Venezuelan prisoners’ families and other top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean
Relatives of people they consider political prisoners hold a vigil calling for the release of their loved ones outside the Rodeo I prison in Guatire, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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.
This gallery was curated by photographer Ramón Espinosa, based in Havana.
People walk among structures of nopales, prickly pear cacti, at the National Palace in Mexico City’s main square, the Zócalo, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
People walk among structures of nopales, prickly pear cacti, at the National Palace in Mexico City’s main square, the Zócalo, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
New members of the National Police force celebrate after their graduation ceremony at the Police Academy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
New members of the National Police force celebrate after their graduation ceremony at the Police Academy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Adolfo Vertiz repairs a figurine of Baby Jesus ahead of “Día de la Candelaria,” or Candlemas, in Mexico City, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Adolfo Vertiz repairs a figurine of Baby Jesus ahead of “Día de la Candelaria,” or Candlemas, in Mexico City, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Inmates wish each other good luck before competing in the Voice of Freedom rehabilitation program singing contest at the Djanira Dolores de Oliveira women’s penitentiary in Rio de Janeiro, Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Inmates wish each other good luck before competing in the Voice of Freedom rehabilitation program singing contest at the Djanira Dolores de Oliveira women’s penitentiary in Rio de Janeiro, Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Soldiers march with torches to mark the 173rd anniversary of the birth of national independence hero Jose Marti, in Havana, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Soldiers march with torches to mark the 173rd anniversary of the birth of national independence hero Jose Marti, in Havana, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Jeison Pescador catches fish during an annual phenomenon of fish swimming upstream to spawn in the Magdalena River, in Honda, Colombia, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Jeison Pescador catches fish during an annual phenomenon of fish swimming upstream to spawn in the Magdalena River, in Honda, Colombia, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Presidential marching band members wait at the presidential palace to play their instruments during the welcoming ceremony for Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Panama City, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Presidential marching band members wait at the presidential palace to play their instruments during the welcoming ceremony for Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Panama City, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Government supporters rally to mark the anniversary of the 1958 coup that overthrew Venezuelan dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Government supporters rally to mark the anniversary of the 1958 coup that overthrew Venezuelan dictator Marcos Pérez Jiménez in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
A police helicopter lands at an Air Force base carrying a shipment of drugs seized at a Guatemalan Pacific port, in Guatemala City, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A police helicopter lands at an Air Force base carrying a shipment of drugs seized at a Guatemalan Pacific port, in Guatemala City, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
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