Taxi drivers wait in line to put fuel at a petrol station in Havana, Cuba on April 25, 2023. (Photo by Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters)





A demonstrator carries a poster with images of late Cuban president Fidel Castro, Cuban former president Raul Castro, and Cuban president Miguel Daz Canel during the commemoration of May Day (Labour Day) to mark the international day of the workers in Havana on May 5, 2023. Without the mass mobilization of yesteryear, this Friday's Workers' Day rally was held in Havana in a reduced version and four days late, overshadowed by the serious fuel crisis facing the island. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





A member of Cuba's LGBTQ community dances on a wall during the annual gay pride march in support of the fight for tolerance and acceptance of the LGBTQ community in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, May 13, 2023. The march commemorates the upcoming International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, celebrated globally on May 17. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A mural depicting the preparation of casabe along with other yuca root dishes are seen at the Yucasabi restaurant, in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, May 13, 2023. Casabe was among the first native products embraced by the Spaniards upon their arrival. They incorporated it into their diet, partly because of its durability. It can last months once baked. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A design and arts vendor shows a customer T-shirts designed with slogans promoting casabe, in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, May 13, 2023. Less popular than its Latin American cousins – the Mexican tortilla, traditionally made of corn, or the Venezuelan arepa, which tends to be thicker – casabe, an ancestral flatbread made of yuca, is increasingly finding its way into culinary festivals and casabe-themed merchandising. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A farm worker sleeps under a truck while waiting in line to refuel his tractor, on the highway to Pinar del Rio, Guanajay, Cuba, Thursday, May 18, 2023. Cuba is in the midst of an acute fuel shortage that has drivers and farmers waiting in line for days or even weeks in order to fuel up their vehicles and tractors. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A man pumps the wheel of his horse-drawn carriage as his family waits in San Nicolas, Cuba, Friday, May 19, 2023. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Photos of clients of Beyond Roots, a private enterprise that includes a clothing store, a beauty salon specializing in afro hair and various other cultural projects, directed by Adriana Heredia, hang on the wall ofher business in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. “I am super happy with the new willingness of the United States embassy to pave the way for us in terms of knowledge . that is something we were lacking”, says Heredia who is part of a small group of entrepreneurs who benefited from a business training program offered by the U.S. embassy in Cuba. (Зрщещ ин Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, left, and Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi walk past the honor guard during a state visit in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, June 15, 2023. (Photo by Ismael Francisco/AP Photo)





Maria Carla Puga, right, and Ana Maria Torres pose for a portrait at their jewelry store and workshop named Ama, which also has a cafeteria, in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Torres and Puga are part of a small group of entrepreneurs benefiting from a business training program the embassy is offering in Cuba. (Photo by Ismael Francisco/AP Photo)





A pedestrian shades herself with an umbrella in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, July 5, 2023. The entire planet sweltered for the two unofficial hottest days in human record keeping Monday and Tuesday, according to University of Maine scientists at the Climate Reanalyzer project. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





People fish at sunset on Havana's Malecon waterfront on July 6, 2023. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





Youngsters bathe on Havana's Malecon waterfront on July 6, 2023. The planet recorded its hottest day this week, reaching 17.18° Celsius. This record had already been broken last Monday. Scientists warn that this situation could be repeated on more occasions during 2023. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





A man bathes a horse in a Havana lake on July 6, 2023. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





Spectators shade themselves with umbrellas as they wait for the start of drag races at an old, unused airstrip in San Nicolas de Bari, Cuba, Sunday, July 23, 2023. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A motorcyclist pulls ahead of his competitors in a drag race at an old, unused airstrip in San Nicolas de Bari, Cuba, Sunday, July 23, 2023. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





The Moncada military barracks are illuminated before sunrise during a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the assault on the barracks, now a school, in Santiago, Cuba, Wednesday, July 26, 2023. Cuba marks the 1953 rebel attack led by Fidel and Raul Castro that is considered the start of Fidel's revolution that culminated with the ouster of dictator Fulgencio Batista. (Photo by Ismael Francisco/AP Photo)





Cubans swim in a natural swimming pool off the coast of Havana on August 4, 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)





Cubans swim in a natural swimming pool off the coast of Havana on August 4, 2023. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





An old American car passes near a poster of Cuban late leader Fidel Castro (L), Former President Raul Castro (C) and current President Miguel Diaz-Canel (R) in Havana, on August 17, 2023. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)