FILE - Maximiliano Rivero holds his dog Manola as people try to set a world record of most Golden Retrievers gathered in a park in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
Dec. 5 – 11, 2025
A world-record attempt by golden retrievers in Argentina, election suspense in Honduras and Virgin Mary celebrations across Latin America from Argentina to Mexico.
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This gallery was curated by photo editor Anita Baca, based in Mexico City.
FILE – Framed by Venezuelan national flags, a woman watches a live broadcast of the ceremony in Oslo at which the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)FILE – People take part in a ceremony in Quito, Ecuador, Dec. 8, 2025, to mark the anniversary of the alleged forced disappearance of four minors whose bodies were found in the port city of Guayaquil in late 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa, File)FILE – Liberal Party presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla stands before a document projected on a large screen alleging irregularities in the election vote count, during a press conference in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)FILE – An Aymara grandmother passes the ball during a warm up before the start of a handball match in El Alto, Bolivia, Dec. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)FILE – Catholic deacon Mario Rene Garcia sprinkles holy water with a blessing for Martial Martinez as he peeks out from a window during a procession celebrating the feast day of Paraguay’s patroness, Our Lady of Caacupe, popularly known as the Blue Virgin, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)FILE – A pilgrim crawls on his back toward the altar at the Virgin of Lo Vásquez Sanctuary, holding a prayer card in his mouth of the Virgin Mary invoking the Immaculate Conception as part of a vow he made in gratitude for her intercession, in Valparaíso, Chile, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)FILE – Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny performs during his “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” tour in Mexico City, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)FILE – Supporters celebrate seven years of the Fourth Transformation movement, or 4T, initiated by former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, in the Zócalo of Mexico City, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)FILE – Pilgrims carry a framed image of the Virgin of Guadalupe through the mountain pass Paso de Cortes, on their way to Mexico City, Dec. 10, 2025, as millions prepare to flock to the capital for her feast day. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel, File)FILE – A child walks toward an armored vehicle on display at Paseo Los Proceres, a monumental walkway honoring heroes of independence, in Caracas, Venezuela, Dec 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
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