Day of the Dead celebrations and more top photos this week from the Caribbean and Latin America
FILE - A woman sits next to the grave of a loved one during Day of the Dead celebrations at the cemetery of Tzintzuntzan, Mexico, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)
Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2025
Families across the region gathered at cemeteries to honor their ancestors as part of the annual Day of the Dead celebrations. Prince William, the heir to the British throne, spent the week in Brazil to promote his Earthshot Prize, an initiative to find solutions to major environmental issues. And Bolivia’s former interim President Jeanine Áñez was freed from prison after the Supreme Court annulled her 10-year sentence.
This gallery was curated by photo editor Anita Baca, based in Mexico City.
Residents work to remove a partially buried vehicle in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa in Petit-Goave, Haiti, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)Bolivia’s former President Jeanine Anez walks free from the Miraflores jail after the Supreme Court annulled her 10-year prison sentence in La Paz, Bolivia, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)FILE – Prince William plays beach volleyball on Copacabana beach as part of his visit to promote his Earthshot Prize, an initiative to find solutions to major environmental issues, in Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani meets with reporters during the SOMOS Puerto Rico conference at the Caribe Hilton Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)A worker pulls a carcass at the Frigolar beef processing plant in La Plata, Argentina, Nov. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)FILE – Birds take flight as fisherman Luis Rivas cleans his catch to sell in Piura, Peru, Oct. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo, File)FILE – Salineras de Maras, the Maras salt mines, are mined by families who have owned the ponds for generations in the Sacred Valley, near Cusco, Peru, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Alie Skowronski, File)FILE – Cipriana Soriano, right, and Mercedes Soriano return to their home after visiting the tomb of their loved ones during Day of the Dead celebrations in Susques, Argentina, Nov. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)FILE – People carry the coffin that contain the remains of Mayor Carlos Alberto Manzo, who was shot and killed by a teenage attacker during Day of the Dead celebrations in Uruapan, Mexico, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)FILE – Police officers on buffaloes patrol the port of Soure, on Marajo Island, Brazil, Nov. 2, 2025, days ahead of the annual United Nations climate conference where world leaders will gather at the edge of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)
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