Cuba's blackout, Shakira in Mexico and other top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean

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FILE - People eat cups of soup outside during a blackout in Havana, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
FILE - People eat cups of soup outside during a blackout in Havana, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
FILE - Supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro protest against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Sao Paulo, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)
FILE - Supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro protest against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Sao Paulo, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)
FILE - Argentine gendarmerie officer Nahuel Gallo arrives to give a press conference days after being released from a Venezuelan prison in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
FILE - Argentine gendarmerie officer Nahuel Gallo arrives to give a press conference days after being released from a Venezuelan prison in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
FILE - Dylan Aquino of Argentina's Lanus, top, celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's third goal during extra time in the Recopa Sudamericana second leg final soccer match against Brazil's Flamengo in Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)
FILE - Dylan Aquino of Argentina's Lanus, top, celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's third goal during extra time in the Recopa Sudamericana second leg final soccer match against Brazil's Flamengo in Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)
FILE - People gather outside the Iranian Embassy to protest the US-Israeli war on Iran in Caracas, Venezuela, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
FILE - People gather outside the Iranian Embassy to protest the US-Israeli war on Iran in Caracas, Venezuela, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
FILE - Military police stand next to a cargo plane that crashed on a highway in El Alto, Bolivia, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)
FILE - Military police stand next to a cargo plane that crashed on a highway in El Alto, Bolivia, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)
FILE - Colombian pop star Shakira gives a free concert at the Zocalo in Mexico City, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)
FILE - Colombian pop star Shakira gives a free concert at the Zocalo in Mexico City, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)
FILE - Attendees react to President Javier Milei's annual State of the Nation address at Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello, File)
FILE - Attendees react to President Javier Milei's annual State of the Nation address at Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello, File)
FILE - People watch a soccer match between FC Barcelona and Atlético Madrid on a sidewalk in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
FILE - People watch a soccer match between FC Barcelona and Atlético Madrid on a sidewalk in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
FILE - Flavio Cobolli of Italy holds the trophy after winning the men's singles final match against Frances Tiafoe of the U.S. at the Mexican Open tennis championship in Acapulco, Mexico, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)
FILE - Flavio Cobolli of Italy holds the trophy after winning the men's singles final match against Frances Tiafoe of the U.S. at the Mexican Open tennis championship in Acapulco, Mexico, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)
FILE - Women dressed as race horses inspired by the Japanese franchise Umamusume: Pretty Derby, walk before competing at the Monterrico racecourse in Lima, Peru, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)
FILE - Women dressed as race horses inspired by the Japanese franchise Umamusume: Pretty Derby, walk before competing at the Monterrico racecourse in Lima, Peru, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)
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12:20 AM on Friday, March 6

By The Associated Press

Feb. 27 - March 5, 2026

Swaths of Cuba remained without power this week after a huge blackout hit the western part of the island in the latest outage blamed on a fragile electric grid and a lack of fuel. In Mexico, nearly 20 years after her first Zócalo concert, Shakira broke the plaza's attendance record with about 400,000 fans, closing her “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran” tour. A military plane carrying 18 tons of new banknotes crashed in Bolivia, killing more than 20 people.

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This gallery was curated by photo editor Leslie Mazoch based in Mexico City.

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