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LUCKY DIP: The annual Dickie Dip event run by the Mater Foundation in support of men's cancer care at the Mater Public Hospital, held at the beach in Skerries, Co Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

GIRLS' OWN ADVENTURE: Erin (6), Cara (9) and Croía Clandillon (4), with Quinn Dooley (4), all from Lucan, in the grounds of Castletown House, Celbridge, Co Kildare. Photograph: Tom Honan

EAT UP! Walison the Clown tosses popcorn over an unsuspecting member of the audience amid a performance in Drogheda by Tom Duffy's Circus, which has begun touring Ireland again after being shut down due to Covid-19. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

DELIGHTED AND EXCITED: Padraic Diamond of Wolfe Tones celebrates with teammates at the final whistle after winning the Meath Senior Football Championship Final over St Peter's of Dunboyne, with a scoreline of 1-9 to 0-9, at Pairc Tailteann, Navan, Meath. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho

WE WILL SQUASH YOU: Loretta-May Holmes and Lucy Fagan make use of the power of levers to crush a plastic bunny at the IT Sligo Science Fair, as part of Science Week events there. Photograph: James Connolly

RETURN TO GAIETY: Alison Comerford (left), and Aoife Magee warming up in the orchestra pit ahead of the opening performance of Irish National Opera's Fidelio, by Beethoven, at Dublin's Gaiety Theatre. With an orchestra of 44 and a chorus of 28, this is the first return to full opera production for the company since March 2020. Photograph: Mark Stedman

SAMURAI MOMENT: Ireland's Johnny Sexton celebrates after being presented with a ceremonial sword by the Japan team after winning his 100th cap for Ireland. The home team beat Japan 60-5 in the Aviva Stadium, Dublin, encounter, part of the Autumn Nations Series. Photograph: Inpho

STARING YOU DOWN: Tommy O'Brien Keegan (4), from Annacotty, Co Limerick, with a meerkat at the University of Limerick, which was hosting Animal Magic amid Limerick's Festival of Science, part of Science Week. Photograph: Brian Arthur

USING YOUR HEAD: Patrick Earls, of Irish Doctors for the Environment, joins the Cop26 Coalition Ireland demonstration in Dublin to support global action on climate justice, as Cop26 continues in Glasgow, Scotland. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

HIGH - AND MIGHTY: Ballyhale Shamrocks' Colin Fennelly raises the Tom Walsh Cup with help from Donna Malone after his side's win over O'Loughlin Gaels in the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship Final, UPMC Nowlan Park, Kilkenny. Photograph: Ken Sutton/Inpho

DEADLY FIRE: The aftermath of a major explosion and fire in Freetown, Sierra Leone, which killed at least 99 people. A fuel tanker was in collision with another truck, after which people gathered to collect leaking fuel, before the fuel ignited. People in other vehicles nearby were caught up in the disaster. Photograph: Saidu Bah/AFP/Getty

SUPPORTING ABORTION RESTRICTIONS: Protesters wave phones and posters reading "Not even one more" as they take part in a demonstration in Warsaw, Poland, to mark the first anniversary of a Constitutional Court ruling that imposed a near-total ban on abortion, and also to commemorate the death of pregnant Polish woman Iza. In 2020, the court ruled that terminations over foetal defects were unconstitutional. Photograph: Wojtek Radwanski/AFP/Getty

NO LIGHTWEIGHT: Elvis Rodriguez, of the Dominican Republic, wins a super lightweight boxing bout against Juan Pablo Romero, of Mexico, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, US. Photograph: Caroline Brehman/EPA

FUN AND FROLICS: Thousands of people participate in the 30th annual LGBTIQ+ pride parade in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after the event was held online last year due to Covid-19. Photograph: Juan Ignacio Roncoroni/EPA

CELEBRATION TIME: Lars van der Haar of the Netherlands wins the men's elite competition in the 2021 UEC Cyclocross European Championships, in Wijster, Netherlands. Photograph: Vincent Jannink/EPA

LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT: Actors perform in the Festival of Lights (Grosses Lichtertreiben) in central Bremen, northern Germany. The festival is a replacement for the traditional Bremen Samba Carnival, cancelled due to Covid-19 earlier in the year. Photograph: Focke Strangmann/EPA

RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT: A river boat makes its way through autumnal trees alongside the River Avon as it flows through Conham and St Annes, east Bristol, England, on a cold, clear November day. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

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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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DODDERIN' ALONG: Ducks face the flow of the river Dodder to feed on aquatic weeds at the Rathfarnham weir in Dublin. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

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