Police are silhouetted against a burning barricade as they face off with anti-government protesters during a rally against President Dina Boluarte's economic and social policies in Lima, Peru, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Protests in Peru, a soccer fan poses and more top photos this week from Latin America
Sept. 26-Oct. 2, 2025
Police in Lima, Peru, faced off with anti-government protesters. A young soccer fan posed for a photo as the FIFA U-20 World Cup began. Researchers inspected mosquitos carrying Wolbachia, a dengue-blocking bacteria, in Campinas, Brazil.
This gallery was curated by AP photographer Matías Delacroix, based in Panama City.
A child poses for a photo prior to a FIFA U-20 World Cup Group A soccer match between Chile and New Zealand at National Stadium in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)A mannequin wears a dress made out of flowers at Proflora, a biennial fair showcasing international floral trends, in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)An Aedes aegypti mosquito carrying Wolbachia, a dengue-blocking bacteria, is seen through a microscope at the Oxitec facility during a press tour, in Campinas, Sao Paulo state, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ettore Chiereguini)Retiree Delia Donn, 78, a regular at weekly protests outside Congress calling for better pensions, dances at the cultural center “El Donn,” which she helps her son run in memory of her late brother, a renowned classical dancer, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)A man walks on a street in downtown Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)A man holds a Palestinian flag during a demonstration in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla, in Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)Children cross a street after school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Patrice Noel)People protest demanding the government of President Javier Milei enact a bill expanding protections for people with disabilities, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)Demonstrators and riot police face off during a protest commemorating the anniversary of the 1968 Tlatelolco killings, when soldiers fired on student protesters, in Mexico City, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel)Visitors watch Xin Xin, the 35-year-old Mexican-born panda, as she eats bamboo stalks in her enclosure at the Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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