This photo gallery highlights some of the top news images, made by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean, published in the past week. President Donald Trump tossed paper towels to people affected by Hurricane Maria in Puerto
This photo gallery highlights some of the top news images, made by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean, published in the past week.
President Donald Trump tossed paper towels to people affected by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, as locals buried loved ones and dealt with the lack of electricity and water amid sweltering summer heat. The U.S. territory’s government put the storm’s death toll at 34, and with many communities still waiting for power and clean water, there is concern about people reaching a breaking point.
In Brazil, people honored Saint Francis of Assisi, considered the protector of animals, with blessings and processions. Rio’s sprawling slums are experiencing a wave of violence that’s among the highest in a decade, including stray bullets that are killing children. The nation’s former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is appealing his conviction for corruption and sentence to nearly 10 years in prison, is the consistent poll leader for next year’s election.
In Mexico, memorials for quake victims appeared on street corners across the capital, two weeks after the 7.1 earthquake that killed at least 369 people.
———
This photo gallery was curated by Multiplatform producer for Latin America, Dario Lopez-Mills, in Mexico City. On Twitter: @DarioLopezMills
———
AP photographers and photo editors on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP/lists/ap-photographers
