A neighbor walks her dog during a power outage during a heat wave in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

This photo gallery highlights some of the best news images taken by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean published between March 10 and March 16, 2023.

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The images were curated by Associated Press photojournalist Jorge Sáenz in Asunción, Paraguay.

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A man cries outside a coal mine hit by an explosion that authorities say killed at least 11 people in Sutatausa, Cundinamarca province, Colombia, March 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Iván Valencia)
A man cries outside a coal mine hit by an explosion that authorities say killed at least 11 people in Sutatausa, Cundinamarca province, Colombia, March 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Iván Valencia)
In this photo, houses are strewn across the hills of the humble neighborhood of Villa Maria, in Lima, Peru, March 11, 2023. Residents live in precarious structures built on sandy, unstable soils and wetlands, making them vulnerable to heavy downpours, said Peru's National Meteorology and Hydrology Service. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
In this photo, houses are strewn across the hills of the humble neighborhood of Villa Maria, in Lima, Peru, March 11, 2023. Residents live in precarious structures built on sandy, unstable soils and wetlands, making them vulnerable to heavy downpours, said Peru’s National Meteorology and Hydrology Service. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
A girl runs as Border Police officers patrol the Los Pumitas neighborhood where 11-year-old Máximo Jerez was killed early Sunday when at least one gunman attacked a birthday party, in Rosario, Spain Argentina, Thursday, March 9, 2023. Hours after the burial, residents of a neighborhood in northern Rosario where the attacker allegedly lived attacked and destroyed his home. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A girl runs as Border Police officers patrol the Los Pumitas neighborhood where 11-year-old Máximo Jerez was killed early Sunday when at least one gunman attacked a birthday party, in Rosario, Spain Argentina, Thursday, March 9, 2023. Hours after the burial, residents of a neighborhood in northern Rosario where the attacker allegedly lived attacked and destroyed his home. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A devotee with a cross tattoo on his neck heads to the cathedral for a mass to celebrate 15 years of the organization Familia Grande Hogar de Cristo, which works to help rehabilitate drug addicts, and Francisco's 10 years as pope, in Luján, Argentina on March 11, 2023. Francis left Argentina in February 2013 to attend the conclave where he was elected successor to Benedict XVI on March 13. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
A devotee with a cross tattoo on his neck heads to the cathedral for a mass to celebrate 15 years of the organization Familia Grande Hogar de Cristo, which works to help rehabilitate drug addicts, and Francisco’s 10 years as pope, in Luján, Argentina on March 11, 2023. Francis left Argentina in February 2013 to attend the conclave where he was elected successor to Benedict XVI on March 13. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Motorcycles seized by police for allegedly being stolen pile up at the municipal police station in Asuncion, Paraguay, March 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Motorcycles seized by police for allegedly being stolen pile up at the municipal police station in Asuncion, Paraguay, March 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Argentina's Huracán Gastón Sauro (top) fights for the ball with Bremer of Peru's Sporting Cristal during a Copa Libertadores match at Tomás Duco stadium, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 9, 2023. (AP Photo /Gustavo Garello)
Argentina’s Huracán Gastón Sauro (top) fights for the ball with Bremer of Peru’s Sporting Cristal during a Copa Libertadores match at Tomás Duco stadium, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 9, 2023. (AP Photo /Gustavo Garello)
A Quechua woman rests at the entrance to the Tupac Amaru market in Juliaca, Peru, March 10, 2023. Peruvians have found a way to carry on with their daily lives amid unrest stemming from the ousting of the former president Pedro Castillo, who was later arrested for trying to dissolve the congress and was replaced by his vice president, Dina Boluarte. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A Quechua woman rests at the entrance to the Tupac Amaru market in Juliaca, Peru, March 10, 2023. Peruvians have found a way to carry on with their daily lives amid unrest stemming from the ousting of the former president Pedro Castillo, who was later arrested for trying to dissolve the congress and was replaced by his vice president, Dina Boluarte. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Emma Jerez cries during a march to demand justice for the murder of her cousin Máximo Jerez, 11, who died the previous weekend when a gunman attacked a birthday party, in Rosario, Argentina, on 10 March 2023. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Emma Jerez cries during a march to demand justice for the murder of her cousin Máximo Jerez, 11, who died the previous weekend when a gunman attacked a birthday party, in Rosario, Argentina, on 10 March 2023. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Pictured, a Puerto Rican baseball team fan blows his hair dry after dying it blonde in a massive event that attempted to break the Guinness World Record for the most dyes in eight hours, in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, on March 10. 2023. Going blonde, which started as a joke among baseball players playing in California a few years ago, is a way to show support for the team at the World Classic. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)
Pictured, a Puerto Rican baseball team fan blows his hair dry after dying it blonde in a massive event that attempted to break the Guinness World Record for the most dyes in eight hours, in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, on March 10. 2023. Going blonde, which started as a joke among baseball players playing in California a few years ago, is a way to show support for the team at the World Classic. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)
A young sloth, named Gloria, who was rescued after being stolen for sale, hangs from a branch after her release at the Botanical Garden in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 13, 2023. Gloria was cared for by the NGO Free Life Institute, which treats wild animals found around Rio and returns them, if possible, to the wild. In cases where this is not possible, they are taken to rehabilitation centers or sanctuaries. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
A young sloth, named Gloria, who was rescued after being stolen for sale, hangs from a branch after her release at the Botanical Garden in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 13, 2023. Gloria was cared for by the NGO Free Life Institute, which treats wild animals found around Rio and returns them, if possible, to the wild. In cases where this is not possible, they are taken to rehabilitation centers or sanctuaries. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

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