Mayo: Some of the pupils from St Gerald’s, Castlebar with Archbishop Neary and officials at Knock Shrine.

Kerry: James Sheehan (left), Darrah Broderick and Dylan Moriarty attended a day for Transition year students from CBS The Green Secondary school at Ballyroe Heights Hotel organised by Our Lady and St. Brendan’s parish, St. John’s parish and Spa/Fenit parish. Photo: John Cleary.

Libya: Migrants arrive at a naval base after being rescued by the Libyan coast guard

USA: Joseph Yap and Alejandro Velez prepare their box shelter on the lawn of Good Shepherd Church in Alexandria for the fifth annual “Homeless for a Night” campout.

Vatican: An image of Sudanese St. Josephine Margaret Bakhita is carried in procession during a prayer service led by Pope Francis for peace in South Sudan and Congo in St. Peter’s Basilica.

Vatican: Nuns walk by as the Christmas tree is positioned in St. Peter’s Square. Photo: CNS

Bangladesh: People pray in front of the National Eid Prayer Ground in Dhaka. Pope Francis is due to meet representatives of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees living in the country.

Myanmar: Pope Francis blesses an image of a sick child held by Reuters reporter Phil Pullella aboard his flight from Rome to Yangonfor his six-day visit to the country.

Kenya: Bishops Fintan Monahan, William Crean, Denis Brennan and Canon Michael McLoughlin meet the Irish Ambassador to Nairobi, Mr Vincent O’Neil, and Trócaire’s Director Éamonn Meehan, the Regional Director Paul Healy and Director of the International Division Seán Farrell during the bishops’ annual Trócaire trip.

Cork: Aoife Horgan, Aoibhinn Barry, Conor Dineen and Laura O’Donovan who travelled to Kolkata, India to work with the Hope Foundation, received Endeavour Awards from Anthony Forde, Blarney Credit Union, at the Scoil Mhuire gan Smal, Awards Night. Picture: Mike English