JERUSALEM (AP) — This photo gallery highlights some of the best news images taken by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean and published between April 7 and 14, 2022.
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The photos were curated by Associated Press photojournalist Juan Karita in La Paz, Bolivia.
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A street party goer, or bloco, dances during a protest against restrictions imposed by city authorities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 13, 2022. The city council has banned street parties during Carnival, whose celebration was delayed almost two months by the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Silvia Left)Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.A devotee of the Nazarene of San Pablo, wearing a crown of thorns and a purple habit, prays inside the Basilica of Santa Teresa during Holy Week events, in Caracas, Venezuela, on April 13, 2022. After two years of restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the doors of the well-known temple, where the revered image is, were opened on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reservedIndigenous people, covered in red paint _ symbolizing the spilled blood of their community _ and earth _ representing gold _, march during a protest against increased mining on their land, outside the Ministry of Mines and Energy, in Brasilia, Brazil. , on April 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reservedA Pataxo attends an event, the Meeting of the First Peoples, at the 18th edition of the Tierra Libre Indigenous Camp in Brasilia, Brazil, on April 8, 2022. The 10-day event seeks to show the unity of the Brazilian indigenous peoples in their struggle for the demarcation of their lands and for their rights. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reservedCuban cowboys compete in a test at the Boyeros fair rodeo, during the Fiagrop 2022 International Agricultural Fair, in Havana, Cuba, on April 8, 2022. In Cuba, rodeos have more than two centuries of history. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.Italy’s Maria Vittoria Marchiorello (center left) and Brazil’s Eduarda Vilela fight for the ball during a Women’s Polo World Cup match in Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reservedAnti-narcotics police burn a laboratory to manufacture coca base, the intermediate product of the process of transforming the coca leaf into cocaine, in Orito, in the state of Putumayo, Colombia, on April 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara )Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.Goalkeeper Jean Fernandes, from Paraguay’s Cerro Porteño, clears a ball over Paolo Goltz, from Argentina’s Colón de Santa Fe, as teammate Alberto Espinola (right) looks on, during a Copa Libertadores group stage game in the General Pablo Rojas stadium in Asuncion, Paraguay, on April 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Jorge Sáenz)Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.Diogo de Oliveira. of Mexico’s Pumas (front) is fouled by Erik Lira of Mexico’s Cruz Azul during a CONCACAF Champions League game in Mexico City on April 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Eduardo Executioner)Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.Crabs cross a road in Girón, Cuba, on April 10, 2022. Every year, millions of crabs appear at the beginning of the spring rains and begin their migration to the waters of the Bay of Pigs. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.“Cucuruchos” carry an image of Jesus Christ during a Holy Thursday procession in Antigua, Guatemala, on April 14, 2022. Religious processions and steps run through the streets throughout the country during Holy Week, which remembers the last week of the life of Jesus Christ, according to the bible, and culminates with his crucifixion on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Moses Castillo)Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved
