June 21-27, 2024
People celebrated International Yoga Day on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. Bolivian soldiers entered the presidential palace in what President Luis Arce called a coup attempt. A growing Indian community in Mexico makes it mark on the sport's popularity in the country over the past decade. People celebrate Pride in Quito, Ecuador.
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June 21-27, 2024
A man arrives at the Plaza de Cotacachi to thank the Indigenous Incan sun god for the harvest during the Inti Raymi, or Sun Festival, in Cotacachi, Ecuador, Monday, June 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Australia's Ashton Agar drops a catch during the men's T20 World Cup cricket match between Afghanistan and Australia at Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saturday, June 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Spectators watch a cricket game by the Mexico State cricket team which is preparing for a national championship tournament, at Reforma Athletic Club in Mexico City, Sunday, June 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Contestant Kali Divine prepares for a drag queen contest, in Panama City, Friday, June 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
An antique Volkswagen Beetle, known in Mexico as a "vocho," parades through the streets a day after World Vocho Day, in Mexico City, Sunday, June 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Maijuna youth Segundo Jeinsen bathes in a stream in Sucusari, Peru, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. A federal highway project in an untouched area of the Peruvian Amazon is facing mounting opposition from Indigenous tribes, including the Maijuna. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A clothing vendor pushes a wheelbarrow of mannequins through an intersection patrolled by police to place at his streetside stall in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, June 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
A woman sits in lotus prayer pose during the "Yoga at the Sunrise" event on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, June 22, 2024. The activity celebrates International Yoga Day proclaimed by the United Nations as June 21. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Army Cmdr. Gen. Juan Jose Zuniga sits inside an armored vehicle at Plaza Murillo in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Armored vehicles rammed into the doors of Bolivia's government palace Wednesday as President Luis Arce said the country faced an attempted coup. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Students of the Jedi Knight Academy learn to use lightsabers at a park in Mexico City, late Saturday, June 15, 2024. The academy is a lightsaber combat and choreography school founded in 2019 and a dream come true for fans of Star Wars. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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 newsperson Fabiola Sánchez, based in Mexico City.
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Faithful attend a Mass marking the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, at the San Cayetano Catholic church in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A man arrives at the Plaza de Cotacachi to thank the Indigenous Incan sun god for the harvest during the Inti Raymi, or Sun Festival, in Cotacachi, Ecuador, Monday, June 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Australia's Ashton Agar drops a catch during the men's T20 World Cup cricket match between Afghanistan and Australia at Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saturday, June 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Spectators watch a cricket game by the Mexico State cricket team which is preparing for a national championship tournament, at Reforma Athletic Club in Mexico City, Sunday, June 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Contestant Kali Divine prepares for a drag queen contest, in Panama City, Friday, June 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
An antique Volkswagen Beetle, known in Mexico as a "vocho," parades through the streets a day after World Vocho Day, in Mexico City, Sunday, June 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Maijuna youth Segundo Jeinsen bathes in a stream in Sucusari, Peru, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. A federal highway project in an untouched area of the Peruvian Amazon is facing mounting opposition from Indigenous tribes, including the Maijuna. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A clothing vendor pushes a wheelbarrow of mannequins through an intersection patrolled by police to place at his streetside stall in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, June 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
A woman sits in lotus prayer pose during the "Yoga at the Sunrise" event on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, June 22, 2024. The activity celebrates International Yoga Day proclaimed by the United Nations as June 21. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Army Cmdr. Gen. Juan Jose Zuniga sits inside an armored vehicle at Plaza Murillo in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Armored vehicles rammed into the doors of Bolivia's government palace Wednesday as President Luis Arce said the country faced an attempted coup. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Students of the Jedi Knight Academy learn to use lightsabers at a park in Mexico City, late Saturday, June 15, 2024. The academy is a lightsaber combat and choreography school founded in 2019 and a dream come true for fans of Star Wars. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
