Flavin Mare (6) and his twin sisters Diana and Nicola Mare, aged 4, from Romania, at the Festival of Peoples Mass of the Epiphany in Saint Mary's Pro Cathedral, Dublin

A Little Egret taking off at Booterstown Marsh, Co Dublin. Egrets have moved to northern Europe in recent years as a consequence of climate change.

Supporters of Raila Odinga's party, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM)

Democratic presidential candidate US senator Barack Obama speaks to supporters during a campaign rally

Residents of the Mathare slum in Nairobi,

Asif Ali Zardari (left) and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Benazir Bhutto at a campaign rally yesterday in Rawalpindi minutes before she was assassinated.

The restored Nativity window at St Brigid's Church, Dangan, Kilmore, Co Roscommon.

The sun climbs into the sky over Sandymount Strand in Dublin

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern joins in

Festive lights throw up a range of colours at Grand Canal Square in Dublin

Cardinal Seán Brady walks past a 6th Infantry Battalion guard of honour