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WALKING WITH GHOSTS: Gabriel Byrne in Landmark Productions and Lovano’s world premiere of Walking with Ghosts at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin. The show written and performed by Byrne and directed by Lonny Price runs until February 6th. Photograph: Ros Kavanagh

SPRING IN THE AIR: Bulbs emerging from the weathered leaves at St Stephen’s Green in Dublin. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

BACK IN ACTION: Maureen Moran, Betty Maher and Teresa Gallagher on the dancefloor at the Friends of the Elderly Christmas lunch, which finally went ahead at the Bonnington Hotel after Covid-19 restrictions were lifted. All participants were antigen tested before the event. Photograph: Alan Betson

PUBLIC SPACE: Members of the public form an orderly socially-distanced queue for the bus on Dublin’s Nassau Street. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

FINAL FAREWELL: Thousands of police officers stand along 5th Avenue to attend the funeral of NYPD officer Jason Rivera, across from St Patricks Cathedral in New York. Rivera and his partner, Wilbert Mora, were killed when a gunman ambushed them in an apartment as they responded to a family dispute last week. Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP via Getty

UKRAINE UNREST: Damage in a shelled building in the Nevelske village about 3km from the frontline in the Donetsk area of Ukraine. Currently only five people live in the village as almost all locals left the last time it was shelled by pro-Russian militants in November 2021. Photograph: Stanislav Kozliuk/EPA

SKI JUMPING: Halvor Egner Granerud of Norway in action during a trial round of the men's large hill competition at the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in Willingen, Germany. Photograph: Sascha Steinbach/EPA

SAVE THE GALLERY: Trinity College Dublin’s student union, led by its president Leah Keogh, hold a rally in front of the Science Gallery in an effort to “save the science gallery” and “stop killing Dublin”. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

MISSILE TRAINING: A Ukrainian serviceman operates an NLAW anti-tank missile system at the Yavoriv military base in western Ukraine. Britain started supplying the anti-tank systems on January 18th amid escalation on the Ukraine-Russia border. Photograph: Markiian Lyseiko/EPA

DA VINCI AND AI: People visit an art installation translated into English as Leonardo Da Vinci: The Wisdom of Artificial Intelligence Light by the artists’ collective Ouchhh at the X Media Art Museum (XMAM) in Istanbul, Turkey. Photograph: Sedat Suna/EPA

YOUTH PROTEST: Police personnel detain Youth Congress activists as they protest against the alleged atrocities on youth associated with Railways and Group D examinations in New Delhi, India. Photograph: Rajat Gupta/EPA

COVID VACCINE: A man pulls a woman in a hospital bed on the street in Shanghai, China. Shanghai’s first single-dose Covid-19 vaccine from CanSino Biologics, named Convidecia, hit the market on January 28th, according to the report of Shanghai municipal people’s government. Photograph: Alex Plavevski/EPA

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A Ukrainian group, with some in traditional dress, walk through Dublin city centre, ending at Custom House. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

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Vanessa Moss, head of development at RHA, with Desmond Kenny's 'Camino'. The RHA Annual Exhibition, which is Ireland's largest and longest running exhibition of visual art, returns for its 192nd year, and will open on May 23rd. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

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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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