Yolimar Torres, left, cries after she and other family members found her daughter's body, which they recovered themselves from the rubble of a building collapsed by the earthquake in La Guaira, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
The week also brought moments of celebration in the region, with tens of thousands of soccer fans flooding the streets of Argentina’s capital in a collective eruption of ecstasy over their national team’s 2-1 victory over England to reach the World Cup final.
This gallery was curated by photojournalist Fernando Vergara based in Bogota, Colombia.
Friends and relatives hold a vigil for Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a Colombian national who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Maine, at his family home in Bucaramanga, Colombia, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Jaime Moreno)A man repairs a guitar string by the light of a flashlight on the Malecon seawall during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, July 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)Peruvian President-elect Keiko Fujimori shows her credentials from the National Elections Board during a ceremony in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)Miriam Fernandez, wearing a traditional Cholita skirt, known as a pollera, rides her skateboard during a youth talent show in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, July 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)Fans climb on to a bus stop during celebrations of Argentina’s victory over England in a World Cup semifinal soccer match in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)Residents play soccer alongside the Belaunde cemetery in the Comas neighborhood in Lima, Peru, Sunday, July 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)A man walks past a street mural depicting late soccer star Diego Maradona and veterans of the 1982 war between Argentina and Britain over the Falkland Islands, known in Argentina as the Malvinas, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)People ride in an electric tricycle equipped with a solar panel in Havana, Cuba, Friday, July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)Clowns attend a Mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe to commemorate the 46th anniversary of the Club Payasos Mexicanos de Circo, or Mexican Circus Clowns Club in Mexico City, Wednesday, July 15, 2026, to give thanks to the Virgin of Guadalupe for their work throughout the year. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)Fans react during the World Cup semifinal soccer match between England and Argentina in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
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