Latin America & Caribbean in Review

This monthly gallery features some of the top photojournalism made by Associated Press photographers documenting Latin America and Caribbean during the month of April.

Enthusiasts practice yoga, keeping a social distance as a precaution during the COVID-19 pandemic, at a rooftop in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Free Peru party presidential candidate Pedro Castillo hugs his daughter Alondra who cries for him not to leave home, as he prepares to campaign in Chugur, Peru, Thursday, April 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Protesters protect themselves with makeshift shields in clashes with police during a national strike to protest government-proposed tax reform, in Cali, Colombia, Friday, April 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Andres Gonzalez)

Rafael Santos Borre of Argentina's River Plate reacts after being fouled by goalkeeper Marcos Felipe of Brazil's Fluminense during a Copa Libertadores soccer match in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, April 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, Pool)

People gather outside the church associated with the remains of Venezuelan Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez on the day of his beatification ceremony in the Candelaria neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, April 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

A girl uses her laptop as she sits in a window after her COVID-19 quarantine ended at her home in Belen, Uruguay, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. She and part of her family had COVID-19 but her quarantine ended yesterday. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Open water swimmer Robert Yatto warms up in his Captain America swimsuit on Pescadores beach where swimming in the ocean is booming while pools are closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Lima, Peru, at sunrise Tuesday, April 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

An acrobat of the Third Planet school practices rappel aerial dance from a building in downtown Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, April 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Nurses move a COVID-19 patient into the ICU of the National Hospital in Itaugua, Paraguay, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

A woman flashes a V sign as police break up a social gathering during an operation against illegal and clandestine gatherings that authorities believe are partly responsible for fueling the spread of COVID-19, at a party hall in Sao Paulo, Brazil, early Saturday, April 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Marcelo Chello)

A makeshift light switch plate is decorated with an image of baked goods in the home of Yuliet Colon, a 39-year-old mother of two and a contributor to the Facebook page, "Recipes from the Heart," in Havana, Cuba, Friday, April 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

People stand on the edge of slowly moving lava coming from the Pacaya Volcano near El Patrocinio village in San Vicente Pacaya, Guatemala, Friday, April 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Children cheer for community policemen who delivered toys as part of the Children's Day festivities, in Alcozacan, Guerrero state, Mexico, Friday, April 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

A man crosses Corrientes Avenue in Buenos Aires, Argentina, early Friday, April 9, 2021. Argentina has issued a nighttime lockdown that started at midnight Thursday night to try to stop the increase of COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Military police officer Everaldo Pinto, dressed as superhero Captain America, greets children amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Thursday, April 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

The body of a COVID-19 victim waits to be retrieved from the morgue, after the woman passed away the previous night at Clinicas Hospital in San Lorenzo, Paraguay, Monday, April 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

An employee waits on a customer via window service amid new lockdown restrictions due to the increase in COVID-19 infections, in Quito, Ecuador, Saturday, April 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Candles that were placed by worshippers of Saint George burn on his feast day outside Saint George Church which is closed to help contain the spread of COVID-19 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, before sunrise, Friday, April 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Residents socially distance on a soccer field as they stand with bags of food donated by the local NGO "G10 Favelas," amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the Capao Redondo area of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday, April 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Covered in mud, a National Police officer rests momentarily from destroying machinery at an illegal gold mine as part of the Armed Forces' "Operation Guamuez III" in Magui Payan, Colombia, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Ana Mendez Casteñeda smokes marijuana during "Fumaton 420" outside the national Senate in Mexico City, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. The demonstrators are calling for the legalization of marijuana. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

In this April 14, 2021 photo,, messages written by loved ones and dedicated to the deceased hang from a wall at a memorial for COVID-19 victims installed outside the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Equipment used when cleaning out ambulances hangs to dry at a cleaning facility in Montevideo, Uruguay, Thursday, April 15, 2021, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

A funeral worker asks for his photo to be taken through one of the used coffins he is moving following cremations at La Recoleta cemetery during the coronavirus pandemic in Santiago, Chile, Monday, April 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

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Edited by Tomas Stargardter, AP photo editor based in Mexico City.

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