Presidential candidate Rodrigo Paz waves to supporters after preliminary results showed him leading in the presidential runoff election in La Paz, Bolivia on Sunday. Natacha Pisarenko/AP hide caption
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Supporters of Colombian President Gustavo Petro display a Palestinian flag as he addresses a rally in Ibague, Colombia, Oct. 3, 2025. Fernando Vergara/AP hide caption
President Trump speaks to reporters after arriving on Air Force One, Friday, at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption
At a press conference in the Oval Office on Wednesday, President Trump acknowledged that he had authorized the CIA to go into Venezuela. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption
Trump threatens a Venezuela escalation and Pentagon press walk out
President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Oval Office at the White House, on Wednesday in Washington. John McDonnell/AP hide caption
A vendor sells sugarcane next to the entrance of the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, after the organization announced the facility's closure due to ongoing violence. Odelyn Joseph/AP hide caption
Cachitas Now!, una banda disidente, le canta a un público universitario y queer en La Plata. La vocalista es Melissa Lobos Cachitas Now!, a dissident band, sings to a university and queer audience in La Plata. Their singer is Melissa Lobos. Karla Gachet hide caption
Cachitas Now!, una banda disidente, le canta a un público universitario y queer en La Plata. La vocalista es Melissa Lobos Cachitas Now!, a dissident band, sings to a university and queer audience in La Plata. Their singer is Melissa Lobos. Karla Gachet hide caption
A rescue worker, part of the volunteer brigade known as the Topos, works near a car hanging over a fence by a damaged house in Poza Rica, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, after torrential rains. Felix Marquez/AP hide caption
Celebration of San Juanes in Cotacachi, province of Imbabura, Ecuador. The Cumbia Andina is a mixture of indigenous rythms from the north of the country, such as San Juanitos played and danced to during the celebrations, and Colombian cumbia. Karla Gachet hide caption
Celebration of San Juanes in Cotacachi, province of Imbabura, Ecuador. The Cumbia Andina is a mixture of indigenous rythms from the north of the country, such as San Juanitos played and danced to during the celebrations, and Colombian cumbia. Karla Gachet hide caption
Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gives a speech during an Anti-government protest on Jan. 9, 2025 in Caracas, Venezuela. Alfredo Lasry R/Getty Images hide caption
Pedro Tolomeo Rojas, known as Monky, enters his studio en Lima on October 21, 2025. Monky was a pioneer in the making of the posters that publicize cumbia concerts and are now considered chicha art. These colorful posters still cover the grey city of Lima and other cities advertising upcoming concerts. Some say the florescent colors were inspired by the the clothing worn by the women in the indigenous communities. Ivan Kashinsky hide caption
Pedro Tolomeo Rojas, known as Monky, enters his studio en Lima on October 21, 2025. Monky was a pioneer in the making of the posters that publicize cumbia concerts and are now considered chicha art. These colorful posters still cover the grey city of Lima and other cities advertising upcoming concerts. Some say the florescent colors were inspired by the the clothing worn by the women in the indigenous communities. Ivan Kashinsky hide caption
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, seen here (right) during an election campaign in Venezuela last year, has won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. Lexi Parra for NPR hide caption
Peru President Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. Richard Drew/AP hide caption
Replicas of the obverse and reverse of the Nobel Peace Prize medal displayed at The Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Spaghetti Cumbia posa para un retrato en Vasquez Rocks, en el norte del condado de Los Ángeles, el 26 de marzo de 2022. Ivan Kashinsky hide caption
Spaghetti Cumbia posa para un retrato en Vasquez Rocks, en el norte del condado de Los Ángeles, el 26 de marzo de 2022. Ivan Kashinsky hide caption
Marine biologist Elvira Alvarado, known as the "mother of coral". At 70, she's still diving and pioneering a type of coral IVF to help save endangered reefs. John Otis/NPR hide caption
Activists and relatives of prisoners release balloons calling for the freedom of political prisoners, in Caracas, Venezuela, April 14. Ariana Cubillos/AP hide caption
People dance at Brenda Cazárez's 40th birthday party as Sonido Colombia plays music in the Privada Cusco neighborhood of Monterrey, Mexico, on Aug. 12, 2023. Ivan Kashinsky hide caption
People dance at Brenda Cazárez's 40th birthday party as Sonido Colombia plays music in the Privada Cusco neighborhood of Monterrey, Mexico, on Aug. 12, 2023. Ivan Kashinsky hide caption