A hot air balloon is partially inflated as it is prepared for a World Ballooning Championships race in Colonia Yguazu, Paraguay, Friday, Aug. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
A Nazi-looted painting recovered, ballet in Mexico and more top photos this week from Latin America
Aug. 29-Sept. 4, 2025
In Argentina, a court announced that authorities had recovered a lost 18th-century painting looted by the Nazis in World War II. Meanwhile in Brazil, former President Jair Bolsonaro stood at the entrance of his home where he is under house arrest, with his trial underway. Also in Brazil, players of the Coritiba Crocodiles, some of whom survivors of the 2024 team bus crash that killed three athletes, played against the Brown Spiders.
This gallery was curated by photo editor Moisés Castillo, based in Guatemala City.
A worker walks through a building under construction in Georgetown, Guyana, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)The Coritiba Crocodiles’ Cleverson Kvas, a survivor of the 2024 team bus crash that killed three athletes, plays with his son Andre after a football game against the Brown Spiders in Curitiba, Brazil, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)A ballet dancer rehearses for the upcoming production of “Despertares 2025” at the National Auditorium in Mexico City, Friday, Aug. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)President Javier Milei leads a campaign rally ahead of legislative provincial elections, in Moreno, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)Supporters of the People’s National Party wait in line in the rain outside a polling station to vote during general elections in Kingston, Jamaica, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Collin Reid)A tourist visits the ruins of Santo Domingo church, built in the 17th century after the city was relocated from its first colonial settlement, which had been destroyed by pirates, in “Casco Viejo,” the historic district of Panama City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro stands at the entrance of his home where he is under house arrest in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Nova)People watch ‘A Star Is Born’ at an open-air movie theater on the rooftop of a shopping mall on Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)CORRECTS ADLERS TO ADLER – Prosecutor Daniel Adler gives a press conference in front of Giuseppe Ghislandi’s 18th-century painting “Portrait of a Lady,” reportedly stolen by a Nazi officer during World War II and discovered in the home of his daughter after appearing in a real estate listing, in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Christian Heit)Ana Gomez, from Colombia, stretches as she prepares to compete in the World Tango Championship semifinals in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, July 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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