Venezuela hit by powerful twin earthquakes and other top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean

FILE - Neighbors carry a man rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building in La Guaira, Venezuela, June 25, 2026, a day after twin earthquakes struck the country. (AP Photo/Pedro Mattey, File)
FILE - Neighbors carry a man rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building in La Guaira, Venezuela, June 25, 2026, a day after twin earthquakes struck the country. (AP Photo/Pedro Mattey, File)
FILE - A woman walks past a quake-damaged building in La Guaira, Venezuela, June 25, 2026, a day after twin earthquakes struck the country. (AP Photo/Pedro Mattey, File)
FILE - A woman walks past a quake-damaged building in La Guaira, Venezuela, June 25, 2026, a day after twin earthquakes struck the country. (AP Photo/Pedro Mattey, File)
FILE - An injured woman walks past in La Guaira, Venezuela, June 25, 2026, a day after twin earthquakes struck the country. (AP Photo/Pedro Mattey, File)
FILE - An injured woman walks past in La Guaira, Venezuela, June 25, 2026, a day after twin earthquakes struck the country. (AP Photo/Pedro Mattey, File)
FILE - Nashly Zerquera, a 4-year-old oncology patient, walks with Dr. Yolainy Romero Rodriguez at the National Institute of Oncology and Radiobiology in Havana, Cuba, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
FILE - Nashly Zerquera, a 4-year-old oncology patient, walks with Dr. Yolainy Romero Rodriguez at the National Institute of Oncology and Radiobiology in Havana, Cuba, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
FILE - Soccer fans attend a World Cup watch party for the match between Morocco and Haiti, in Port-au-Prince, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
FILE - Soccer fans attend a World Cup watch party for the match between Morocco and Haiti, in Port-au-Prince, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
FILE - Presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella of the opposition Defenders of the Motherland movement and his vice-presidential running mate, Jose Manuel Restrepo, ride in a bulletproof booth toward a celebration rally after election results showed him leading, in Barranquilla, Colombia, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
FILE - Presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella of the opposition Defenders of the Motherland movement and his vice-presidential running mate, Jose Manuel Restrepo, ride in a bulletproof booth toward a celebration rally after election results showed him leading, in Barranquilla, Colombia, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
FILE - Presidential candidate Roberto Sanchez of the Together for Peru party, center, walks with supporters during a protest against presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori of the Popular Force party in Lima, Peru, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Miguel Paredes, File)
FILE - Presidential candidate Roberto Sanchez of the Together for Peru party, center, walks with supporters during a protest against presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori of the Popular Force party in Lima, Peru, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Miguel Paredes, File)
FILE - People gather to sing happy birthday to Lionel Messi in front of of a street mural of featuring Messi, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
FILE - People gather to sing happy birthday to Lionel Messi in front of of a street mural of featuring Messi, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
FILE - A soccer fan reacts to Brazil's third goal in a World Cup match against Scotland, during a fan fest on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado, File)
FILE - A soccer fan reacts to Brazil's third goal in a World Cup match against Scotland, during a fan fest on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado, File)
FILE - Fans celebrate under the rain after Mexico defeated Czechia in a World Cup Group A soccer match, in Mexico City, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)
FILE - Fans celebrate under the rain after Mexico defeated Czechia in a World Cup Group A soccer match, in Mexico City, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)
FILE - Aymara women raise their hands to receive the first rays of sunlight during celebrations of the Andean New Year, which marks the Southern Hemisphere's winter solstice, in El Alto, Bolivia, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)
FILE - Aymara women raise their hands to receive the first rays of sunlight during celebrations of the Andean New Year, which marks the Southern Hemisphere's winter solstice, in El Alto, Bolivia, June 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)
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June 19 - 25, 2026

Powerful back-to-back earthquakes struck Venezuela causing widespread damage, a rising death toll and thousands injured.

Conservative outsider Abelardo de la Espriella, a millionaire political neophyte, will be Colombia’s next president after electoral authorities declared him the winner of the presidential runoff election.

The Andean New Year celebration, with traditional offerings to Pachamama, marked a pause in social protests and a slow return to normality after the end of a state of emergency that followed more than 50 days of road blockades isolating La Paz and other regions of Bolivia.

This gallery was curated by photojournalist Fernando Llano based in Mexico City.

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