Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano ash cloud - in pictures

Local residents wear protective masks while walking in the outskirts of Villa La Angostura in Neuquen Photograph: Francisco Ramos Mejia/AFP/Getty Images

The banks of the Ranjentuco stream are coated with ash Photograph: Francisco Ramos Mejia/AFP/Getty Images

A boat covered with ash sits on the bank of Nahuel Huapi Lake Photograph: Federico Grosso/AP

A diver inspects the ash-filled Rio Limay at the mountain resort of San Carlos de Bariloche in Patagonia Photograph: Reuters

The Arrayanes main avenue in downtown Villa La Angostura Photograph: Francisco Ramos Mejia/AFP/Getty Images

Cattle stand on the bank of Nahuel Huapi Lake, blanketed with ash from the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano Photograph: Federico Grosso/AP

Men remove ash from the roof of a restaurant in Villa La Angostura Photograph: Francisco Ramos Mejia/AFP/Getty Images

A boat covered by the ash sits docked on the shore of a lake Photograph: Federico Grosso/AP

Sheep covered with ash roam the fields in southern Argentina Photograph: Federico Grosso/AP