Landslides in Mexico, Uruguay euthanasia law and more top photos this week from Latin America
Angela Perez sits on a chair in her flood-damaged house in Poza Rica, Veracruz state, Mexico, Oct. 15, 2025, one of the areas hardest hit by torrential rains that flooded central and eastern Mexico. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
Original Publication Date: October 16, 2025 8:59PM
Publication Updated: October 16, 2025 9:24PM
Oct. 10-16, 2025
Flooding and landslides over the past week cut off 300 towns in central and eastern Mexico and left dozens of people dead and missing.
Uruguay’s senate passed a law decriminalizing euthanasia, putting the South American nation among a handful of other countries where seriously ill patients can legally obtain help to end their lives.
Mexicans begin preparing for the upcoming Day of the Dead celebrations.
This gallery was curated by AP photojournalist Fernando Vergara in Bogota, Colombia.
A man faces off with soldiers during an anti-government protest in Quito, Ecuador, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)People celebrate after Uruguay’s senate passed a law decriminalizing euthanasia, in Montevideo, Uruguay, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)A demonstrator waves a Peruvian flag as a cardboard doll burns in front of Congress during a protest against the newly installed President Jose Jeri in Lima, Peru, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)Relatives of missing people, part of a group called the Guerreros Buscadores, pray before inspecting an area where they suspect bodies may be buried, in the Valle de los Olivos neighborhood of Guadalajara, Mexico, Oct. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)A motorcycle driver navigates a street covered with trash in downtown in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)Carlos Costa sells movie tickets at his Cine LT3 in an old parking garage in Sao Paulo, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ettore Chiereguini)A model wears a creation from the Gloria Coelho collection during a Sao Paulo Fashion Week event at the Julio Prestes train station in Sao Paulo, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ettore Chiereguini)People take part in an event marking Indigenous Day in Caracas, Venezuela, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)Morocco’s Fouad Zahouani celebrates with fans after defeating France in a penalty shootout during a FIFA U-20 World Cup semifinal soccer match at Elias Figueroa Brander Stadium in Valparaiso, Chile, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)Flor Jimenez waters her crop of cempasuchil flowers in preparation for the upcoming Day of the Dead celebrations in Xochimilco where marigolds are grown on the outskirts of Mexico City, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel)Argentina’s Juan Villalba embraces teammate Gianluca Prestianni after they defeated Colombia 1-0 in a FIFA U-20 World Cup semifinal soccer match at the National Stadium in Santiago, Chile, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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