Workers clean a roof at the Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, Thursday, May 22, 2025, as Panama and Venezuela prepare to resume commercial flights nearly a year after suspending them when Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino refused to recognize the re-election of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Fans dressed in costumes gather to take part in a parade celebrating the month of May as Star Wars' month, as seen by some fans of the George Lucas space opera, in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Geese stained blue swim in the Tulipas stream after a truck accidentally spilled chemical dye into the water in Jundiai, Brazil, Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
An elephant arrives at its new home in Mazatlan, Sinaloa state, after being transported from Ostok Sanctuary in the outskirts of Culiacan, Mexico, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
Workers clean a roof at the Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, Thursday, May 22, 2025, as Panama and Venezuela prepare to resume commercial flights nearly a year after suspending them when Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino refused to recognize the re-election of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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Fans dressed in costumes gather to take part in a parade celebrating the month of May as Star Wars' month, as seen by some fans of the George Lucas space opera, in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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Geese stained blue swim in the Tulipas stream after a truck accidentally spilled chemical dye into the water in Jundiai, Brazil, Friday, May 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
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Children play at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
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An elephant arrives at its new home in Mazatlan, Sinaloa state, after being transported from Ostok Sanctuary in the outskirts of Culiacan, Mexico, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
Panama and Venezuela are resuming commercial flights nearly a year after suspending them when the Panamanian president refused to recognize the reelection of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Geese in Brazil were stained blue in the Tulipas stream after a truck accidentally spilled chemical dye into the water. In Argentina, a woman carried a dog along a flooded highway after heavy rains in Campana.
This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by The Associated Press from Latin America and the Caribbean.
The selection was curated by AP photographer Juan Karita, based in La Paz, Bolivia.