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AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

A plane drops water on a fire in the Serra do Coco forest area in Riachao das Neves, Bahia state, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. According to the National Center for Prevention and Combat of Forest Fires, the fires are being fanned by strong winds, high temperatures and dry weather. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

A plane drops water on a fire in the Serra do Coco forest area in Riachao das Neves, Bahia state, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. According to the National Center for Prevention and Combat of Forest Fires, the fires are being fanned by strong winds, high temperatures and dry weather. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

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Sept. 22 – 27, 2023

A plane in Brazil dropped water on a forest fire fanned by strong winds, high temperatures and dry weather. In northern Chile, Aymara Indigenous women weave textiles surrounded by the hills and sandy roads of the Atacama Desert where they raise llamas and alpacas. A surge of migrants in Mexico triggered the closure of one U.S. border crossing and forced Mexico’s biggest railroad to suspend freight trains. Across Latin America, women protested for abortion rights on International Safe Abortion Day.

This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Teófila Challapa weaves on her loom at home in Cariquima, Chile, Monday, July 31, 2023. Challapa, a 59 Aymara Indigenous woman, prays before beginning her work: "Mother Earth, give me strength, because you're the one who will produce, not me." (AP Photo/Ignacio Munoz)

Teófila Challapa weaves on her loom at home in Cariquima, Chile, Monday, July 31, 2023. Challapa, a 59 Aymara Indigenous woman, prays before beginning her work: “Mother Earth, give me strength, because you’re the one who will produce, not me.” (AP Photo/Ignacio Munoz)

Migrants fill the top of a northbound freight train in Irapuato, Mexico, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. Thousands of other migrants were stranded in other parts of the country after Mexico’s biggest railroad said it halted 60 freight trains, citing so many migrants hitching rides that it became unsafe to move the trains. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Migrants fill the top of a northbound freight train in Irapuato, Mexico, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. Thousands of other migrants were stranded in other parts of the country after Mexico’s biggest railroad said it halted 60 freight trains, citing so many migrants hitching rides that it became unsafe to move the trains. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Women protest on International Safe Abortion Day outside Congress in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. Abortion is criminalized in Venezuela, with the exception of abortions to save the life of the pregnant mother. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Women protest on International Safe Abortion Day outside Congress in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. Abortion is criminalized in Venezuela, with the exception of abortions to save the life of the pregnant mother. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Boys walk next to a floating home stranded on what used to be the water's edge of the Negro river, amidst a drought in Manaus, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. The Brazilian Amazon rainforest is facing a severe drought that may affect around half a million people by the end of the year, authorities said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)

Boys walk next to a floating home stranded on what used to be the water’s edge of the Negro river, amidst a drought in Manaus, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. The Brazilian Amazon rainforest is facing a severe drought that may affect around half a million people by the end of the year, authorities said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)

A spider monkey opens its mouth as frozen fruit is served at the BioParque do Rio amid a heat wave in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

A spider monkey opens its mouth as frozen fruit is served at the BioParque do Rio amid a heat wave in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

A police officer stands guard outside a home that was destroyed by a car bomb that exploded near a police station in a rural area of Jamundi, Colombia, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Andres Quintero)

A police officer stands guard outside a home that was destroyed by a car bomb that exploded near a police station in a rural area of Jamundi, Colombia, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Andres Quintero)

Worshipers pray during service at a Protestant church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Worshipers pray during service at a Protestant church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Cargo ships wait in Panama Bay for their transit through the Panama Canal in Panama City, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

Cargo ships wait in Panama Bay for their transit through the Panama Canal in Panama City, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

Nelly Meave poses for a photo after being crowned Elderly Spring Queen by the Association of Older Adult in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Members of the association, who meet weekly for events, said that Meave, who is known as Nelly the First, was elected this year for her solidarity and friendliness. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Nelly Meave poses for a photo after being crowned Elderly Spring Queen by the Association of Older Adult in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Members of the association, who meet weekly for events, said that Meave, who is known as Nelly the First, was elected this year for her solidarity and friendliness. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

A homeless person sleeps on a bed made of a shopping cart and bench on a sidewalk decorated with Argentine flags in Buenos Aires, Argentina, early Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A homeless person sleeps on a bed made of a shopping cart and bench on a sidewalk decorated with Argentine flags in Buenos Aires, Argentina, early Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

The selection was curated by Associated Press Senior Photo Editor for Latin America and Caribbean Leslie Mazoch in Mexico City.

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