BOOK FEST: Jack Siron (age 4) and Ava Murphy (age 5) with dog Happy at Farmleigh where some Dublin Book Festival Christmas Bedtime Stories were filmed. Dublin Book Festival runs from November 27th to December 6th and celebrates Irish-published authors. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
NORTHERN IRELAND: A man walks past The Kitchen Bar at Victoria Square shopping centre in Belfast as many businesses, which were closed under a previous circuit break, reopened across Northern Ireland on Friday morning. However they must close their doors again for two weeks from November 27th under the latest plan to stem the spread of coronavirus. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
MODEL: Wood conservators at Conservation Letterfrack in Co Galway discovered a model of a Jack B Yeats creation, Theodore the Pirate, in one of the toy boats they were restoring. Theodore featured in some of the artist's early drawings and also in 'A Broadside' a publication edited by Jack and later by his brother William Butler Yeats, and published by their sister Elizabeth in Cuala Press. Photograph: Heike Thiele (provided by The Model)
MASKED SUPPER: A man walks beside the painting entitled Dublin's Last Supper which was created by artist John Byrne at The Italian Quarter Blooms Lane, Lower Ormond Quay in Dublin 1. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins Photos
CHHAT PUJA: Indian women perform rituals standing inside an artificial pond on Chhat Puja festival in Mumbai, India on Friday, November 20th. Health officials have warned about the potential for the coronavirus to spread during the upcoming religious festival season, which is marked by huge gatherings in temples and shopping districts. Photograph: Rajanish Kakade/AP
OUTDOOR LEARNING: Students study outdoors as part of a protest against the closure of schools amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, in front of the Gioberti high school in Turin, Italy, on Friday. Photograph: Alessandro Di Marco/EPA
TYPHOON VAMCO: A resident negotiates a road full of muddied belongings that were damaged by floods about a week ago as Typhoon Vamco hit the village of Nangka, Marikina city, Philippines on Friday. Some areas are still covered with mud as the local government steps up cleaning efforts from damages brought by Typhoon Vamco which left dozens of people dead as it hit the country last week. Photograph: Aaron Favila/AP
FLYING THE FLAG: A Palestinian runs to seek cover from tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers during a demonstration against Israel's settlements in the village of Bet Dajan near the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Friday. Some 23 Palestinians were wounded during the demonstration. Photograph: Alaa Badarneh/EPA
TRAIN ATTACK CASE: Passenger who was wounded in the 2015 Thalys train attack, Mark Moogalian (left) , US citizens Alek Skarlatos (second right) and Anthony Sadler (right) and French lawyer Thibault de Montbrial (centre) leave the court room and hold a news conference during the fifth day of the Thalys attack trial, in Paris, France on Friday. On August 21st, 2015, gunman Ayoub El-Khazzani opened fire with an assault rifle, shot and wounded three people on a Thalys train travelling between Amsterdam and Paris before the assailant was overpowered by passengers. The incident happened near Arras in northern France shortly and the gunman was arrested when the train stopped at the town's station. Photograph: Ian Langsdon/EPA
CLEAN UP: A municipal vehicle sprays disinfectant to sanitise a busy road in Allahabad on November 20th. India's coronavirus cases passed nine million on November 20th, health ministry data showed, the world's second-highest tally after the US. Photograph: Sanjay Kanojia/AFP via Getty Images
STREET ART: Health worker named Sofia is represented in a graffit by Portuguese street artist MrDheo, in outskirts of Vila Nova de Gaia, north of Portugal. The street artist MrDheo created the graffiti as tribute to health workers. Photograph: Jose Coelho/EPA
PROTEST: South African police help a member of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) after she was hit by tear gas during a protest against alleged racism outside Brackenfell High school, Cape Town, South Africa. EFF supporters clashed with police who used tear gas, stun grenades and water cannons to disperse the crowd as they protested an alleged whites only matric farewell event at Brackenfell High school. Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA
DUNE RUN: Participants in action during the Al Marmoom Dune Run 2020 at the desert of the Gulf emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Friday. Photograph: Ali Haider/EPA
WINTER WONDERLAND: Cars make their way through snow-covered landscape in Spitzingsee, Germany on Friday Photograph: Matthias Schrader/AP
