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.

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.

Reformists leading in Iran parliament vote

Reformists and moderate conservatives are leading in the race for parliament according to early election results, an indication President Hassan Rouhani may face a more friendly house to pursue his domestic agenda.

Early returns Saturday morning from Friday's parliamentary polls show that none of the three competing political factions will win a majority alone in the 290-seat parliament but reformists seeking greater democratic changes are heading to win their strongest presence in parliament since 2004 at the expense of hard-liners.