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Images of the Weekend
Selected by Picture Editor Brenda Fitzsimons
FAR REACHING: From left are Eileen Tobin, Kathy McDonagh and Marie Byrne, of the Kilcross Ladies Club, Sandyford, at a Dance Theatre of Ireland performance entitled Vintage Youth, at the Age Well Expo 2019 at Leopardstown Racecourse, Dublin. Photograph: Tom Honan
TIME FOR HUGS: Anna O'Flanagan celebrates scoring a goal with her Ireland teammates during the FIH Women's Series Pool A hockey match against Czech Republic at Banbridge Hockey Club, Co Down. Photograph: Jonathan Porter/Presseye
SEEKING ADVENTURE: Athletes compete in the 2019 Dingle Adventure Race on Mount Brandon, Cloghane, Dingle Peninsula, Co Kerry. The one-day Multi Activity Adventure Race consisted of three courses - biking over the spectacular Conor Pass, climbing Mount Brandon, and running the windy, coastal, peninsular roads. Photograph: Valerie O'Sullivan
PIPPY LOVE: Thomas Donohoe, of Ballymun, Dublin, with his dogs Pippy (a Jack Russell Chow mixed-breed) in his top and Titch (a Jack Russell). Photograph: Tom Honan
HOT YOGA: Yoga in the Park, organised by Hot Yoga Dublin in aid of Chernobyl Children International, LauraLynn and St Michael's House, at Malahide Castle and Gardens, Malahide, Co Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill
GO FLY A KITE: Ciaran and Sean Duggan, of Glasnevin, Dublin, participate in the Dublin Kite Festival on Dollymount Strand, Dublin, organised by Dublin City Council. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill
WORD IN YOUR EAR: At the Waterford Country Fair at Curraghmore House & Gardens in Portlaw, Waterford, Sabina Higgins consoles Tara Cosgrave of Shillelagh Pony Club over an arm injury. Photograph: Patrick Browne
JAW-DROPPING: Metallica's James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett play to 75,000 fans at a sold-out Slane Castle in Co Meath. Photograph: Arthur Carron
HATS OFF: A steward tackles a pitch invader during a Euro 2020 Group J qualifying game between Armenia and Liechtenstein, at Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia. Armenia won 3-0. Photograph: Irakli Gedenidze/Reuters
DEMANDING DEMOCRACY: Police detain opposition supporters during a protest against the presidential election, in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The election will confirm Kassym-Jomart Tokayev as successor to Nursultan Nazarbayev, and the process has been seen as undemocratic. Photograph: Mariya Gordeyeva/Reuters
FLAT OUT: A guardsman on the ground after falling off his horse during the Trooping the Colour parade in central London. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters
HOLDING HIS BREATH: A man watches smoke billowing from a chemical and a cloth warehouse after a fire broke out at the site, on the banks of the river Ganges in Kolkata, India. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters
TERRIBLE AFTERMATH: Police and emergency workers inspect the scene atter a major incident on the A6 motorway near Szczecin, Swinoujscie, Poland. Six people were killed and 11 injured when a truck collided with six cars. The ensuing fire blocked the roadway in both directions. Photograph: Marcin Bielecki/EPA
IN THE AIR: Ludmila Da Silva (right) of Brazil in action against Sydney Schneider of Jamaica during the preliminary round match between Brazil and Jamaica at the Fifa Women's World Cup 2019 in Grenoble, France. Photograph: Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA
INCH BY INCH: Tightrope walker Maxim Kagin performs above the Vinogradovsky Bridge across the Yenisei river during celebrations marking City Day in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Photograph: Ilya Naymushin/Reuters
FIRE AND BRIMSTONE: Sinabung mountain spews a huge plume of volcanic smoke and ash, above Tiga Pancur Village, Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Sinabung is one of the most active volcanos in the country. Photograph: Sarianto Sembiring/EPA
