A representative of the feminist group Nuestros Pilares plays the violin during a protest against gender-based violence on International Women’s Day, in Santiago, Chile, March 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Esteban Félix)

This photo gallery highlights some of the best news images taken by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean published between March 3 and March 9, 2023.

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The images were curated by Associated Press photo editor Anita Baca in Mexico City.

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Volunteers stretch during a three-month training program, at a military base in Bogota, Colombia, March 6, 2023. After a 25-year ban, the Colombian army is once again allowing women to join its ranks through through voluntary military service, which is compulsory for men. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Volunteers stretch during a three-month training program, at a military base in Bogota, Colombia, March 6, 2023. After a 25-year ban, the Colombian army is once again allowing women to join its ranks through through voluntary military service, which is compulsory for men. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
A woman accused of threatening others is detained and taken away in a police vehicle in the 1 de Diciembre district, in Soyapango, El Salvador, March 2, 2023. Salvadoran Congress has approved President Nayib Bukele's request to extend the special powers mandate for another month, meaning the country will spend at least a year with some of its basic rights suspended in its fight against gangs. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
A woman accused of threatening others is detained and taken away in a police vehicle in the 1 de Diciembre district, in Soyapango, El Salvador, March 2, 2023. Salvadoran Congress has approved President Nayib Bukele’s request to extend the special powers mandate for another month, meaning the country will spend at least a year with some of its basic rights suspended in its fight against gangs. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
A heron catches a fish with its beak, in the artificial lake of Chapultepec Park, in Mexico City, March 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
A heron catches a fish with its beak, in the artificial lake of Chapultepec Park, in Mexico City, March 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Police transfer a woman to hospital after giving birth to her son at her home in Caracas, Venezuela, March 8, 2023. Nurses were taking part in a nearby protest demanding better wages on the International Day of the woman. help the woman give birth. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Police transfer a woman to hospital after giving birth to her son at her home in Caracas, Venezuela, March 8, 2023. Nurses were taking part in a nearby protest demanding better wages on the International Day of the woman. help the woman give birth. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
The body of Haitian comedian Sexy lies sprawled on the ground after he was shot by unknown assailants in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 3, 2023, amid a surge in gang violence that has left dozens of deaths in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
The body of Haitian comedian Sexy lies sprawled on the ground after he was shot by unknown assailants in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 3, 2023, amid a surge in gang violence that has left dozens of deaths in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Neighbors and relatives of Máximo Jerez, an 11-year-old boy who was killed when at least one gunman attacked his birthday party, destroy the house of the alleged attacker, in the neighborhood of Los Pumitas, in Rosario, Argentina, March 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Neighbors and relatives of Máximo Jerez, an 11-year-old boy who was killed when at least one gunman attacked his birthday party, destroy the house of the alleged attacker, in the neighborhood of Los Pumitas, in Rosario, Argentina, March 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A patient of the Nise de Silveira Mental Health Institute dances with a doll during the institution's carnival parade, called "suburban madness", in the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 16, 2023. Patients, their families and center workers celebrate their parade before the official start of Carnival on February 17. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
A patient of the Nise de Silveira mental health institute dances with a doll during the institution’s carnival parade, called ‘Suburban Madness’, in the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, February 16, 2023. The patients, family members and workers at the center celebrate their parade before the official start of the Carnival on February 17. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
An Aymara woman smiles while holding a spinning top in her hand during the city's founding celebration, in El Alto, Bolivia, March 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
An Aymara woman smiles while holding a spinning top in her hand during the city’s founding celebration, in El Alto, Bolivia, March 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A man drives a kart during the inauguration of Foodkart Caracas, which combines a racing track and food in one place, in Caracas, Venezuela, March 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A man drives a kart during the inauguration of Foodkart Caracas, which combines a racing track and food in one place, in Caracas, Venezuela, March 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Austrian Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler smile as they pose for photos wearing sombreros and holding the winners trophy of the Mexican Open doubles tournament, in Acapulco, Mexico, March 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Austrian Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler smile as they pose for photos wearing sombreros and holding the winners trophy of the Mexican Open doubles tournament, in Acapulco, Mexico, March 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

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