GOLDEN MOMENT: Eve McCrystal , and Katie-George Dunlevy , of Ireland, celebrate with team doctor Katie Lydon , and coach David Greene after winning gold in the Women's B Time Trial at the Fuji International Speedway at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Shizuoka, Japan. Photograph: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile
HAPPY DAYS: President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina on Inis Oírr, on the set of Beckett sa Creig: Laethanta Sona , by Samuel Beckett. Company SJ and the Abbey Theatre present this production performed in Irish on Inis Oírr. Translated by Mícheal Ó Chongaile, directed by Sarah Jane Scaife and featuring Bríd Ní Neactain and Raymond Keane , performances run until September 5th as part of the Galway International Arts Festival.
CULTURE IN CORK: Natasha Bourke , Alex Hindmarsh and Noelle O'Regan , performers from Cork Puppetry Company, at Fitzgerald's Park launching the Cork City Culture Night programme of events for 2021. See culturenightcork.ie Photograph: Cathal Noonan INDEPENDENCE DAY: Men in traditional Kyrgyz clothing ride horses during a parade celebrating Independence Day on Ala-Too Square, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The Central Asian state is marking the 30th anniversary of independence from the Soviet Union. Photograph: Vladimir Voronin/AP Photo
PETROL SHORTAGE: Motorcyclists wait to buy fuel at a gas station in Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanon is struggling amid a two-year economic and financial crisis that the World Bank has described as among the worst the world has witnessed since the mid-1850s. There are severe shortages in fuel and basic goods such as baby formula, medicine and spare parts. Photograph: Hassan Ammar/AP Photo
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