Salvador, Jan. 31, 2024. El Salvador will hold a presidential election on Feb. 4. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Smoke rises from a fire burning on the slopes of the mountains surrounding Nemocon, north of Bogota, Colombia, Jan. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Soldiers search women as they patrol the south side of Quito, Ecuador, Jan. 12, 2024, in the wake of the apparent escape of a powerful gang leader from prison. President Daniel Noboa decreed a national state of emergency, a measure that lets authorities suspend people's rights and mobilize the military in places like the prisons. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

People take part in a procession to open the Carnival season with the symbolic unearthing of Pepino, one of the three main Carnival characters who represents joy, in La Paz, Bolivia, Jan. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Rapper Daniel Hernandez, known as Tekashi 6ix9ine, is escorted by police at the Palace of Justice, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Jan. 20, 2024. Authorities arrested the rapper on Jan. 17 on charges of domestic violence. (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernández)

French highliner Nathan Paulin hangs over Bernardo O'Higgins Avenue during his slackline performance in Santiago, Chile, Jan. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

A Market 4 worker takes a nap on a hot summer day in Asuncion, Paraguay, Jan. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Erika Maria Cruz, left, and her husband, grieve next to the body of their son Brando Arellano Cruz, fatally shot by police after he failed to pull over in Lerdo de Tejada, Mexico, Jan. 19, 2024. Four municipal police officers are under investigation in relation to the death, after the victim's neighbors staged violent protests and attempted to lynch the officers. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

People fish next to drainage that flows into the Paraguay River in Asuncion, Paraguay, Jan. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

An artist dressed as a clown performs during a protest against the death of Venezuelan artist Julieta Hernández and violence against women, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 12, 2024. The body of Hernández, who had been missing since Dec. 23 while traveling by bicycle, was found by the police in the backyard of the home of the couple accused of killing her. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arévalo stands behind stage curtains after a press conference announcing his Cabinet in Guatemala City, Jan. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

A woman walks past burning tires set on fire by protesters to call attention to the country's insecurity and demanding the resignation of the prime minister in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Brazil's former soccer player Zinho pays his final respects to former Brazilian soccer coach and player Mario Zagallo, during a funeral service at the Brazilian Football Confederation headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 7, 2024. Zagallo, who reached the World Cup final a record five times, winning four, as a player and then a coach with Brazil, died at the age of 92. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

A demonstrator wearing the Spanish word "Hate" stands in front of police standing guard outside Congress as protesters rally during a national strike against the economic and labor reforms proposed by Argentine President Javier Milei in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jan. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

A woman culls through produce discarded by vendors at a market on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jan. 10, 2024, as the annual inflation rate soared past 200%. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

School children wave a national flag during a parade for the 65th anniversary of the arrival of Fidel Castro to the capital as head of the rebel Army in Havana, Cuba, Jan. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Boats float on the bay in Tongoy, Chile, Jan. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Basualdo)

An unidentified man is detained by soldiers during a military operation in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Jan. 18, 2024. President Daniel Noboa decreed a national state of emergency, a measure that lets authorities suspend people's rights and mobilize the military in places like the prisons. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

A farmhand brands a calf during a bullfighting workshop in Aculco, Mexico, Jan. 25, 2024.(AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

A snorkeler watches a shoal of fish near a shipwreck off Cubagua Island, Venezuela, Jan. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Argentina's Santiago Castro, left, and Paraguay's Gilberto Flores battle for the ball during a South America's under-23 pre-Olympic tournament soccer match in Valencia, Venezuela, Jan. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Migrants walk at sunrise along the highway through Arriaga, Chiapas state in southern Mexico, Jan. 8, 2024, during their journey north toward the U.S. border. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente)

A replica of Saturn Devouring his Son by Francisco de Goya is displayed outside a storefront as part of an outdoor exhibit organized by the Prado Museum, in downtown Montevideo, Uruguay, Jan. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Cloaked in red, Julio Rivero holds a figure of Saint Gauchito Gil while visiting his sanctuary, in Mercedes, Argentina, Jan. 7, 2024. Worshiped by many faithful Argentines, the folk saint depicts a traditional cowboy known as the gaucho. He was captured and hung from a tree on Jan. 8, 1878. (AP Photo/Mario De Fina)

People watch fireworks while rain falls at the folk Saint "Gauchito" Gil sanctuary in Mercedes, Corrientes, Argentina, late, Jan. 7, 2024. Every Jan. 8, devotees from across the country visit his sanctuary to ask for miracles or give him thanks. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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Lead photo: Clad in a yellow vest, Efruz, a 4-year-old Jack Russell terrier, surfs a wave accompanied by his caretaker Mauro Canella, a surfing instructor, in the Pacific waters of San Bartolo, Peru, Jan. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

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