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Images of the Day
Selected by Picture Editor Brenda Fitzsimons
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: Guanhui Lui (6) at the announcement of the programme for Dublin Chinese New Year Festival 2019, in the Year of the Pig. According to the Chinese zodiac, the Year of the Earth Pig is a year of fortune and luck. The festival runs from February 1st to 17th. Photograph: Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland
DEATH OF WOMAN: Gardai at a house on Clonmore Estate, Ardee, Co Louth, where the body of a woman was found early in the morning. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin
NURSING ACTION: Representatives of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation announce plans for strikes related to pay demands on January 30th, followed by more on February 5th, 7th, 12th, 13th and 14th. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
HOT BREATH: Sue McGrath, aka Scientific Sue, with students Karl Fitzpatrick, Sophie Kelly and Rachelle Biayi, of Pobalscoil Neasain, Baldoyle, Dublin, at the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition in the RDS Dublin, running from January 9th to 12th. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill/The Irish Times
THAT'S CRICKET: Elaine Nolan of Cricket Ireland with recipients of cricket equipment at Our Ladys Boys' Club hall in Sea Road, Galway. Representatives of Cricket Ireland visited Galway to attend a training session and donate equipment to residents of the local Galway Direct Provision centre as part of a Healthy Ireland National Strategy-funded initiative, run by Galway City Partnerships. Photograph: Joe O'Shaughnessy
CASHING IN: People queue to withdraw money from an ATM in Khartoum, Sudan. Photograph: Mohamed Nureldin/Reuters
SEA EYE: A migrant looks out from a porthole on the deck of the migrant search-and-rescue ship Professor Albrecht Penck, operated by German NGO Sea-Eye, off the coast of Malta. Photograph: Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters
CALL OF THE WILD: Mini's French driver Cyril Despres and co-driver Jean Paul Cottret compete in Stage 2 of the Dakar 2019 rally between Pisco and San Juan de Marcona, Peru. Peugeot's French driver Sebastien Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena won the stage. Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images
HERE'S HOPING: Irish golfer Padraig Harrington poses with the Ryder Cup at the Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England, after being appointed the European Ryder Cup captain for the 2020 outing. Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Action Images/Reuters
RIDING HIGH: A Congolese wrestler's "fetisheur" sits atop a car as he arrives at the Stade De Martyrs, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, for a sports exhibition day. Photograph: John Wessels/AFP/Getty Images
HEAD-THE-BALLS: Egyptian children play soccer on a dusty field in Cairo, Egypt. Photograph: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters
WATERLOGGED: A tugboat tows two containers which fell overboard from the ship MSC Zoe to harbour in Lauwersoog, the Netherlands. Reports state the vessel lost at least 270 shipping containers at sea during a heavy storm on January 2nd. Content from containers has washed up on the Netherlands' North Sea islands. Photograph: Remko De Wall/EPA
TUMULTUOUS WAVES: Large waves hit a pier on the North Sea coast of the Netherlands during a storm. Photograph: Koen Van Weel/EPA
BACK TO GAZA: Palestinian children gesture inside a car loaded with suitcases upon their return to Gaza from Egypt, at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip. The crossing had been closed to Palestinians, a border official said. Photograph: Said Khatib/AFP/AFP/Getty Images
A WORD IN YOUR EAR: Anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray (left) and a pro-Brexit activist face off outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster in London, England. MPs in Parliament are to vote on Theresa May's Brexit deal next week. Photograph: Jack Taylor/Getty Images
