This monthly gallery features some of the top photojournalism made by Associated Press photographers documenting Latin America and the Caribbean during April.
This combination of photos shows the path of the moon, from right to left, during a total solar eclipse, seen from Mazatlan, Mexico, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
A woman embraces a relative after receiving a blessing from a priest inside her house during the Quasimodo Feast, a celebration held on the first Sunday after Easter, in Colina, Chile, April 7, 2024. The "Huasos" accompany priests to give communion to the sick, in a procession to pay tribute to the Virgin of Carmen. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A prison guard sits in a watchtower at the Pinero jail in Pinero, Argentina, April 9, 2024. President Javier Milei has called for harsher penalties against drug traffickers and military intervention. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A truck burns after it was set fire by students protesting the previous month's shooting of one of their classmates during a confrontation with police, as firefighters work to control the blazes outside the municipal government palace in Chilpancingo, Mexico, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)
Bolivia Bolivar fans cheer during a Copa Libertadores group E soccer match against Brazil's Flamengo in La Paz, Bolivia, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Luciano of Brazil's Sao Paulo, bottom, and Rodrigo Sandoval of Chile's Cobresal, battle for the ball during a Copa Libertadores Group B soccer match at Morumbi stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
A man places his hands on a war memorial during a ceremony marking the 42nd anniversary of the conflict between Argentina and Great Britain over the Falkland Islands or Malvinas Islands in Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A mural of soccer player Lionel Messi covers a building in Rosario, Argentina, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Bananas are for sale at the Merca Panama wholesale market in Panama City, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Police attempt to break into the Mexican embassy in Quito, Ecuador, April 5, 2024, following Mexico's granting of asylum to former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, who had sought refuge here. Police later forcibly broke into the embassy through another entrance. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
A supporter of former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas stands outside the detention center where he was taken after police broke into the Mexican Embassy to arrest him, in Quito, Ecuador, April 6, 2024. Glas took refuge in the Mexican embassy in December. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
A model wears a creation from the Renata Buzzo collection during Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Carlos Cisterna places the police hat of his slain son, named after him, on his grandson Diego, as his son is buried in Lebu, Chile, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Armed assailants ambushed and killed three law enforcement officers including Cisterna, in southern Chile before setting their car on fire, authorities said. (AP Photo/Amilix Fornerod)
A water level marker stands in the San Rafael reservoir, a source of drinking water for Bogota that is low due to the El Niño weather phenomenon, in La Calera on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia, April 8, 2024.(AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Marco Antulio Pablo Perez prays at an altar for his son Anderson Pablo who died trying to migrate to the U.S. in Comitancillo, Guatemala, March 20, 2024. The 16-year-old died among the migrants who were shot and set afire by rogue police officers in Camargo, Mexico, in January 2021. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A body lies in the middle of the street in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
A man sells coal in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Youths play soccer in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Michel Patrick Boisvert, who was named interim prime minister, toasts during the swearing-in ceremony of the transitional council that is tasked with selecting a new prime minister and cabinet in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People ride on a motorcycle in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, April 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Harvested yerba mate leaves are unloaded at the Andresito Cooperative in Andresito, in Argentina's Misiones Province, April 18, 2024. For decades Argentina's government has supported the industry with price controls and subsidies, but to fix Argentina's financial crisis, President Javier Milei seeks to scrap regulations affecting a range of markets, including yerba maté. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Special Forces Army soldiers march during a military parade marking Army Day in Brasilia, Brazil, April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Demonstrators gather outside the Casa Rosada presidential palace during a march demanding more funding for public universities and to protest against austerity measures in Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A child squeals with laughter while playing in the water fountain at the base of the Monument to the Revolution, amid high temperatures in Mexico City, April 16, 2024. Mexican officials said El Niño and heat waves have caused the recent falloff in rain. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
A boat that was carrying decomposing corpses is lifted to shore by authorities at the Vila do Castelo port in Braganca, Brazil, early April 15, 2024. Officials said the boat is believed to have been carrying at least 25 people, based on the number of raincoats found inside the vessel, and were likely African migrants. (AP Photo/Raimundo Pacco)
Beachgoer Elizabeth Goncalves shows off her newly bought Madonna T-shirt ahead of the pop star’s free concert on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Lead photo: An Indigenous woman attends the annual Free Land Indigenous Camp in Brasilia, Brazil, April 22, 2024. The 7-day event aims to show the unity of Brazil's Indigenous peoples in their fight for rights, including the demarcation of their lands. (AP Photo/Luis Nova)
This gallery was curated by photojournalist Esteban Felix based in Santiago, Chile.