The 37th annual Luján youth pilgrimage took place last weekend, beginning in Liniers and running the length of Avenida Rivadavia to Luján, almost 60km away in the province of Buenos Aires.

Saturday afternoon, youth gathered in front of the Buenos Aires Planetarium to participate in the Spring Pillow Fight Flash Mob.

Sunday afternoon, people gathered at Plaza de Congreso, marched down the Political Kilometer of Av de Mayo to Plaza de Mayo and demanded governmental action into to cold case of Jorge Julio López’s disappearance five years on. Beatrice Murch caught some action.

The first two weeks of September saw the 2011 FIBA America’s Basketball Championships take place in Mar del Plata. Photographer Ryan Noble shares his photos from this tournament with Argentina’s Dream Team with our readers.

Kristie Robinson participated in a traditional ‘carneada’ in Argentina, a weekend-long activity where an animal is slaughtered and the cuts separated for some to be cured and others to be made into sausages. Warning – these photos contain graphic images.

The 2011 Tango Festival took place in Buenos Aires the last two weeks of August with a finale at Luna Park. Photographers Celine Masa and Beatrice Murch captured some of the graceful magic of this melancholic dance.

The Slut Walk or Marcha de las Putas came to Buenos Aires on a bitter cold evening last Friday. Women marched from the Obelisk to Congreso taking back the word Puta. Photographers Jessie Akin and Shane Korpisto captured the evening.

Tecnópolis is a science, technology, industry and art super-exhibition, located just outside the city in Vicente López. Photographer Beatrice Murch shares a small sample of the fair.

Every 7th August, thousands of believers make their way to the San Cayetano church in Liniers to give thanks and requests to San Cayetano, patron saint of bread and work. Jessie Akin shares her photos from this event with our readers.

Velatropa, the Eco Aldea (Eco Village) hidden in Ciudad Universitaria celebrated its fourth birthday the weekend of 25th July. Photographer Beatrice Murch shares her photographs with our readers here.