Pilgrims arrive at Our Lady of Guadalupe Basilica in Mexico City, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, the night before her feast day. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel)
Dec. 12-18, 2025
Pilgrims from across Mexico arrived at Our Lady of Guadalupe Basilica to pay homage on her feast day. In Chile, José Antonio Kast of the Republican Party won the country’s presidential runoff election. People in Guatemala buried victims of an attack by armed men.
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This gallery was curated by photographer Esteban Felix, based in Santiago, Chile.
Presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast, of the opposition Republican Party, and his wife, Maria Pia Adriasola, wave flags after winning the presidential runoff election in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)People bury victims in a mass grave following an attack by armed men on a military post and a police station in Nahuala, Guatemala, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mariano Rosales)Flamengo fans react after their team lost the FIFA Intercontinental Cup final soccer match against Paris Saint-Germain in Qatar, in the Rocinha favela of Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)Virginia Veronica Arce Arce, a designer of Nahua folk art embroidery worn by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, works in her workshop at home in the municipality of San Isidro Buen Suceso, Tlaxcala, Mexico, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)Police officers escort former President Luis Arce to San Pedro Prison after his arrest as part of a corruption investigation in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)A vendor sells inflatables on Macuto beach in Venezuela, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)Human rights activist Jose Angel Perez greets his family after being released from jail in Santa Tecla, El Salvador, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)Police inspect buildings destroyed in an attack the government blamed on dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), in Buenos Aires, Colombia, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)Michael del Rosario, environmental education coordinator at Fundemar, shows a piece of ceramic with corals growing on it in Bayahibe, Dominican Republic on Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Francesco Spotorno)An improvised altar with photos of students stands outside Antioqueño High School in Medellín, Colombia, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, a day after a bus carrying students returning from a trip crashed, killing multiple passengers. (AP Photo/Miguel Angel Lopez)
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