Students line up for their first day back to school after summer vacation at the Angela Landa school in Old Havana, Cuba, Monday, September 5, 2022. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Faithful accompany a statue of the Virgin of Regla during a procession honoring the black Madonna, in the town of Regla, across the bay from Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, September 7, 2022. The black Madonna is honored on the same day as Cuba's patron saint, the Virgin of Charity, both of which are also recognized as powerful deities in the African-influenced religion of Santeria. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Followers of the Virgin of Charity - syncretized in the Yoruba religion with Ochun- take part in a procession in Havana during the Ochun Day celebrations in Cuba, on September 8, 2022. Thousands of Cubans, many dressed in yellow, accompanied “Cachita”, the Virgin of Caridad del Cobre, Cuba's patron saint, on Thursday in the traditional procession in Havana, which returned after two years of pandemic and confinement. But in that time also came the worst economic crisis in three decades, severe shortages, high prices, explosions in hotels and oil depots, long electricity blackouts and many cases of life-threatening dengue fever. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





Students salute after a man cast his vote at a polling station during the new Family Code referendum in Havana on September 25, 2022. Cubans on Sunday are voting in a landmark referendum on whether to legalize same-s*x marriage and adoption, allow surrogate pregnancies, and give greater rights to non-biological parents. (Photo by Adalberto Roque/AFP Photo)





A voter casts his vote at a polling station during the new Family Code referendum in Havana, Cuba on September 25, 2022. (Photo by Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters)





Waves kick up under a dark sky along the shore of Batabano, Cuba, Monday, September 26, 2022. Hurricane Ian was growing stronger as it approached the western tip of Cuba on a track to hit the west coast of Florida as a major hurricane as early as Wednesday. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A resident of El Fanguito neighborhood carries a mattress in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Ian, in Havana, Cuba, Monday, September 26, 2022. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Workers remove a boat from the water in the bay of Havana, Cuba, Monday, September 26, 2022. (Photo by Milexsy Duran/AP Photo)





People on a horse wave in the streets of Coloma, a town through which Hurricane Ian is expected to enter, in Pinar del Rio province, Cuba, 26 September 2022. (Photo by Yander Zamora/EPA/EFE)





A utility pole lies on the street in Consolacion del Sur, Cuba, on September 27, 2022, during the passage of hurricane Ian. Hurricane Ian made landfall in western Cuba early Tuesday, with the storm prompting mass evacuations and fears it will bring widespread destruction as it heads for the US state of Florida. (Photo by Adalberto Roque/AFP Photo)





A family walks in the rain after Hurricane Ian hit Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Tuesday, September 27, 2022. Ian made landfall at 4:30 a.m. EDT Tuesday in Cuba’s Pinar del Rio province, where officials set up shelters, evacuated people, rushed in emergency personnel and took steps to protect crops in the nation’s main tobacco-growing region. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Fallen electricity lines, metal and tree branches litter a street after Hurricane Ian hit Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Tuesday, September 27, 2022. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A family walks through the rain in search of shelter after their home flooded when Hurricane Ian hit in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Tuesday, September 27, 2022. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Mercedes Valdez holds her dog Kira as she waits for transportation after losing her home to Hurricane Ian in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Tuesday, September 27, 2022. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A man leans over next to an oveturned box filled with a fishing line, after Hurricane Ian's storm surge flooded the area in Playa Cajio, Artemisa, Cuba, Tuesday, September 27, 2022. (Photo by Ismael Francisco/AP Photo)





A pedestrian crosses an empty street during the passing of Hurricane Ian in Havana, Cuba, early Thursday, September 27, 2022. (Photo by Ismael Francisco/AP Photo)





Debris hang on the street in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian's passage through Pinar del Rio, Cuba on September 27, 2022. (Photo by Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters)





A man carries his children next to debris caused by the Hurricane Ian after it passed in Pinar del Rio, Cuba on September 27, 2022. (Photo by Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters)





A vintage car passes by debris caused by the Hurricane Ian as it passed in Pinar del Rio, Cuba on September 27, 2022. (Photo by Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters)





Waves hit the Malecon in Havana, on September 28, 2022, after the passage of hurricane Ian. Cuba exceeded 12 hours this Wednesday in total blackout with “zero electricity generation” due to failures in the links of the national electrical system (sen), after the passage of powerful Hurricane Ian. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)