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Police fight gangs in Haiti and Guatemala, and other top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean

Haitian police patrolled gang-controlled Port-au-Prince displacing 1.4 million; Guatemalan forces act under emergency powers; Venezuelan police monitor political prisoner family protests.

  • This past week police patrolled a gang-controlled area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in images captured by AP photographers curated by Leslie Mazoch, AP photo editor.
  • Amid escalating gang activity, Guatemalan police and soldiers used new powers under a state of emergency to confront gangs, while about 22,000 people are displaced in Haiti.
  • In Caracas, photographers captured relatives of prisoners kneeling before police as some political prisoners were released, while a surviving cat from Chile appeared as an unusual human-interest image.
  • Expanded security measures imply intensified responses as Guatemala enforces a state of emergency and Haiti increases police patrols, while regional photo coverage highlights humanitarian consequences.
  • The collection, assembled by AP photography, features images from Haiti, Guatemala, Venezuela and Chile taken This past week, curated by Leslie Mazoch, AP photo editor.
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By The Associated Press Police patrolled an area controlled by gangs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where violence has displaced 1.4 million people. In Guatemala, police and soldiers used their new powers during the state of emergency declared by the authorities. And in Venezuela, officers saw relatives of prisoners kneeling before them in Caracas coinciding with the release of some political prisoners. A cat survived the devastating fires in Chile. …

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Police fight gangs in Haiti and Guatemala, and other top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean

Jan. 16-22, 2026

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