AP PHOTOS: A selection of pictures from the past week

Two boys look out of a truck in a convoy carrying families fleeing Islamic State-held Hit, Iraq, at a checkpoint on the western edge of Ramadi, Iraq. Much of Iraq’s north and west fell to the Islamic State group in the summer of 2014, but over the past year Iraq’s military has slowly regained pockets of territory. While IS still controls a large swath of Iraq and neighboring Syria, the group has lost an estimated 40 percent of the territory it once held in Iraq, according to U.S.-led coalition officials.

Lights out: Cities worldwide mark the 10th annual Earth Hour

Cities around the world turned out the lights Saturday evening to mark the 10th annual Earth Hour, a global movement dedicated to protecting the planet and highlighting the effects of climate change.

As night came on, the lights went out in cities from South Korea to the United States in what the World Wildlife Fund describes as a moment of solidarity for climate action. The group sponsors the event and says people in 178 countries and territories had planned to participate.

AP PHOTOS: A selection of pictures from the past week

A conductor leads a military band at the opening session of the annual National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, Saturday, March 5, 2016.

AP PHOTOS: A selection of pictures from the past week

Pictures of soccer fans are displayed on the ferris wheel as part of the upcoming Euro 2016 tournament, in Paris, Friday, March 4, 2016. The UEFA Euro 2016 soccer tournament is scheduled to be held in France from June 10 to July 10, 2016.