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1of18A man smokes marijuana during the Open Plaza festival, organized by Granjamadre, a company dedicated to the production of marijuana, in Asuncion, Paraguay, on June 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)Jorge Saenz/APShow MoreShow Less2of18Worshipers raise their hands as a Protestant pastor leads prayers at a church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on June 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)Ariana Cubillos/APShow MoreShow Less3of184of18Dutchman Joran van der Sloot is driven in a police vehicle from a maximum security prison to an airport to be extradited to the United States, outside Lima, Peru, on June 8, 2023. Der Sloot, the main suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in 2005, arrived in the United States from Peru the same day to face charges of attempted extortion of the teenager’s mother. (AP Photo/Martín Mejía)Martin Mejia/APShow MoreShow Less5of18Brazilian surfer Naysson Costa rides waves called “Pororoca” during the Amazon surf festival held in the Canal do Perigoso, at the mouth of the Amazon River near Chaves, in the Marajo Islands archipelago, in the state of Pará, Brazil , on June 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)Eraldo Peres/APShow MoreShow Less6of187of18A man in a wheelchair is helped to cross a street flooded by heavy rain, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on June 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)Odelyn Joseph/APShow MoreShow Less8of18Israeli soccer player Dor Turgeman reacts after losing to Uruguay in the semifinals of the FIFA U20 World Cup, at the Diego Maradona stadium in La Plata, Argentina, on June 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)Natacha Pisarenko/APShow MoreShow Less9of1810of18Maria Galán, sick with dengue, lies on her bed in the San Pablo neighborhood, in Piura, Peru, on June 4, 2023. Dengue, an infectious disease transmitted by a mosquito, causes flu-like symptoms such as muscle pain and fever. (AP Photo/Martín Mejía)Martin Mejia/APShow MoreShow Less11of18Several people form a human chain on the coast of Sao Conrado to symbolically embrace the sea on the occasion of Oceans Day, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)Bruna Prado/APShow MoreShow Less12of1813of18Rony of Brazil’s Palmeiras performs a pirouette in the air to celebrate a goal that was later disallowed for offside, during a Copa Libertadores Group C match against Barcelona of Ecuador, at Allianz Parque de Sao Paulo, Brazil, on June 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)Andre Penner/APShow MoreShow Less14of18Delfina Gómez, the candidate of the MORENA party for governor of the state of Mexico, celebrates her electoral victory in Toluca, Mexico, on June 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)Eduardo Verdugo/APShow MoreShow Less15of1816of18Hulk of Brazil’s Atletico Mineiro celebrates his goal against Peru’s Alianza Lima during a group G match of the Copa Libertadores, at the Alejandro Villanueva stadium, in Lima, Peru, on June 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)Martin Mejia/APShow MoreShow Less17of18Several fishermen sit on their nets in Choroni, in the Venezuelan state of Aragua, on June 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Matías Delacroix)Matias Delacroix/APShow MoreShow Less18of18
This photo gallery highlights some of the best news images taken by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean published between May 2-8, 2023.
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The images were curated by The Associated Press photo editor Anita Baca in Mexico City.
