Voters check electoral rolls during general elections in Jesus de Machaca, Bolivia, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Bolivia votes, a protest in Mexico and more top photos this week from Latin America
Aug. 15-21, 2025
Bolivians voted in general elections. Residents of a remote island disputed by Colombia hope their Peruvian government won’t forget them. Fans of Universidad de Chile and Argentina’s Independiente clashed during a Copa Sudamericana soccer game.
This photo gallery was curated by photographer Matías Delacroix, based in Panama City.
A fisherman walks to his boat in Santa Rosa, Peru, an island on the Amazon River at the center of a territorial dispute with Colombia, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)A police officer looks out from shields on which demonstrators smeared paint at a protest against the war in Gaza, in Mexico City, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)Brenda Robalo celebrates with her daughter Catalina after deputies rejected President Javier Milei’s veto to expand protections for people with disabilities, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)Forensics inspect the site of a bomb explosion outside an Air Force base in Cali, Colombia, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)Japan’s Murano Kita performs with the hoop during the 41st FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships individuals qualification at Carioca Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)”A woman poses for photos next to a Puerto Rican flag along the beach in Condado, Puerto Rico, as Hurricane Erin approaches, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)A supporter gifts vice-presidential candidate Edman Lara a flower necklace during a rally a day after he and his running mate Rodrigo Paz won a plurality in the first round of the presidential election, in El Alto, Bolivia, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)Fans of Argentina’s Independiente attack a Universidad de Chile fan, right, after they stripped him of his clothing during a Copa Sudamericana round of sixteen second leg soccer match at the Libertadores de America stadium in Avellaneda, Argentina, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)People displaced by gang violence live at a Mormon church converted into a shelter in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)Peruvian soldiers prepare for their morning formation ceremony in Santa Rosa, Peru, an island on the Amazon River at the center of a territorial dispute with Colombia, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
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