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This gallery was curated by AP photo editor Anita Baca in Mexico City.
A woman stands next to a mural promoting presidential candidate Rodrigo Paz ahead of the presidential runoff election, on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia, Oct. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)
A woman stands next to a mural promoting presidential candidate Rodrigo Paz ahead of the presidential runoff election, on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia, Oct. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)
Presidential candidate Rodrigo Paz waves a Bolivian flag after preliminary results showed him leading in the presidential runoff election in La Paz, Bolivia, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
Presidential candidate Rodrigo Paz waves a Bolivian flag after preliminary results showed him leading in the presidential runoff election in La Paz, Bolivia, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
Morocco players celebrate after defeating Argentina in the FIFA U-20 World Cup final soccer match in Santiago, Chile, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
Morocco players celebrate after defeating Argentina in the FIFA U-20 World Cup final soccer match in Santiago, Chile, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
President Javier Milei holds a megaphone while leading a campaign rally ahead of mid-term elections, in Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
President Javier Milei holds a megaphone while leading a campaign rally ahead of mid-term elections, in Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
A demonstrator is hit by a jet stream of water from a police water cannon during a protest demanding action from President Gustavo Petro’s government on social, environmental and security issues in Bogota, Colombia, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)
A demonstrator is hit by a jet stream of water from a police water cannon during a protest demanding action from President Gustavo Petro’s government on social, environmental and security issues in Bogota, Colombia, Oct. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)
Fireworks explode above a statue of Jose Gregorio Hernandez who will be canonized by Pope Leo XIV, during an event to celebrate Venezuela’s first saint, in Caracas, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
Fireworks explode above a statue of Jose Gregorio Hernandez who will be canonized by Pope Leo XIV, during an event to celebrate Venezuela’s first saint, in Caracas, Oct. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)