AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

Oct. 11-17, 2024

One Direction fans flocked to the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after singer Liam Payne died in a fall from a hotel balcony.

Businesses in Ecuador’s capital have seen their sales dented by rolling power cuts introduced by the government to counteract an energy crisis.

Students took classes to the street outside Argentina’s University of Buenos Aires to protest President Javier Milei’s veto of increased funding for public universities.

Brasilia hosted the World Aquatics High Diving Junior Championships and Venezuelans marked "Indigenous Resistance Day” in Caracas, marking 532 years since Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas.

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 photojournalist Jorge Saenz, based in Asuncion, Paraguay.

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Canada's Alex Tiaglei competes at the World Aquatics High Diving Junior Championships by the JK Bridge in Brasilia, Brazil, Oct. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Indigenous people take part in Venezuela's "Indigenous Resistance Day", in Caracas, Oct. 12, 2024, marking 532 years since Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas. (AP Photo/Jesus Vargas)

Colombia's Santiago Arias, right, and Chile's Gonzalo Tapia fall during a FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifying soccer match at the Metropolitano Roberto Melendez stadium in Barranquilla, Colombia, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Police fire water and tear gas at Mapuche Indigenous women and supporters during a march to demand autonomous territory for Chile's Indigenous people and the release of pro-Mapuche detainees, in Santiago, Chile, Oct. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Venezuela's Jhonder Cadiz, left, and Paraguay's Omar Alderete vie for the ball during a FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifying soccer match at Defensores del Chaco Stadium in Asuncion, Paraguay, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

A man attends the Viking Fest at La Marquesa National Park on the outskirts of Mexico City, Oct. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

A resident lies on the floor of a home as military and police officers conduct a raid as part of a joint operation searching for weapons and drugs in a neighborhood of Guayaquil, Ecuador, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Cesar Munoz)

A worker unloads goats from a boat in Saint-Marc, Haiti, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Monica Valiente waits for customers in her candle-lit bakery during a rolling blackout in Quito, Ecuador, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Fans light candles outside the hotel where former One Direction singer Liam Payne was found dead after he fell from a balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Economics students hold class outside, in front of the University of Buenos Aires to protest President Javier Milei's veto of a law to increase funding for public universities, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Venezuelan migrant Jackson Vargas, who is saving money to traverse the Darien Gap, holds his daughter while resting in a hammock along the shore in Necocli, Colombia, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

CHICAGO (AP) — Lukas Reichel made his season debut for the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night after he was a healthy scratch for the team's opening four-game trip.

Reichel skated for 8 1/2 minutes during Chicago's 4-2 victory over San Jose in its home opener. He centered the team's fourth line in his 100th career game, playing alongside veteran forwards Pat Maroon and Craig Smith.

Coach Luke Richardson said he thought Reichel made some good plays.

“I thought he was, you know, hard in the face-off circle," Richardson said. "He blocked a shot in the third period, and he was really showing initiative to take hard strides out there, whether it was tracking back, which helps our (defense), or on the offense and on the forecheck. So it was a good start for him.”

Chicago also placed Alec Martinez on injured reserve before its victory over the Sharks. Fellow defenseman Isaak Phillips was recalled from Rockford of the AHL.

The 37-year-old Martinez, who skated in each of the team's first four games, has a right groin injury. He agreed to a $4 million, one-year contract with the Blackhawks in free agency.

“I think a groin strain is what they listed it as,” Richardson said. “It’s been kind of nagging for a while, and then last game, just kind of reaggravated it a bit. So we have to just give him time.”

Richardson had no update on goaltender Laurent Brossoit and defenseman Artyom Levshunov. Brossoit had meniscus surgery on his right knee on Aug. 27. Levshunov, the No. 2 overall pick in this year's NHL draft, is coming back from a right foot injury.

“Both of them are just not ready to join the team in practice yet, but have been on the ice,” Richardson said, “and will be back on the ice after a day or two off. I think they've been going pretty hard, and that's all I know there.”

The 22-year-old Reichel was a first-round pick in the 2020 entry draft, but he has struggled with inconsistency since his NHL debut almost three years ago. He re-signed with the Blackhawks in May, finalizing a two-year contract.

If Reichel's lackluster production continues this season and Chicago decides it wants to send him back to the minors, it would have to expose him to waivers.

It looked as if Reichel had turned a corner when he had four goals and four assists in his last eight games with Chicago during the 2022-23 season. He appeared in a career-high 65 games last year, but he only managed five goals and 11 assists.

Reichel said it was tough sitting out at the beginning of this season.

“You know you want to play every game, but what I learned from last year, you got to stay positive,” he said after the team's morning skate. “Everyone knows that I want to go out there and compete and play with the boys, but all you can do in that moment, you just got to focus (on) what you can control.”

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Chicago Blackhawks left wing Lukas Reichel skates during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the San Jose Sharks, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Chicago Blackhawks left wing Lukas Reichel skates during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the San Jose Sharks, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Chicago Blackhawks left wing Lukas Reichel walks the red carpet before the Blackhawks' home opener NHL hockey game against the San Jose Sharks, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Chicago Blackhawks left wing Lukas Reichel warms up before an NHL hockey game against the San Jose Sharks, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)