Workers handled beef in Avellaneda in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. People cooled off in Arpoador beach in Rio de Janeiro.

This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Bridget Jones, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide made or published by The Associated Press in the past week.

The streets of Tibú, a municipality in Norte de Santander (Colombia), have once again become a refuge for thousands of people fleeing violence between ELN guerrillas and FARC dissidents. Of the 38,000 displaced people from the Catatumbo region,