Angela Perez sits on a chair in her flood-damaged house in Poza Rica, Veracruz state, Mexico, Oct. 15, 2025, one of the areas hardest hit by torrential rains that flooded central and eastern Mexico. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
October 16, 2025 - 9:24 PM
Oct. 10-16, 2025
Flooding and landslides over the past week cut off 300 towns in central and eastern Mexico and left dozens of people dead and missing.
Uruguay’s senate passed a law decriminalizing euthanasia, putting the South American nation among a handful of other countries where seriously ill patients can legally obtain help to end their lives.
Mexicans begin preparing for the upcoming Day of the Dead celebrations.
This gallery was curated by AP photojournalist Fernando Vergara in Bogota, Colombia.
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