FESTIVAL OF POLITICS: Senator David Norris joined actors dressed as Jesus Christ and an alien outside Leinster House, Dublin, to launch the Festival of Politics, which runs from November 21st-24th. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
CUISLE PROTEST: Philip Noonan, from Beaumont, Dublin, joined a protest outside Leinster House calling on Minister of State for Disability Issues Finian McGrath to reverse the decision to close Cuisle, Ireland's national holiday and respite centre. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Ciara Monaghan (19), leaving court after Richard Moloney (41), of Roscrea, Tipperary, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for rape. She waived her right to anonymity so that Moloney could be named. Photograph: Collins
WINTRY NIGHT: Snowy road conditions in Athy, Co Kildare. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
GAZING INTO SPACE: Laura Finlay and Aine Higgins from St. Peter's Community School, Passage West, Co Cork, looking at a projection of the solar system during the STEM South West 2019 showcase event in Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork. Photograph: Darragh Kane
REPTILE ROADSHOW: Filip Jonovs of Scoil Mhuire, Borrisokane, Co Tipperary, gets up close with a lizard at the Animal Magic Roadshow as part of the University of Limerick's Science Week. Photograph: Brian Arthur
WINTER ARTWORKS: Brendan O'Toole, Amelia Despet and Gabriel O'Connor from Kylemore College, Dublin, worked with graphic artist Garreth Joyce to create drawings of winter scenes. The works will be projected onto Ballyfermot Sports and Fitness Centre during December. Photograph: Marc O'Sullivan
SAVE SAINT JOSEPH'S: Retired opera singer Patricia Dolan, who is living with dementia and attends day care three days a week at Saint Joseph's Shankill, sings When Irish Eyes Are Smiling at the gates of Leinster House. A petition to save Saint Joseph's, signed by more than 10,000 people, was submitted to the Government today.
MAKING MOMENTS MATTER: An exhibition of memento jars, curated by artist and speaker Steven Farrell, is demonstrating the importance of extra time to lung cancer patients and their families. Pictured is Sasha Hamrogue, who lost both her parents to lung cancer, with 2 year-old Winona McDonald from Stoneybatter. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
ENGLAND FLOODS: The flood water at Fishlake, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, as parts of England endured a month's worth of rain in 24 hours, with scores of people rescued or forced to evacuate their homes. Photograph: Richard McCarthy/PA Wire
SYRIA FUNERALS: A girl cries next to the coffin of one of the victims who died following a triple bombing in the northeastern city of Qamishli on November 11th. At least six people were killed in the attack, the latest to target the de-facto capital of the country's Kurdish minority. Photograph: Delil Souleilman/AFP via Getty
IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS: Ambassador Bill Taylor, charge d'affaires at the US embassy in Ukraine; and George Kent, deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian Affairs, arrive to testify at a US House Intelligence Committee hearing as part of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Photograph: Joshua Roberts/Reuters
VENETIAN HIGH WATERS: A man takes a photo of a water taxi transported into a side street after a night of record-high water levels is seen in Venice, Italy. Photograph: Manuel Silvestri/Reuters
NOVEL PRIZE: French author Karine Tuil poses for photographers after being awarded the Prix Interallié. The French literary prize is awarded annually for a novel written by a journalist. Photograph: Ian Langsdon/EPA
CHINESE HI-TECH: People reflected onto the screen of a medical diagnostic imaging device at the China Hi-Tech Fair in Shenzhen, China. The fair is the largest scientific and technological event in China. Photograph: Alex Plavevski/EPA
BABY CHIMP: A view of the hand of a one-month-old baby chimp, Quebo, while being held by its mother, Fifi, in the zoo in Basel, Switzerland. Quebo was born on October 6th. Photograph: Georgios Kefalas/EPA
