Venezuelan prisoners' families and other top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean

Jan. 23-29, 2026

The Associated Press
January 30, 2026 at 5:17AM

Jan. 23-29, 2026

Relatives of prisoners who are considered political detainees held a vigil outside the Rodeo I prison in Guatire, Venezuela. A police helicopter landed at an Air Force base in Guatemala City carrying a shipment of drugs seized at a Guatemalan Pacific port. People caught fish during an annual phenomenon of fish swimming upstream to spawn in the Magdalena River in Honda, Colombia.

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This gallery was curated by photographer Ramón Espinosa, based in Havana.

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