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GREEK STATUE: A woman stands still beside a wall during snowfall in central Athens, Greece. A bad weather front named Elpis by the National Meteorological Services has brought frozen temperatures, stormy winds and heavy snowfall and is expected to continue into January 25th. Photograph: Yannis Kolesidis/EPA

GUNBOAT DIPLOMACY? Russian ambassador to Ireland Yury Filatov at a press conference at Russia's embassy in Dublin on Monday, at which he said Russian plans to hold naval military exercises some 240km off the coast of Ireland next month are a “non-story”, and not a threat to Ireland. But Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney said the plans are “not welcome”. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

WINTER SUN: Taking the crisp January air in the Irish National War Memorial Gardens, Islandbridge, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

MOUNTING PRESSURE: British prime minister Boris Johnson jogging in central London. He is under mounting pressure to hold an inquiry into claims that junior minister Nusrat Ghani was sacked because of her "Muslimness", after a second minister in his cabinet called for an investigation. Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

SNOWBOARD HALFPIPE: At the Team Ireland squad training base in Innsbruck, Austria, ahead of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing next month, is two-time Olympian Seamus O'Connor, who will compete in the Snowboard Halfpipe event. Photograph: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

TWO WHEELS GOOD: Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan locks up his bike alongside the Blackrock Park Cycle Lane as he announced the National Transport Authority is allocating close to €300 million to Ireland's local authorities for walking and cycling infrastructure in 2022. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

LEGAL SAGA: The partner of imprisoned Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, Stella Moris, speaks to the media outside the High Court in London, Britain, after Mr Assange won the right to ask the UK's Supreme Court to hear his case against US extradition. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

SCHOOL'S OUT: Teacher Kuldeep Maurya instructs students at a makeshift school called Panchsheel Shikshan Sansthan under a metro bridge, in New Delhi, India. The Covid-19 pandemic has massively disrupted the education system in India, with scores of children from poor areas and remote regions struggling to continue their schooling due to their limited access to technology. Photograph: Rajat Gupta/EPA

FLOATING ALONG: Two professional divers in traditional Korean clothing gesture while alongside stingrays in an aquarium at Aqua Planet, Suwon, South Korea, during an event to celebrate Lunar New Year's Day, known as Seol. Photograph: Yonhap/EPA

BLUE BOYS, BLUE GIRLS: Children observe artwork The Blue Boy, by English artist Thomas Gainsborough, at the National Gallery in London, to promote its first display in the UK in 100 years. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty

BUSH SURVIVOR: A White Rhino bull, Seha, is supported by veterinarian Dr Johan Marias and other conservation experts in Bela Bela, South Africa, after he was sedated with a dart during a relocation to a nearby game reserve while recovering from serious facial wounds sustained when his horn was hacked off by poachers. Photograph: Kim Ludbrook/EPA

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GOLD STARS: Amy Broadhurst and Lisa O'Rourke celebrate with their gold medals at the IBA Women's World Boxing Championships at Istanbul, Turkey. Photograph: Aleksandar Djorovic/Inpho

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BOOK PARADISE: Delia Tudor (8) is the first person to explore the International Literature Festival Dublin’s literary village, with authors Olivia Hope (left) and Mia Gallagher, as Merrion Square Park is transformed into a paradise for book-lovers ahead of the festival opening on Thursday, May 19th. The 25th edition of the festival will run until May 29th. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

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Vincent van Gogh at the RDS - An Immersive Journey. Photograph: Tom Honan/The Irish Times.

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VOTE CATCHERS: Supporters of the Azimio la Umoja (Resolution of Unity) coalition mount a rally for presidential hopeful, former prime minister Raila Odinga (77), as he announced his running mate Martha Karua, in Nairobi, Kenya. The presidential election takes place this August. Photograph: Daniel Irungu/EPA

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At ease on a Sunday afternoon. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw: The Irish Times

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ON YOUR BIKES: Brother Kevin Crowley from the Capuchin Day Centre with over 60 cylists from all over Ireland before the Cycle for Brother Kevin 2022 left Dublin heading for Clonakility, west Cork on Saturday. Photograph: Damien Eagers

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