Clown Day in Peru, violence in Colombia and other top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean

By The Associated Press
May 29, 2026 | 12:11 AM

May 22-28, 2026

Clowns partook in their national day in Lima, Peru. Ruins of homes remain five months after an attack by dissidents of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia in Buenos Aires, Cauca, Colombia. In the world of sport, Cruz Azul won the Mexican soccer league against city rivals Pumas.

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This gallery was curated by photo editor Leslie Mazoch based in Mexico City.

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Hong Kong’s independent bookstores, a refuge for Chinese readers, are under threat

By The Associated Press
August 30, 2026 | 10:19 AM

HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese university student Fleming Cheng found the political books he had only glimpsed online in a Hong Kong bookstore last year. Before visiting Greenfield Book Store, Cheng had only managed to see the books' covers online after bypassing Beijing's internet censorship using a VPN. At the store, he picked up a title offering a critical account of China. He stood there devouring dozens of pages from another, about a pro-reform Chinese leader who fell from power for sympathizing with the protesters during the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement in 1989. Cheng said he saw perspectives diverging from the mainland’s official narrative. “A space of freedom,” he said.

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