Cuban soldiers march during a ceremony marking the 153rd anniversary of the execution of eight medicine students by the Spanish colonial government, Havana, Cuba, on November 27, 2024. (Photo by Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters)





A Cuban recruit wearing a t-shirt with an image of late revolutionary hero Ernesto “Che” Guevara looks on during a ceremony marking the 153rd anniversary of the execution of eight medicine students by the Spanish colonial government, Havana, Cuba on November 27, 2024. (Photo by Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters)





A couple kiss on the street during an electrical grid collapse, in Havana, Cuba, on December 4, 2024. (Photo by Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters)





A man cooks soup over an open fire on a sidewalk, during a blackout in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, December 4, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Workers install a piece by artist Osmany Betancourt as part of 15th Havana Biennial, in Havana, Cuba, Friday, December 6, 2024. (Photo by Ariel Ley/AP Photo)





Charlie Boice, center, winner of the 2015 “Papa” Hemingway Look-Alike Contest at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, prepares a Daiquiri at La Floridita bar recalling passages from the life and work of 1954 Nobel Prize-winning writer Ernest Hemingway, in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, December 6, 2024. (Photo by Ariel Ley/AP Photo)





Skaters compete during the World Skate Marathon Tour along Havana's Malecon, Cuba, on December 8, 2024. (Photo by Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters)





Followers of Saint Lazarus, known as the protector of the sick, crawl in self-imposed penance during a pilgrimage to the saint's shrine for his annual feast day, in Santiago de Las Vegas, Cuba, Monday, December 16, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Cuban soldiers take part in a demonstration against the U.S. embargo and demands for Cuba's removal from the list of countries that sponsor terrorism, in Havana, Cuba, Friday, December 20, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A boy walks past a house with an inflatable Santa Claus decoration in Havana on December 23, 2024. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





A man rides his bicycle past a house with inflatable Christmas decorations in Havana on December 23, 2024. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





People look at a house with inflatable Christmas decorations in Havana on December 23, 2024. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





Actor Yusuany Casneiro, dressed as Santa Claus, walks with his niece Aitana as he greets tourists traveling in a classic American car in Havana, Thursday, December 26, 2024. (Photo by Ariel Ley/AP Photo)





Juan Yainier Antomarchi Nunez gets on the back of a motorcycle taxi in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, January 16, 2025, after being conditionally released from detention for participating in 2021 anti-government protests. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





People attend the March of Torches, which is held annually in celebration of the birth anniversary of Cuba's independence hero Jose Marti, in Havana, Cuba, on January 27, 2025. (Photo by Norlys Perez/Reuters)





Soldiers march with torches to mark the 172nd anniversary of the birth of national independence hero Jose Marti, in Havana, Monday, January 27, 2025. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A cosplayer poses for a photo framed by a wanted poster stand during a Wild West “theme party”, at a farm on the outskirts of Havana, Cuba, February 1, 2025. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A woman smokes tobacco during in the cigar rollers contest in Havana, Cuba, 26 February 2025. The 25th edition of the Habanos Festival, organized by the Spanish-Cuban tobacco company Habanos, featured the traditional cigar rollers contest, artisans who handcraft using traditional practices to roll Cuba's most sought-after cigars. (Photo by Ernesto Mastrascusa/EPA/EFE)





Residents look at their cell phones on the street during a general blackout in Havana, Cuba, Friday, March 14, 2025. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)