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Images of the day

Selected by pictures editor Brenda Fitzsimons

Fri 1 Nov 2019
One of the world's largest tall ships, the Libertad, arriving in Dublin Port for a five-day visit, carrying 289 crew. Owned by the Argentinian Navy, the tall ship arrived with the ship's band playing traditional Argentinian music before making her way to Sir John Rogerson's Quay. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
One of the world's largest tall ships, the Libertad, arriving in Dublin Port for a five-day visit, carrying 289 crew. Owned by the Argentinian Navy, the tall ship arrived with the ship's band playing traditional Argentinian music before making her way to Sir John Rogerson's Quay. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
A protest has continued at the Achill Head Hotel, with locals saying they do not think the hotel is a suitable place to house asylum seekers. Photograph: Conor McKeown
A protest has continued at the Achill Head Hotel, with locals saying they do not think the hotel is a suitable place to house asylum seekers. Photograph: Conor McKeown
Members of the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA), Yvonne Pim, George Henry, Jim Loughlin, Tony O'Brien, Fiona Tyrrell and Niall Behan at Áras an Uachtaráin where President Michael D Higgins hosted a reception to mark the 50th anniversary of the IFPA. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
Members of the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA), Yvonne Pim, George Henry, Jim Loughlin, Tony O'Brien, Fiona Tyrrell and Niall Behan at Áras an Uachtaráin where President Michael D Higgins hosted a reception to mark the 50th anniversary of the IFPA. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
Palestinian protesters stand amid tear gas canisters, fired by Israeli forces during a demonstration along the border with Israel east of Bureij in the central Gaza Strip. Photograph: Mahmud Hams/ AFP via Getty Images
Palestinian protesters stand amid tear gas canisters, fired by Israeli forces during a demonstration along the border with Israel east of Bureij in the central Gaza Strip. Photograph: Mahmud Hams/ AFP via Getty Images
UFC fighter Conor McGregor has his picture taken by members of the public as he arrives at Dublin District Court where he appeared on an assault charge after allegedly punching a man at the Marble Arch pub in Drimnagh, Dublin. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
UFC fighter Conor McGregor has his picture taken by members of the public as he arrives at Dublin District Court where he appeared on an assault charge after allegedly punching a man at the Marble Arch pub in Drimnagh, Dublin. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
The scene of a fatal collision between a cement mixer truck and a cyclist just outside the rear entrance to St James's Hospital and the construction of the National Childrens Hospital. near the South Circular Road. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
The scene of a fatal collision between a cement mixer truck and a cyclist just outside the rear entrance to St James's Hospital and the construction of the National Childrens Hospital. near the South Circular Road. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
A young girl adjusts the sporran of the Prince of Wales, known as the Duke of Rothesay while in Scotland during a visit to a shop in Melrose in the borderlands. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire
A young girl adjusts the sporran of the Prince of Wales, known as the Duke of Rothesay while in Scotland during a visit to a shop in Melrose in the borderlands. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire
An Iraqi demonstrator receives medical help after being affected by tear gas during ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad. Photograph: Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters
An Iraqi demonstrator receives medical help after being affected by tear gas during ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad. Photograph: Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters
Members of  the Irish Family Planning Association, Anthea Mc Tiernan and Fiona Tyrrell, at a reception by President Michael D Higgins to mark the 50th anniversary of the IFPA at Áras an Uachtaráin Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
Members of the Irish Family Planning Association, Anthea Mc Tiernan and Fiona Tyrrell, at a reception by President Michael D Higgins to mark the 50th anniversary of the IFPA at Áras an Uachtaráin Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
The Garukurebe (which means come and see us again) traditional dancing group at the Pass-on Ceremony, where the first female calf was passed on to another family in need in the Eastern Province, Rwamagana, Rwanda. Photograph: Sean Curtin/True Media
The Garukurebe (which means come and see us again) traditional dancing group at the Pass-on Ceremony, where the first female calf was passed on to another family in need in the Eastern Province, Rwamagana, Rwanda. Photograph: Sean Curtin/True Media
Yogis at sunset during the annual Yoga Arava gathering - the largest yoga gathering in the Middle East - at the Timna Valley, in the Arava Desert, Israel. Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA
Yogis at sunset during the annual Yoga Arava gathering - the largest yoga gathering in the Middle East - at the Timna Valley, in the Arava Desert, Israel. Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA
People mourn dead relatives during the Day of the Dead at dawn at a cemetery in Atzompa, Oaxaca, Mexico. The Day of the Dead festival in Mexico has its roots in pre-Hispanic cultures. In many Mexican homes and public places, offerings are installed to the souls of the dead who return from the Mictlan, which in Nahuatl, an Aztec language, means 'place where the dead ones live'.  Photograph: Arturo Velazquez/EPA
People mourn dead relatives during the Day of the Dead at dawn at a cemetery in Atzompa, Oaxaca, Mexico. The Day of the Dead festival in Mexico has its roots in pre-Hispanic cultures. In many Mexican homes and public places, offerings are installed to the souls of the dead who return from the Mictlan, which in Nahuatl, an Aztec language, means 'place where the dead ones live'. Photograph: Arturo Velazquez/EPA
Firefighters work at containing the Maria fire in the hills near Ventura, north west of Los Angeles, California. Media reports say the fire, which broke out overnight, has already consumed more than 7,000 acres of agricultural land and that authorities have issued mandatory evacuations for many homes in the region. Photograph: Etienne Laurent/EPA
Firefighters work at containing the Maria fire in the hills near Ventura, north west of Los Angeles, California. Media reports say the fire, which broke out overnight, has already consumed more than 7,000 acres of agricultural land and that authorities have issued mandatory evacuations for many homes in the region. Photograph: Etienne Laurent/EPA
Supporters of religious and political party Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazal raise hands and chant slogans during what participants call Azadi March (Freedom March) to protest the government of prime minister Imran Khan, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters
Supporters of religious and political party Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazal raise hands and chant slogans during what participants call Azadi March (Freedom March) to protest the government of prime minister Imran Khan, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters

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Hozier performing  at his sold-out concert at the 3Arena, Dublin, on Tuesday. Photograph: Tom Honan/The Irish Times

Hozier live in Dublin: The best photos from a blistering show

GOBBLE GOBBLE: David McEvoy, of Termonfeckin Delicous Turkeys, with one of a handful of his free range turkeys that will avoid the Christmas cull and live to see the New Year, on his farm in Termonfeckin, Co. Louth. The small number of turkeys are held back to fill orders for later celebrations early in the new year. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Images of the Day

Trio: Deer in the Phoenix Park, Dublin. Photograph Laura Hutton

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COURT APPEARANCE: Sr Irene Gibson, Carmelite Nun of the Holy Face of Jesus, leaving Skibbereen District Court carrying a Child of Prague statue, with Sr Anne Marie of the Holy Family Carmelite Hermitage, Leap, Co Cork. Photograph: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Cork Courts

Images of the Day

AFTER THE STORM: Colette McCaughey and Ciaran O'Donoghue with their terrier dog, Molly, at play on Donabate Beach, Co Dublin, under clearer skies after the passing of Storm Atiyah. Photograph: Tom Honan

Calm after the storm

Storm Atiyah makes landfall at Cromwell Point Lighthouse on Valentia Island, Co Kerry.  Photograph: Alan Landers

Images of the Weekend

HATS OFF: Members of the 35th Air Corps cadet class celebrate at their commissioning ceremony in Baldonnel, Dublin. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

Images of the Day

Children walk through a rainwater puddle in a flooded camp for displaced Syrians near the village of Killi in the north of the northwestern Idlib province. Photograph: Aaref Watad/AFP/Getty

Images of the Day

Photograph: Crispin Rodwell/The Irish Times

Rod Stewart live in Dublin: in pictures

PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS: US president Donald Trump with other leaders as he attends a North Atlantic Treaty Organization Plenary Session at the Nato summit in Watford, near London. Mr Trump called Canadian president Justin Trudeau 'two-faced' after footage emerged of him mocking  the US president with other leaders. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Images of the Day

CHRISTMAS CEASEFIRE? Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald share some atypically merry banter at the switching on of the Oireachtas Christmas Tree lights at Leinster House in Dublin. Photograph: Alan Betson

Christmas ceasefire at Leinster House?

A BRIDGE TO CHRISTMAS: Coloured lights indicate the festive season is drawing in, on Millennium Bridge over the River Liffey in Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

Images of the Day

HORSIN' AROUND: Runners return as the day draws to a close at Fairyhouse Racecourse in Ratoath, Co Meath. Photograph: Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images

Images of the Weekend

Other Voices 2019. Photo Credit:  Rich Gilligan

Other Voices Festival 2019

Dublin rap group Versatile - Casper Walsh and Alex Sheehan - on stage during their sold out show at the 3Arena, Dublin, on Saturday night.  Photograph: Kenneth O'Halloran/The Irish Times

Versatile: Dublin rap group's sold-out 3Arena show in pictures

STRIKE: Kay O'Neill from Portlaoise and Marcus Mac Gabhann from Dublin take part in a students' climate strike outside Leinster House. Photograph: Crispin Rodwell/The Irish Times

Images of the day

Björk on astge at the 3Arena, Dublin, for her Cornucopia tour concert  on Thursday, November 28th, 2019. Photograph: Santiago Felipe

Björk live in Dublin: In pictures

PANDA BABY: This image provided by the Berlin Zoo shows one of the two Panda cubs in Berlin, Germany. China's permanent loan Pandas Meng Meng and Jiao Qing are the parents of the two cubs that were born on August 31st. Photograph: 2019 Zoo Berlin via AP

Images of the Day

NO-GO ZONE: Tractors parked around St Stephen's Green during the second day of a protest by farmers over the price they receive for their beef. Photograph: Crispin Rodwell

Images of the Day

LUNNEY ABDUCTION: Luke O'Reilly (left) being taken from Virginia District Court in Co Cavan after he and three other co-accused men appeared there on charges relating to the abduction of Quinn Industrial Holdings director Kevin Lunney. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins Dublin

Images of the Day

CRUELLEST CUT OF ALL? Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Cllr Emer Currie joke about while opening the redeveloped Mountview Shopping Centre at Whitechapel Crescent, Blanchardstown. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

The cruellest cut of all?

Black Arches or nun moth is a small Palaearctic moth. Photograph: SC Insect Photography

Images of the weekend

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Mary O'Connor from Women's Aid stands inside an art installation which bears the names of women and child victims of murder. The charity today released new figures on domestic violence and murder in Ireland. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Images of the Day

COLOMBIA: Demonstrators clash with riot police in Bogota, on November 21st during a nationwide strike called by students, unions and indigenous groups to protest against the government of president Ivan Duque. Photograph: Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty

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