A man with his camera walks inside an abandoned swimming pool in Havana, on August 3, 2023. With the current hot summer, Havana residents have rushed to the dilapidated natural pools on the coast of their city, built by wealthy families in the first half of the last century. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





Joel Garcia, 53, drives a school bus to evacuate a woman from her home as Storm Idalia makes landfall in Cuba, Guanimar, Cuba on August 28, 2023. (Photo by Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters)





A couple remains outside their house in a flooded area of Batabano, Mayabeque Province, Cuba, on August 28, 2023, as Tropical Storm Idalia approaches the western tip of the island nation. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





An old American car passes through a flooded area of Batabano, Mayabeque Province, Cuba, on August 28, 2023, as Tropical Storm Idalia approaches the western tip of the island nation. Tropical Storm Idalia strengthened as it neared Cuba and the abnormally hot waters of the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, with forecasters predicting it could become a major hurricane before roaring ashore in Florida this week. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





Commuters cycle through a street flooded by rain brought by Hurricane Idalia in Havana, Cuba, early Tuesday, August 29, 2023. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A dog called Samson, looks at his owner (not pictured) as he comes back home, flooded with the passage of Storm Idalia in Playa Majana, Cuba on August 29, 2023. (Photo by Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters)





Residents wade through a street flooded by rains brought on by Hurricane Idalia, in Batabano, Cuba, Tuesday, August 29, 2023. Idalia strengthened into a hurricane Tuesday and barreled toward Florida's Gulf Coast. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A man rides a tricycle through a flooded street in Havana, on Augusto 29, 2023, during the passage of tropical storm Idalia. Tropical Storm Idalia strengthened into a hurricane this Tuesday and forecasters are forecasting it to become “extremely dangerous” before making landfall on Wednesday in Florida, US. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





The “Blue Supermoon”, the second full moon of a calendar month, rises over Havana on August 30, 2023. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





The “Blue Supermoon”, the second full moon of a calendar month, rises over Havana on August 30, 2023. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





An avocado vender works in a street flooded by rain brought by Hurricane Idalia in Havana, Cuba, early Tuesday, August 29, 2023. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Musicians perform during a procession honoring Cuba's patron saint, the Virgin of Charity of Cobre, on her feast day in Havana, Friday, September 8, 2023. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Honor guards walk outside Revolution Palace after an official reception by Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel to U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres who will attend the G77 + China summit in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, September 14, 2023. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Members of an honour guard hold a Cuban and a UN flag as they stand next to the Jose Marti monument (not pictured) after a ceremony ahead of the G77+China summit in Havana, Cuba on September 14, 2023. (Photo by Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters)





One of the works (mixed media) that is part of the exhibition “Invisible Portraits”, by Cuban artist Daniela Aguila is on display at the Maxima Gallery in Havana, Cuba, 21 September 2023. Aguila's proposal is to make black women visible in their daily lives as a sign of empowerment in her series “Invisible Portraits”. (Photo by Yander Zamora/EPA/EFE)





Tourists pose for a selfie in an old American car in front of a wall bearing a graffiti of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) in Havana, on September 27, 2023. September 28 marks the 63th anniversary of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR), the so-called “eyes and ears of the Revolution” created by the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





A farmer rests sitting on a sack of sweet potatoes in a field in Alquizar, Artemisa Province, Cuba, on September 29, 2023. Cuban experts have warned of the risk of food insecurity on the socialist island, whose government distributes much of the food at subsidized prices through rationing mechanisms for the 11 million Cubans. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





People watch firefighters clear debris from a building that partially collapsed in search for survivors in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, October 4, 2023. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Rescuers work after a building collapsed in Havana, Cuba, 04 October 2023. The building collapse in Havana's historic center the night before resulted in the death of one person and several others being trapped under debris, according to state media reports released on 04 October 2023. Despite heavy rainfall, rescue efforts continued in the morning. (Photo by Ernesto Mastrascusa/EPA)





Rescuers work at an apartment block following a collapse, in Havana, on October 4, 2023. At least one person has died, a firefighter, and two others are missing after the collapse at an apartment block where around fifty people were living, emergency services and state media announced on Wednesday. A woman, a member of a fire brigade who had come to the scene to secure the area after the first collapse, died during rescue operations in a second collapse, a firefighter told AFP on condition of anonymity. Another firefighter and a 76-year-old resident of the building are still missing, according to the same source, who said that only the façade of the building remained. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)