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A fisherman carries a makeshift raft on his back in Havana, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)A fisherman carries a makeshift raft on his back in Havana, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Fisherman Miguel Gonzalez poses with the day’s catch and his makeshift raft at his home in Cojimar, east of Havana, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)Fisherman Miguel Gonzalez poses with the day’s catch and his makeshift raft at his home in Cojimar, east of Havana, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)Ernesto Abel Casillas fishes on a makeshift raft at dawn in Cojimar, east of Havana, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Ernesto Abel Casillas fishes on a makeshift raft at dawn in Cojimar, east of Havana, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)A hammerhead shark lies on the boardwalk as the fisherman who caught it retrieves his makeshift raft in Cojimar, east of Havana, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

A hammerhead shark lies on the boardwalk as the fisherman who caught it retrieves his makeshift raft in Cojimar, east of Havana, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

People relax next to the day’s catch after fishing on makeshift rafts in Cojimar, east of Havana, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)Palestinians walk at the Islamic University in Gaza City, which is now a shelter for displaced Palestinians amid the ongoing war in Gaza, Sunday, April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Palestinians walk at the Islamic University in Gaza City, which is now a shelter for displaced Palestinians amid the ongoing war in Gaza, Sunday, April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)AP writer Lee Keath in Cairo contributed to this report.

As uncontrolled blazes have turned large swaths of Los Angeles into hellscapes the last week, Associated Press photographers have been on the frontlines. They have captured burning so intense that it lights the night sky, people so shocked they have a hard time putting sentences together and destruction so complete that what stands out is the little that survived.Balancing the need for safety with the risks of getting close to wildfires, these photojournalists have also had to manage their emotions. Seeing unimaginable destruction and suffering is hard. And for some, Los Angeles is home.