People relax next to the day's catch after fishing on makeshift rafts in Cojimar, east of Havana, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A resident walks on a street during a general blackout in Havana, Cuba, Friday, March 14, 2025. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





People paly with fireworks during Parrandas de Camajuani, Cuba on March 22, 2025. Two neighborhoods of the city, San Jose, represented by a toad, and Santa Teresa, represented by a goat, fight with carnival shows that involve the whole town in a party with bands, huge floats and fireworks. The Parrandas de Camajuani with more than 130 years, are recognized as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity since 2018. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





Fishermen talk after a day of fishing on makeshift “corcho” rafts next to a classic American car loaded with garlic and onions for sale, in Cojimar, Cuba, March 25, 2025. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Garlic and onions for sale hang from the trunk of a classic American car in Cojimar, east of Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A boy dressed in a military uniform is carried on his grandfather's shoulders in the annual May Day parade at Revolution Square in Havana, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Cuban soldiers march in a May Day parade at Revolution Square in Havana on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Members of Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo company perform during the opening of “Core meu” at the National Theater, in Havana, Friday, May 16, 2025. Princess Caroline of Monaco, president of the company established in 1985 in honor of her mother, Princess Grace, accompanied the dancers to Havana. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Cuban pensioner Lazaro Diaz, 75, a member of the Juventud Acumulada swimming club, swims in Havana on May 17, 2025. Juventud Acumulada (Forever Young) is a swimming club in Cuba's capital open to swimmers of all ages, but most closely associated with its old-timers, who fly its colors at competitions across the island. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





Vendors wait for customers at the trunk of their American classic car carrying homemade baked goods in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (Photo by Jorge Luis Baños/AP Photo)





Stray cats gather on a table at the protected cat colony “Proyecto Aldameros”, in a park in the historic area of Havana, Tuesday, August 5, 2025. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Joselin Marlen Martinez poses on top of a classic American car before her quinceanera photoshoot in Havana, Monday, August 11, 2025. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A youth sweeps away trash blocking drains on a flooded street after heavy rains in Havana, Monday, August 11, 2025. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





School buses pass through a flooded street after heavy rains in Havana, Cuba, 12 August 2025. (Photo by Ernesto Mastrascusa/EPA)





A follower of the Virgin of Charity, Oxun in the Yoruba religion, carry a doll as they attend a procession during the Oxun Day celebrations in havana on September 8, 2025. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





People play dominoes on the street during a blackout in Havana, Wednesday, September 10, 2025. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Faithful gather for a procession honoring Our Lady of Mercy in Havana, Wednesday, September 24, 2025. (Photo by Ramón Espinosa/AP Photo)





Cubans wait to fill their water containers from a water truck in Havana on September 29, 2025. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





A salsa dance instructor gives a demonstration for students, as part of the “Salsa for my People” initiative, a cultural project aimed to promote salsa tradition, Havana, Cuba, on October 18, 2025. (Photo by Norlys Perez/Reuters)