Mediterranean lightning strike and other images from Friday
Selected by Picture Editor Brenda Fitzsimons
VERY VERY FRIGHTENING: Lightning strike over the Mediterranean Sea during a thunderstorm near the town of Andratx, Majorca island, eastern Spain. Rainfall and hailstorms are expected to hit the island during the day. A total of 14 Spanish regions are on alert for heavy rainfall and strong winds. Photograph: Cati Cladera/EPA
'ANYBODY THERE?' A man walking near a road and a field covered with a fresh snow in St Margarethen, Switzerland. Photograph: Gian Ehrenzeller/EPA
GOODBYE TO GAYBO: Kathleen Watkins, Gay Byrne's wife, waves to the crowds as the funeral cortege passes St Mary's Pro-Cathedral in Dublin, after the broadcaster's funeral. Photograph: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie
ON SONG: Minister for Culture Josepha Madigan joins an orchestral performance with primary students from Bunscoil Loreto, Wexford, at the National Gallery. She was attending the launch of Creative Schools Week which aims to enable student-led events and promote the arts. Photograph: Maxwell's
IN A SPIN: The Irish Women's Ultimate Frisbee European Championship winners meet President Michael D Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin. Photograph: Alan Betson
THE RAIN IN SPAIN: A huge wave crashes against the light house in the island of Mouro, in Santander, province of Cantabria, Spain. Photograph: Pedro Puente Hoyos/EPA
IN FULL FLOW: A multiple exposure of Camden Pulkinen in action during the men's short programme at the 2019 Shiseido Cup of China ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Chongqing, China. Photograph: How Hwee Young/EPA
AUSTRALIA: A water tanker airplane drops fire retardant on a bushfire in Harrington, New South Wales, Australia. Hot, windy conditions are wreaking havoc as bushfires burn out of control across parts of New South Wales, with 15 current emergency warnings in the state. Photograph: Shane Chalker/EPA
NEW DEAL: Indian youth congress workers shout anti-demonetisation slogans as they are detained by the police during a protest near the Reserve Bank of India in New Delhi, India. Photograph: Rajat Gupta/EPA
RARE BOOT SALE: An expert holds a pair of Napoleon's riding boots at Drouot auction house in Paris, ahead of their sale by French auction house "Binoche & Giquello" later this month. Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP via Getty Images
WATER BED: A bed in the window of a shop stands in flood waters after the river Don burst its banks in Rotherham, England. Photograph: Darren Staples/Getty Images
I'M AN OIL MAN: A farmer harvests olives for oil production at producer 'Jean-Philippe Frere' in Grasse, southern France. Photograph: Sebastien Nogier/EPA
BURNING SKY: A red and blue coloured sky at sunset as steam rises from the chimneys of Niederaussem lignite-fired power plant in Roggendorf, western Germany. Photograph: Federico Gambarini/dpa/AFP via Getty Images
IN YOUR FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS: Russian servicemen dressed in historical uniforms take part in the military parade at Red Square in Moscow, as part of the ceremonies marking the 78th anniversary of the 1941 historical parade, when Red Army soldiers marched past the Kremlin walls towards the front line to fight German troops. Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images
MAN DOWN: Indian forestry workers and a veterinary doctor treat an elephant calf that received multiple injuries after being struck by a speeding car in Kestopur village, some 20km from Siliguri. Photograph: Diptendu Dutta/AFP via Getty Images
