The Irish Times images of the day, selected by picture editor Brenda Fitzsimons
FLOCK FACTOR: A flock of seabirds in flight above Sandymount strand in Dublin. Photograph: Laura Hutton/The Irish Times
AT SEA: Members of the public out for a walk on Sandymount strand, Dublin. Photograph: Laura Hutton/The Irish Times
STREET VIEW: A quiet Grafton Street in Dublin's city centre during the Covid-19 pandemic. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
VACCINE ROLLOUT: Bridget Connolly (101) is the first resident at St Ita's Community Nursing Unit in Co Limerick to get the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine. Photograph: HSE Mid-West Community Healthcare
COVID LOCKDOWN: A woman bathes in a hot spring near Merom Golan in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights during a Covid-19 lockdown. Photograph: Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images
SWEDEN PROTEST: Restaurant owners and their staff protest against restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, outside a restaurant in Stockholm, Sweden. Photograph: Carl-Olof Zimmerman/EPA
FROM RUSSIA WITH GLOVES: A soldier stands on guard of honour while municipal workers remove snow in Moscow, Russia. Photograph: Yuri Kochetkov/EPA
BEAR NECESSITY: Locals wearing bear costumes march during the celebrations of the winter holiday Malanka in the village of Krasnoilsk, Ukraine. Photograph: Markiian Lyseiko/EPA
UGANDA ELECTIONS: Ugandan electoral commission officials count ballot papers after elections at a polling station in Kampala. Photograph: Sumy Sadurni/AFP via Getty Images
SNAP SHOT: A resident of the Christalain nursing home in Brussels, Belgium, receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. Photograph: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images
WHITE WINE: People walk in snowy vineyards in Eisental near Baden-Baden, southern Germany. Photograph: Thomas Kienzle/AFP via Getty Images
HINDU FESTIVAL: People fly a kite on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, in Bhopal, India. Photograph: Gagan Nayar/AFP via Getty Images
COVER GROUND: National Guard troops deployed to the US Capitol sleep inside of the visitors' centre after their shift, in Washington, DC. Photograph: Jason Andrew/The New York Times
