Migrants return to Venezuelan, a gold mine rescue and more top photos this week from Latin America

Venezuelan migrants depart Jaque on Panama's Pacific coast en route to Jurado, Colombia, as they return home after failing to enter the United States, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Venezuelan migrants depart Jaque on Panama's Pacific coast en route to Jurado, Colombia, as they return home after failing to enter the United States, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Yuliana Andrea Agudelo embraces her son Sebastian Agudelo after he was rescued from a gold mine that had collapsed trapping over 20 miners, in Segovia, Colombia, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)
Yuliana Andrea Agudelo embraces her son Sebastian Agudelo after he was rescued from a gold mine that had collapsed trapping over 20 miners, in Segovia, Colombia, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Santiago Saldarriaga)
A pedestrian poses for a photo on the edge of an installation, a canal filled with flowers, during the opening of the city's first art biennial in downtown Bogota, Colombia, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
A pedestrian poses for a photo on the edge of an installation, a canal filled with flowers, during the opening of the city's first art biennial in downtown Bogota, Colombia, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Armed demonstrators march in support of President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Armed demonstrators march in support of President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
A construction worker makes his way along a track-level walkway in the metro tunnel beneath the Panama Canal during a media tour, in Arraijan, west of Panama City, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A construction worker makes his way along a track-level walkway in the metro tunnel beneath the Panama Canal during a media tour, in Arraijan, west of Panama City, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
People look out at a street in the Simon-Pele neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
People look out at a street in the Simon-Pele neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Magellanic penguins walk towards the ocean during a release after undergoing a rehabilitation process, in Punta del Este, Uruguay, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
Magellanic penguins walk towards the ocean during a release after undergoing a rehabilitation process, in Punta del Este, Uruguay, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
Vitor Roque of Brazil's Palmeiras, center, celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's opening goal against Argentina's River Plate during a World Cup 2026 qualifying soccer match at Neo Quimica Arena in Sao Paulo, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Vitor Roque of Brazil's Palmeiras, center, celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's opening goal against Argentina's River Plate during a World Cup 2026 qualifying soccer match at Neo Quimica Arena in Sao Paulo, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
A boat sits stranded along the shore in Cumana, capital of Venezuela's Sucre state, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
A boat sits stranded along the shore in Cumana, capital of Venezuela's Sucre state, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
A pedestrian traverses barricades placed by anti-government protesters on the Pan-American Highway, in Otavalo, Ecuador, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Carlos Noriega)
A pedestrian traverses barricades placed by anti-government protesters on the Pan-American Highway, in Otavalo, Ecuador, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Carlos Noriega)
A view of the darkroom that belonged to Frida Kahlo's father, Guillermo, who was an official photographer for Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, inside the new museum Casa Kahlo in Mexico City, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
A view of the darkroom that belonged to Frida Kahlo's father, Guillermo, who was an official photographer for Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, inside the new museum Casa Kahlo in Mexico City, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
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Venezuelan migrants departed Jaque on Panama’s Pacific coast en route to Jurado, Colombia, as they returned home after failing to enter the United States. Yuliana Andrea Agudelo embraced her son Sebastian Agudelo after he was rescued from a gold mine that collapsed, trapping more than 20 miners.

This gallery was curated by AP photo editor Jon Orbach in Mexico City.

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