The most stunning pictures from the past week in Latin America

SUMMARY

This photo gallery highlights some of the top news images made by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean that were published in the past week.

By APOct 13, 2019 9:23:44 AM IST (Published)

Anti-government demonstrators commandeer an armoured vehicle during a nationwide strike against President Lenin Moreno and his economic policies in Quito, Ecuador. The military warned people who plan to participate in the national strike over fuel price hikes to avoid acts of violence. (AP Photo/Carlos Noriega)

Col. Cristian Rueda Ramos, one of several police officers who has been detained by anti-governments protesters, is made to hold an indigenous banner, don a national flag as a cape and a fedora-styled hat, while presented on a stage at the Casa de Cultura in Quito, Ecuador. Anti-government protesters paraded captive police officers on a stage, defying authorities who are seeking dialogue with opponents, particularly indigenous groups, after deadly unrest that was triggered by fuel price hikes. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Men kiss as they pose for a photo at the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

An Embera indigenous woman wearing flowers on her head waits to dance for Panamanian President Laurentino Cortizo during a working tour of local communities in Yaviza, Panama. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)

A demonstrator painted with fake oil lies on a tarp during a protest against the auction for the exploration of oil fields close to Abrolhos, a marine national park in Bahia state, in front of the Grand Hyatt Hotel where the auction is taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Under pressure from environmental organizations, none of the 17 companies involved in the process presented any offers. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Election workers wait for voters during presidential primary elections in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. (AP Photo/Tatiana Fernandez)

People stand next to the casket of Mexican crooner Jose Jose during a homage at the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City. Jose Jose died September 28 in South Florida. His body was cremated in Miami and it was agreed after a dispute among relatives that half the ashes would remain there and the other half would be brought to Mexico. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

A protestor drops to the ground as he pleads with police after they fired tear gas to prevent protestors from marching toward the United Nations headquarters in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Thousands of protesters marched through the Haitian capital to the U.N. headquarters Friday in one of the largest demonstrations in a weeklong push to oust the embattled President Jovenel Moise. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A police officer aims his weapon after demonstrators calling for the resignation of Haitian President Jovenel Moise broke through their lines, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. After a two-day respite from the recent protests that have wracked Haiti's capital, opposition leaders urged citizens angry over corruption, gas shortages, and inflation to join them for a massive protest march to the local headquarters of the United Nations. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A family walks past the skeleton of a bus that was set on fire during overnight violent confrontations at the Costa Barros neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. An armed dispute over territory between criminal factions on Thursday left seven torched buses, with at least three dead and six people wounded, authorities confirmed. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Catholic Priest Fermin Pena blesses animals with holy water outside San Francisco church in Lima, Peru. The annual event is held in honor of Saint Francis, the patron saint of ecologists whose feast day is Oct. 4 and who is known for his love of animals. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)