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.

Youths raise their hands to show police they are not carrying weapons during an anti-gang operation during an attack on the international airport and other targets in the Portail neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

A reveler wears a beer and soda cans costume at the Bloco da Latinha street party Carnival parade in Madre de Deus, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

A tourist rides a bungee jump in the Comuna 13 neighborhood of Medellin, Colombia, Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. Once a battleground for fighting among drug cartels, leftist guerrillas, military forces, and government-linked paramilitary groups, the area is now a tourist attraction. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Argentina's Thiago Almada makes a heart shape after scoring his team's second goal against Venezuela at a South America under-23 pre-Olympic soccer match in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Coffins fill a flooded room of niches at the municipal cemetery in La Plata, Argentina, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. A criminal investigation was opened after the new municipal government found hundreds of coffins and bags with human remains in disarray, many unidentified. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

People cool off in a stream on a hot summer day in Piribebuy, Paraguay, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

An anti-government protester jeers at police guarding Congress where lawmakers are debating a bill promoted by Argentine President Javier Milei in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. The bill includes a broad range of economic, administrative, criminal and environmental reforms. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

The flag-draped coffin of former Chilean President Sebastian Pinera is carried by honor guards out of Congress to La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. The two-time former president died on Feb. 6 in a helicopter crash. He was 74. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

A police investigator collects evidence at a crime scene where the body of a person lies in the street, identified by police as an attacker involved in the shooting death of an officer, in Celaya, Mexico, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Purepecha Indigenous people hold a New Fire ceremony to mark the start of the new year, based on an ancient lunar calendar, in Ocumicho, Michoacan state, Mexico, just before midnight, late Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Jenny Chiroque, who suffers from dengue, sits behind netting at La Merced Hospital in Paita, Peru, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Peru declared a health emergency in most of its provinces due to a growing number of dengue cases. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Revelers dance on the closing day of Carnival in La Paz, Bolivia, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

A mural of Argentine former first lady María Eva Duarte de Perón, better known as Eva Perón, or Evita, depicting her with a saint's halo, adorns a wall inside the Peron Peron restaurant in the San Telmo neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A resident flees an encroaching forest fire in Vina del Mar, Chile, Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/ Esteban Felix)

A sister of miner Santiago Mora, left, cries with other relatives as he is buried at the cemetery in La Paragua, Bolivar state, Venezuela, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. The collapse of an illegally operated open-pit gold mine in central Venezuela killed at least 14 people and injured several more, state authorities said Wednesday, as some other officials reported an undetermined number of people could be trapped. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Sky Brown of Great Britain competes in the ISA World Surfing Games in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)

Soldiers stand guard as inmates exercise at the Cotopaxi prison during a press tour organized by the military in Latacunga, Ecuador, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. The military said the tour was to demonstrate they had regained control of the nation’s prisons. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Jake Knapp of the United States is showered with water after winning the Mexico Open golf tournament in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

A fisherman prepares his rod on the shore of the South Atlantic Ocean in Monte Hermoso, Argentina, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A reveler performs during the Amigos da Onca Carnival street party in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

A Catholic priest marks a person's forehead with a cross of ashes during Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, at the start of the Lenten season. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Inmates bathe a golden retriever dog on the opening day of the pet salon at the Obrajes women's jail in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. Inmates inaugurated "La Perruqueria," with a play on the word "perro," or dog, where they offer low cost grooming services. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

A miniature boat in honor of the African sea goddess Yemanja floats off Ramirez beach in Montevideo, Uruguay, Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. Worshippers visit the beach on Yemanja's feast day, bearing candles, flowers, honey and fruit to honor the deity. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

A passenger rests in a check-in area after his flight was suspended at Ezeiza airport due to a 24-hour airport worker strike for higher wages in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

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Lead photo: Paraiso do Tuiuti samba school drum queen Mayara Lima performs during Carnival at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

This gallery was curated by photojournalist Martin Mejia based in Lima, Peru.