“Rodrigo Abd is a Pulitzer Prize winning photographer and was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 27, 1976. His career began as a staff photographer at the La Razón and La Nación newspapers in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 1999 to 2003. Since 2003 he has been the staff photographer for the Associated Press based in Guatemala, with the exception of 2006, when he was based in Kabul, Afghanistan. Rodrigo has worked on AP special assignments covering the political turmoil in Bolivia in 2003 and Haiti in 2004. He also covered Venezuela's presidential elections in 2007, and the Haitian earthquake in 2010. In 2010, he has twice been embedded with US troops in the Kandahar province, Afghanistan. In 2011 he covered the political conflict in Libya. In 2012 he covered the Syrian armed conflict. Currently based in Lima, Peru”. – Associated Press

Women put mud over a man at a mud party during Carnival celebrations in Paraty, Brazil, Saturday, March 5, 2011. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

A samba school dancer rests after a carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, early Monday March 7, 2011. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

Juan Trujillo Leon, 12, takes a break from selling bottled water and plays in a niche at the Virgen de Lourdes cemetery, where many are gathering to mark the Day of the Dead holiday, in Lima, Peru, Friday, November 2, 2012. Friends and families converge in cemeteries to decorate their loved ones graves and keep vigil during the two-day holiday that begins Nov. 1, coinciding with All Saints Day and All Souls' Day on Nov. 2. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

Two clowns take a rest on a sidewalk during the inauguration of the fourth annual Latin American Clown Congress in Guatemala City, Tuesday, July 24, 2012. Clowns from Central America and South America and the Caribbean have gathered for three days in the capital city to exchange ideas and attend workshops. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

Transgender Kendra Ferrari, 21, performs during Miss Night Queen beauty contest in Guatemala City, Friday, June 15, 2012. Ferrari won the pageant and will represent the transgender community for one year. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

A photographer portraits a group of friends in Puerto San Jose, Guatemala, Friday, March 11, 2011. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

In this May 3, 2012 photo, an inmate, handcuffed to the bars of his cell as punishment for beating a guard, smokes a cigarette at the San Pedro Sula Central Corrections Facility in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Inside one of Honduras' most dangerous and overcrowded prisons, inmates operate a free-market bazaar, selling everything from iPhones to prostitutes. Guards do not cross into the inner sanctum controlled by prisoners, and prisoners do not breach the perimeter controlled by guards. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

A fisherman takes a nap on his boat after deep sea fishing all night in El Callao, Peru, November 3, 2012. Small scale fishermen in this area work 24 hour shifts, catching mostly anchovy, mackerel and silverside. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

A man prays as he touches a crucifix at La Candelaria church in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

A supporter of Venezuela's acting President Nicolas Maduro stands with his face painted in the colors of his nation's flag outside the national electoral council where Maduro registers his candidacy for president to replace late President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, March 11, 2013. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

A worker is partially submerged under water as he tries to repair a broken pipe in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, September 26, 2012. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

A woman dances amid orange smoke during the “Bloco da Lama”, or Mud Block carnival group parade in Paraty, Brazil, Saturday, March 5, 2011. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

In this December 7, 2012 photo, Marvin Vega unloads a crate of anchovies from the holding area of a “boliche”, the Peruvian term for boats that are used by fishermen who fish with nets, at the port of El Callao, Peru. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

A boy named Ahmed mourns his father, Abdulaziz Abu Ahmed Khrer, who was killed by a Syrian army sniper, during his funeral in Idlib, northern Syria, March 8, 2012. This image was one in a series of 20 by AP photographers that won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Photography. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

A boy dressed in a Spiderman costume poses for a photo next to a mural of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez painted on a wall of the Museo de Bellas Artes in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, March 4, 2014. He’s been dead a year, but Chavez’s face and voice are everywhere. He bangs out the national anthem on state radio every morning and the national guard has even blasted his voice reciting poetry to drive rock-throwing protesters off the street. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)