AP PHOTOS: A selection of pictures from the past week

A bullfighter "picador" prepares to use his lance as he rides his horse in front of a Los Rodeos ranch's bull during a bullfight at Las Ventas bullring in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, April 24, 2016.

AP PHOTOS: A selection of pictures from the past week

The shadow of Renante Nodalo is reflected on a door as he takes care of a rooster to be used for cockfighting in Manila, Philippines, Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Cockfighting is a popular pastime in the Philippines.  

Flame for Rio Olympics is lit at birthplace of ancient Games

The Olympic flame has been kindled at the birthplace of the ancient games in Greece, heralding the start of a 15-week journey leading to the Aug. 5 opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro.

IOC and Rio organizing committee leaders attended Thursday's flame-lighting at Ancient Olympia, where antiquity's greatest sporting event was held for over 1,000 years.

AP PHOTOS: A selection of pictures from the past week

A girl looks around a corner at a self-defense force member during a meeting about security for the next day's general election in Uchuraccay, Peru, Saturday, April 9, 2016. 

AP PHOTOS: A selection of pictures from the past week

A boy walks behind a banner in a makeshift refugee camp at the northern Greek border point of Idomeni, Greece, Friday, April 1, 2016. More than 50,000 refugees and migrants have been stranded in Greece after Balkan countries closed their borders to the massive flow of refugees pouring into Europe.

Dramatic scenes from the deadly overpass collapse in India

People watch as locals and rescue workers clear the rubbles of a partially collapsed overpass in Kolkata, Thursday, March 31, 2016. At least dozens have been injured and few were killed when a portion of an overpass under construction collapses in a congested area in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata.