The Irish Times images of the day, selected by deputy picture editor Laura Hutton
MAKE A SPLASH: Waves are seen on Dublin's South Bull Wall. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
COVID VACCINE: Annie Lynch, the first person to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in the State, receives her second dose at St James's Hospital in Dublin. Photograph: Marc O'Sullivan
STORM CHRISTOPH: A motorist carries his child through flood water after his car got stuck on the Piltown Road in Bettystown, Co Meath. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
EMERGENCY RESPONSE: Student EMT Ruth Corscadden during her shift for the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service covering the Northern Trust's hospitals. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
JUNIOR CYCLE: 'Junior garda' Jackson Doyle enjoys a cycle on Grafton Street, Dublin. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
ENTERPRISING SPIRIT: Sonia Deasy, Pestle & Mortar co-founder, at the announcement of the finalists for the Local Enterprise Offices National Enterprise Awards. Photograph: Julien Behal Photography
DOG LEGGED: Sonny Sullivan, a three-month-old English bull terrier, with his owner Veronica, photographed near Smithfield in Dublin. Photograph: Collins
POLITICAL PORTRAITS: Indian artist Jagjot Singh Rubal finishes paintings showing US president-elect Joe Biden and vice-president-elect Kamala Harris, in Amritsar. Photograph: Raminder Pal Singh/EPA
BIDEN INAUGURATION: Members of the National Guard outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on the eve of Joe Biden's inauguration. Photograph: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg
ICE DOWN: Russian president Vladimir Putin prepares to plunge into icy waters to mark the Epiphany holiday, in the Moscow region. Photograph: Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images
FLURRY ALONG: A pedestrian walks in heavy snowfall in Berlin, Germany. Photograph: Filip Singer/EPA
AFGHAN CRISIS: An Afghan internally displaced child is seen near to a temporary shelter at a camp on the outskirts of Kabul. Photograph: Hedayatullah Amid/EPA
ROCK BOTTOM: A visitor takes part in a tour in the Son Doong cave, one of the world's largest natural caves, in Vietnam's Quang Binh province. Photograph: Nhac Nguyen/AFP via Getty Images
