AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

May 31-June 6, 2024

Associated Press

May 31-June 6, 2024

Claudia Sheinbaum took the top spot in Mexico's biggest-ever elections, becoming the country's first female president.

Residents from the Panamanian island of Gardi Sugdub arrived at their new homes on the mainland on the country's Caribbean coast. About 300 families are moving to the mainland ahead of expected rising sea levels in the coming decades.

Argentines participated in a march to mark the ninth anniversary of the Ni Una Menos, or Not One Less, women's movement in Buenos Aires.

People played cricket on the streets of the Charlestown neighborhood of Georgetown, Guyana, as the ICC Men's T20 World Cup kicked off in the U.S. and the West Indies.

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 Moises Castillo, based in Guatemala City.

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