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by Dan LinehanThe O’Callaghan family cool down on the beach at Garrettstown, Co. Cork, during record daily temperatures in July.

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By John C Kelly
A woman seeking donations from passers-by on the pavement outside the Christian Dior shop on the Champs-Élysées, Paris.
By Niall Carson
A couple on Cavehill overlooking loyalist bonfires in Belfast city burning as part of the traditional Twelfth commemorations.
The Ha’penny Bridge is reflected in the window of The Winding Stair Bookshop, on the banks of the River Liffey.
By Mark Condren
Jonathan Trant waits with his horse, Elton, before participating in the National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, Co. Laois
By Alan Betson
Jade Hanlon pours water from a balcony to cool down the kids of O’Carroll Villas on Cuffe Street, Dublin, as Ireland experiences a summer heatwave.
By Mark Condren
Kevin Chellar, who specialises in antique clock restorations.
By Mark Condren
Veteran journalist Charlie Bird, who is suffering from Motor Neurone Disease taking part in the “Climb with Charlie” charity climb of Ireland’s famous holy mountain, Croagh Patrick.
A man jumps off Blackrock diving boards during a heatwave at Salthill beach, in Galway.
By Gary Ashe
A Garda on patrol walks past a clever graffiti message in a laneway in Dublin.
Tired tourists catch a nap on a bench in Dublin’s St. Stephen’s Green.
By Mark Condren
A man pushes his bike days after the battle of Bucha, which was part of the Kyiv offensive in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Actor Bill Murray takes a lunch break whilst competing in the JP McManus Pro-Am.
200 amazing women courageously bared all, in Kerry’s Women’s-only charity ‘Dip in the Nip’ in aid of Recovery Haven Kerry, Cancer Support Charity, on Derrymore Beach, Camp, Tralee, Co. Kerry. Women of all ages took to the water - with the assistance of an all-female support crew, An Garda Síochána, Fenit-based Wild Water Adventures, Tralee Bagpipers and lifeguards.
Bonfire builders access Craigyhill bonfire in Larne, Co. Antrim, using a crane. The bonfire broke a world record at 198ft tall.