■ A CLASS-ICAL ACT: An operatic busker sings Pie Jesu in downtown Belfast Picture By Mal McCann
■ GIMME SHELTER: A couple in a vintage car stop under a canopy of trees during a rain shower in Augher, Co Tyrone Picture By Mal McCann
■ PLAYING THE BLUES: The Rev Doc at the launch of the fifth annual Belfast City Blues Festival which takes place from June 28 to 30 at participating venues throughout the city Picture By Hugh Russell
■ PRETTY IN PINK: Ursula Shannon, left, Stuart Kirk and Natalie Lillis get kitted out for tomorrow night’s Lighthouse fundraiser at the Lansdowne Hotel, Antrim Road, Belfast. There are still tickets available for the suicide prevention and awareness charity’s show featuring Pink tribute act Alecia Karr Picture By Mark Marlow
■ ANGRY SKY: Storm clouds gather over a derelict thatched cottage near Bellaghy in south Derry Picture By Mal McCann
■ SUPPORT: Brenda Cleary who runs the new Pilgrim Centre on King Street, Belfast, serves BBC presenter Hugo Duncan when he dropped in at Monday’s official opening Picture By Cliff Donaldson
■ FULL HOUSE: Lambs crowd into a shelter from the rain in Co Down Picture By Mal McCann
■ BITE BACK AT HUNGER: Pupils of Largymore Primary School in Lisburn help launch Christian Aid Week which runs from May 12 to 18 Picture By John Murphy Aurora
■ REWARDING GREATNESS: John McCandless, Newington Credit Union’s youth development officer, with some of the awards up for grabs at tonight’s credit union young people’s awards ceremony in Belfast’s Europa Hotel Picture By Hugh Russell
■ HAND SIGNALS: Jodi Lee Hyland from St Bernadette’s Primary School and Bethany McGilloway from Blackmountain Primary School take part in a production of The Children of Lir Picture By Mal McCann
■ OUTDOOR CELEBRATION: Fr Michael McGourty, parish priest of Irvinestown, Co Fermanagh, addresses his congregation at an outdoor Mass at the Sacred Heart Church, Irvinestown on Sunday evening. The Mass, organised by the Irvinestown branch of Clogher Donoige, was the first Mass in the recently created Garden of Celtic Saints adjacent to the Church Picture By Pat McSorley
■ ROWING FOR CHARITY: Team Viking competing on the Lagan at the 13th annual Viking Boat Races at Cutters Wharf in south Belfast. More than £6,000 was raised to help protect children across Northern Ireland as part of the NSPCC’s annual Viking Boat Races Picture By Bill Smyth
■ TIMELY: Jonathan James and Lucy Armstrong from Wellington College, Belfast, look ‘back to the future’ at the launch of a milestone year of the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. The budding scientists were among the first to wish the event a happy 50th birthday in signing their best wishes which will be recorded on the first virtual birthday card for the exhibition Picture By Brian Morrison
■ ALL ABOARD: The Lord’s Taverners and The Lady Taverners hand over a minibus to the pupils of Holy Trinity Primary School, Turf Lodge, west Belfast Picture By Mal McCann
■ HOT OFF THE PRESS: Pupils from Gaelscoil an Lonnain with the Kids Club Magazine, the product of three months work for P4 and P5 students as an after school project facilitated by Barnardo\s and provided by the Full Service Community Network Picture By Hugh Russell
■ PACKING A PUNCH: Carl Frampton with Ruth Owen, fundraising coordinator with Women’s Aid ABCLN at the official opening of David Henry and David Mayne’s 2D Strength and Fitness in Duncrue Crescent, Belfast. The fundraising group has organised a white collar boxing match in June to raise funds for Women’s Aid in Antrim, Ballymena, Larne, Carrickfergus and Newtownabbey Picture By Hugh Russell
■ SNEAK PEEK: Gloria Hunniford and four-year-old Adam Connolly from Strabane get a sneek peek of the tulips ahead of the seventh annual tulip festival at Glenarm Castle, which will take place from May 4 to 6. Adam is having treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia with the support of Clic Sargent, Glenarm Castle’s charity of the year Picture By Brian Morrison
■ JOINING FORCES: On Wednesday May 8 SD Kells, in association with the Michaela Foundation, will present a night of fun and fashion in Banbridge Parish Centre. Pictured launching the event are Emma Loughlin, SD Kells, left, John McAreavey, Jean Cochrane, SD Kells and Claire McAreavey, Michaela Foundation
■ LADIES IN READ: Staff at Radiance Day Spa in Belfast get set for the annual Viking Boat Race on Sunday May 5 at Cutter’s Wharf in aid of the NSPCC Picture By Hugh Russell
■ GAME FOR IT: A male pheasant grazes on a wild bird food table in Spa, Co Down Picture By Mal McCann
■ CASTING OFF: Competitors take part the annual cross-community fishing at the Waterworks in north Belfast Picture By Matt Bohill
■ MILESTONES: Billy Duffy, who turns 100 tomorrow, and his wife Doris, who has been celebrating her 80th birthday, at a joint party. The couple complete the Irish News crossword every Saturday Picture By Philip Walsh
■ NEW BUILD: Principal Frances Hannaway, Cardinal Sean Brady and education minister John O’Dowd at the official opening of the St Oliver Plunketts primary school, Forkhill, Co Armagh Picture By Columba O’Hare
■ WORK OF ART: Artists Colin H Davidson, left, and Cupar Pilson, right, display the art work they have donated to the Northern Ireland Cancer Fund for Children (NICFC) to fundraiser Sorcha Chipperfield. The artists’ works will be auctioned at the NICFC’s Ruby Ball on May 18 at the Culloden Estate to raise funds to support the charity’s work Picture By Paul Moane
■ BIRTHDAY GIRL: Mary Scales celebrates her 100th birthday with family and friends at the Ambassador Nursing Home, Antrim Road, Belfast Picture By Hugh Russell
■ ESPECIALLY FOR YOU: Two-year-old Ellie Fitzgerald and her grandmother Margaret at the launch of the 2013 Airtricity Garden Festival at Hillsborough Castle, Co Down. The garden festival will run from May 17 to May 19 Picture By Mal McCann
■ MUD MADNESS: Competitors take part in yesterday’s Mud Madness event at Foymore Lodge, Portadown, Co Armagh Picture By Cliff Donaldson
■ ACT OF CHARITY: Sandara Kelso-Robb, strategic advisor of Giving Northern Ireland, at the launch of Philanthropy Fortnight – signalling two weeks of events and activities celebrating the meaning and significance of charitable giving
■ INSPIRING EXPERIENCE: Malachy McDaid at the launch of the 2013 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour which will be staged at the Waterfront Hall, Belfast on Saturday Picture By Hugh Russell
■ SNOW JOKE: A snow for sale sign near Slieve Croob, Co Down Picture By Mal McCann