The Irish Times images of the day, selected by deputy picture editor Laura Hutton
US ELECTION: Protesters march in New York on Wednesday demanding that all votes be counted as the vote count in the US presidential election continued. Photograph: Juan Arredondo/The New York Times
JOE AHEAD: A man stops to read a plaque below a mural of US presidential candidate Joe Biden in his ancestral home of Ballina, Co Mayo. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
BREATH TAKING: Dr Niall Smith measures the brightness of microdroplets emitted through masks in this image that won in a category at the Science Foundation Ireland 2020 awards. Photograph: CIT
MOVING PICTURE: Dancer Emily Kilkenny Roddy is seen at the announcement of PLATFORM 31, a new artist development bursary. Photograph: Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland
SET SAIL: 'Pico' class sailers on the hunt for some wind, in Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
TWO-HORSE SPACE: Two horses stand in a field with Mount Nephin in the background just outside Ballina, Co Mayo. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
SCHOOL'S OUT: Muckross Park College students sit outside in the fresh air for the global Outdoor Classroom Day. Photograph: Mark Stedman
JOURNALIST TRIAL: Zimbabwe investigative journalist Hopwell Chin'ono appears at the magistrates' court in handcuffs in Harare. Photograph: AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi
STORM ETA: Inhabitants walk through a damaged road after heavy rains associated with the passage of Storm Eta, in Chiriqui, Panama. Photograph: Marcelino Rosario/EPA
VOLCANO WARNING: A farmer walks on his field as Mount Merapi is seen in the background in Sleman, Indonesia, amid a raising of the danger level for the volcano. Photograph: AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi
GIFT WRAP: Selfridges debuts a new-look Santa, on the first day of a national four-week lockdown for England. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire
DOG TIRED: A man naps next to a painted dog at the 19th Thailand International Dog Show in Bangkok. Photograph: Diego Azubel/EPA
