The Irish Times images of the day, selected by deputy picture editor Laura Hutton
RIDE OFF INTO THE SUNSET: Paul Calugar from Cabra cycles in Dublin's Phoenix Park as the sun sets. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
1974 BOMBINGS: Police search a property in south Belfast, as a man is arrested in the city in connection with the 1974 pub bombings in Birmingham. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
MURDER CHARGE: Matusz Batiuk, with an address at Carrabeg, Swinford, Co Mayo, arrives at Castlebar District Court, where he was charged with murder. Photograph: Keith Heneghan
COVER OPTIONS: Margaret Costelloe of Costelloe + Costelloe arranges festive Christmas masks at her store in Dublin's city centre. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
MATCH DAY: Two-year-old twins Tal and Micah are pictured in Merrion Square, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS: Aidan Russell watches as Cork city lights up for Christmas, kickstarting the city's seasonal celebrations. Photograph: Darragh Kane
HATS OFF: Hats by Irish milliner Philip Treacy are seen during a presentation of an exhibition for Treacy at the Erarta museum in St Petersburg, Russia. Photograph: Olga Maltseva/AFP via Getty Images
COVID PROTEST: Riot police use a water cannon to break up a demonstration against German coronavirus restrictions in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Photograph: Filip Singer/EPA
CALIFORNIA FIRE: A firefighter sprays water on a burning home as the Mountain View Fire tears through the Walker community in Mono County, California. Photograph: AP Photo/Noah Berger
COLOMBIA RAINS: A woman and children sit on the remains of a house totally destroyed by heavy rains in Cucuta, Colombia. Photograph: Schneyder Mendoza/AFP via Getty Images
BRAZIL ELECTION: Eduardo Paes, candidate for mayor of the city of Rio de Janeiro, hugs a supporter during a campaign rally in the Rocinha favela. Photograph: Andre Coelho/AFP via Getty Images
CIENFEUGOS CASE: Antonio Tizapa, the father of one of 43 students abducted in Mexico in 2014, confronts Mexican general Salvador Cienfuegos's legal team, in New York. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA
HO HO HOME: Steven Morton admires the Christmas decorations in his home as he stands in his livingroom in Hull, northern England. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images
