Good Friday, Venezuelan protests and other top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean

Chains drape over the Santa Muerte tattoo of a penitent before a Good Friday procession during Holy Week in Atlixco, Mexico, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Chains drape over the Santa Muerte tattoo of a penitent before a Good Friday procession during Holy Week in Atlixco, Mexico, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
A protester grabs a Bolivarian National Police officer as police try to stop protesters who are demanding higher salaries, pensions and benefits, from continuing their march to the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Pedro Mattey)
A protester grabs a Bolivarian National Police officer as police try to stop protesters who are demanding higher salaries, pensions and benefits, from continuing their march to the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Pedro Mattey)
Faithful gather to watch a Way of the Cross reenactment as part of Holy Week celebrations in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Faithful gather to watch a Way of the Cross reenactment as part of Holy Week celebrations in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
A child plays in a ball pit during an immersive exhibit at the Megapolis Outlets Center in Panama City, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A child plays in a ball pit during an immersive exhibit at the Megapolis Outlets Center in Panama City, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A man sleeps on a lane divider in the Delmas neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
A man sleeps on a lane divider in the Delmas neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
A man walks on the beach as a rain storm moves in to Mar de las Pampas, Argentina, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A man walks on the beach as a rain storm moves in to Mar de las Pampas, Argentina, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Lucas Besozzi of Argentina's Lanus, right, and Gabriel Pires of Brazil's Mirassol fight for the ball during a Copa Libertadores Group G soccer match in Mirassol, Sao Paulo state, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Lucas Besozzi of Argentina's Lanus, right, and Gabriel Pires of Brazil's Mirassol fight for the ball during a Copa Libertadores Group G soccer match in Mirassol, Sao Paulo state, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
People with their bicycles and motorcycles cross the Bay Tunnel in a public bus in Havana, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People with their bicycles and motorcycles cross the Bay Tunnel in a public bus in Havana, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Presidential candidate Rafael López Aliaga, of the Popular Renewal party, delivers a speech during a campaign rally in the Manchay neighborhood in Lima, Peru, Saturday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)
Presidential candidate Rafael López Aliaga, of the Popular Renewal party, delivers a speech during a campaign rally in the Manchay neighborhood in Lima, Peru, Saturday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo)
Indigenous protesters set fire to skull sculptures representing lawmakers to protest Congress during the annual "Acampamento Terra Livre," or Free Land Encampment, Brazil's largest annual Indigenous mobilization that focuses on land rights and environmental protection, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Indigenous protesters set fire to skull sculptures representing lawmakers to protest Congress during the annual "Acampamento Terra Livre," or Free Land Encampment, Brazil's largest annual Indigenous mobilization that focuses on land rights and environmental protection, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
David Sanchez, playing the role of Jesus Christ, hangs on a cross in a Way of the Cross reenactment as part of Holy Week celebrations, in Colina, Chile, on Good Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
David Sanchez, playing the role of Jesus Christ, hangs on a cross in a Way of the Cross reenactment as part of Holy Week celebrations, in Colina, Chile, on Good Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
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April 3–9, 2026

Holy Week continued across Latin America, as penitents in Atlixco, Mexico, wore chains to mark Good Friday. Police clashed with protesters demanding higher salaries, pensions and benefits in Venezuela. Supporters of presidential candidate Rafael López Aliaga of Peru's Popular Renewal party attended his campaign rally in Lima.

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This gallery was curated by photographer Silvia Izquierdo, based in Rio de Janeiro.

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