Children wait to walk the runway during a fashion show of Afro hairstyles in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, August 31, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A new car is seen parked in front of an old American car near the Havana Capitol on September 5, 2024. Brand new Mercedes Benzes, pickup trucks, Wrangler Jeeps, and even some Teslas: in the midst of a severe economic crisis in Cuba, high-end cars have begun to steal the limelight from the American classics of the 1950s and the Soviet Lada and Moskvich compacts. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





Followers of the Virgin of Charity, Oxun in the Yoruba religion, take part in a procession in Havana during the Oxun Day celebrations in Cuba on September 8, 2024. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





Garbage piles up on a corner in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, September 24, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A residents of the coastal town of Guanimar in Artemisa province, southwest of Havana, wade trough a flooded street after the passage of Hurricane Helene on September 25, 2024. Tropical Storm Helene became a hurricane mid-morning in the Gulf of Mexico. “Life-threatening storm surge, hurricane-force winds, rainfall and flooding are expected across much of Florida and the southeastern United States”, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest bulletin. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





People navigate a flooded street in a row boat after Hurricane Helene passed through Guanimar, Cuba, on Wednesday, September 25, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Residents of Guanimar move on a truck to safe zones after the passage of Hurricane Helene in Guanimar, Artemisa province, Cuba, on September 25, 2024. Tropical Storm Helene became a hurricane mid-morning in the Gulf of Mexico. "Life-threatening storm surge, hurricane-force winds, rainfall and flooding are expected across much of Florida and the southeastern United States," the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest bulletin. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





People traverse a flooded street with a horse-drawn carriage after the passage of Hurricane Helene in Guanimar, Artemisa province, Cuba, Wednesday, September 25, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A man lights charcoal to cook dinner in his flooded home after the passage of Hurricane Helene in Guanimar, Artemisa province, Cuba, September 25, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





People enjoy the waves at the Malecon in Havana, on September 26, 2024, after the passage of hurricane Helene. Hurricane Helene strengthened to an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm as it barreled toward landfall on the Florida coast, US meteorologists said. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





Residents wade through a street flooded in the passing of Hurricane Helene, in Batabano, Mayabeque province, Cuba, Thursday, September 26, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Jesus Hernandez guides his granddaughter Angelina via a container through a street flooded in the passing of Hurricane Helene, in Batabano, Mayabeque province, Cuba, Thursday, September 26, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A resident leads his pig through a street flooded in the passing of Hurricane Helene, in Batabano, Mayabeque province, Cuba, Thursday, September 26, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A man floats in a container on a street flooded by the passing of Hurricane Helene, in Batabano, Mayabeque province, Cuba, Thursday, September 26, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





People inspect a dead whale on the coast of Baracoa, Artemisa province, Cuba, Thursday, October 3, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A woman prepares to catch a tossed frisbee during a massive blackout after a major power plant failed in Havana, Cuba, Friday, October 18, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Residents pass the time during a massive blackout after a major power plant failed in Havana, Cuba, Friday, October 18, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





People stand in the street at night as Cuba is hit by an island-wide blackout, in Havana, Cuba, on October 18, 2024. (Photo by Norlys Perez/Reuters)





Cuban police and military stand next to debris used to block a street during a protest against a blackout, after opening the street up to traffic, in Havana, Cuba, on October 19, 2024. (Photo by Norlys Perez/Reuters)





A man cleans his vintage car during a blackout as the country's electrical grid collapsed again on Sunday, according to Cuba's energy and mines ministry, in the latest setback to the government's efforts to restore power to the island, in Havana, Cuba on October 20, 2024. (Photo by Norlys Perez/Reuters)