Selected by deputy picture editor Brenda Fitzsimons
ANYTHNG YOU CAN DO... A swimmer's legs mirror Poolbeg's chimneys at the men's bathing shelter in Bull Island. Photograph: Fran Veale
SHOWER YOU WITH SUGAR LUMPS: 'Bruce' the horse with his owner Johnny Dennihan as he waits for a ice-cream at the Sandymount Beach. Photograph: Tom Honan
DUBLIN THEATRE FESTIVAL: Seán McGinley at the Gaiety Theatre during the announcement of the 60th anniversary programme of the Dublin Theatre Festival. The festival runs from September 28th to October 15th. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times
FRENCH FIRE: A fire in Artigues, one of many that have consumed swathes of land in southeastern France. Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images
FALLEN: Rescue workers carry the body of a victim after a portion of a building collapsed in Calcutta, India. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters
STUCK ON YOU: Bangladeshi conjoined twins Rabia and Rukia in hospital in Dhaka. The one-year-olds were visiting the hospital for a check-up, and will have to wait for a medical opinion on whether they will be able to undergo surgery to be separated. Photograph: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images
FIGHTING BACK: Journalists and activists hold pictures of jailed journalists during a demonstration in front of Istanbul's courthouse. Seventeen directors and journalists from one of Turkey's most respected opposition newspapers the 'Cumhuriyet' daily went on trial on Monday. Photograph: Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images
RELIVING THE WAR: Chelsea Pensioners Bill Hunt (83) and John Kidman (87) wearing virtual reality goggles at the Royal British Legion's Household Cavalry museum in London. The event held was to launch their new 'Battle of Passchendaele, Virtual Reality' content, which is part of the centenary of the battle. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
FACING THE MUSIC: German chancellor Angela Merkel as she arrives on the red carpet for the opening of the Wagner opera festival outside the Grüner Hügel opera house in Bayreuth. Photograph: Michaela Rehle/Reuters
TAKING CHARGE: India's new president Ram Nath Kovind inspects a guard of honour after being sworn in at the Rashtrapati Bhavan presidential palace in New Delhi. Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters
AFTERMATH: Men carry the coffin of one of the victims of Monday's suicide attack during a burial ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan. Photograph: Mohammad Ismail/Reuters
I'M SANTA CLAUS, NO I'M SANTA CLAUS: People dressed as Santa Claus take a canal tour of Copenhagen during the World Santa Claus Congress, an event held every summer at the amusement park Dyrehavsbakken, in Denmark. Photograph: Scanpix Denmark/Nikolai Linares/Reuters
HIGH FLYERS: A circus stunt on the banks of the River Thames during the official launch of Circus 250, a UK-wide festival celebrating 250 years of circus. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire
PICKING UP THE PIECES: A Syrian man sits in his house following an air strike late the previous night on the rebel-held town of Arbin, east of the capital. Photograph: Abdulmonam Eassa/AFP/Getty Images
