A selection of some of the best pictures taken over the past week by photographers of the Times of Malta.
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat speaks at a political activity in St George’s Square in Valletta to mark the first anniversary of Labour’s historic landslide victory at the polls on March 9. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Labour Party supporters shelter under umbrellas as heavy rain pelts down during a political activity in St George’s Square in Valletta to mark the first anniversary of Labour’s historic landslide victory at the polls on March 9. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
A Labour Party supporter covers her hair with a plastic bag as as heavy rain pelts down during a political activity in St George’s Square in Valletta to mark the first anniversary of Labour’s historic landslide victory at the polls on March 9. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Hundreds of Labour Party supporters shelter from the rain under umbrellas as they listen to Prime Minister Joseph Muscat address a political activity in St George’s Square in Valletta to mark the first anniversary of Labour’s historic landslide victory at the polls on March 9. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier
Heavy rain forces a couple to seek shelter in the disused sentry boxes outside the Presidential Palace in Valletta on March 9. The sentry boxes are unmanned because the Armed Forces of Malta have ‘temporarily’ suspended the detailing of soldiers on guard duties outside the palace and the changing-of-the-guard ceremony. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
The tent under which Prime Minister Joseph Muscat held a public consultation meeting is seen inside one of the huge hangers previously occupied by Malta Shipbuilding in Marsa on March 10. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
People applaud Prime Minister Joseph Muscat as he arrives for a public consultation meeting at the old site of Malta Shipbuilding in Marsa on March 10. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Handcuffed African immigrants are escorted by police officers into the law courts in Valletta on March 6. Fourteen immigrants who escaped from the Safi detention centre on Thursday morning were caught a few hours later and taken to court where they were sentenced to jail for eight months for breaking out of the detention centre. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Handcuffed African immigrants, one carrying his shoes in his hands, are escorted into the law courts in Valletta on March 6. Fourteen immigrants who escaped from the Safi detention centre on Thursday morning were caught a few hours later and taken to court where they were sentenced to jail for eight months for breaking out of the detention centre. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Police officers examine the construction site where a 37-year-old Liberian worker fell from a height of four storeys and died on the spot in Mosta on March 11. Photo: Mark Zammit Cordina
An investigator photographs the scene where where a 37-year-old Liberian worker fell from a height of four storeys and died on the spot on a construction site in Mosta on March 11. Photo: Mark Zammit Cordina
Police officers and investigators stand outside a construction site where a 37-year-old Liberian worker fell from a height of four storeys and died on the spot in Mosta on March 11. Photo: Mark Zammit Cordina
Senglea’s population density is 17,146 per square kilometre, the highest in the Maltese Islands and amongst the top five highest in the world. Picture taken on March 10. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier
A woman walks into the old market in Valletta on March 6. Built in the 1860s, the British Colonial construction is a gem of a place – albeit one which has been largely neglected for many years. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
The Valletta market was the first building to be constructed entirely of metal in Malta in the mid-nineteenth century. Today it is in dire need of restoration. Picture taken on March 10. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier
The escalator at the old market in Valletta is the oldest on the island. Picture taken on March 10. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier
Religious icons are seen at the Valletta old market on March 10. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier
Old Malta buses are seen in a hanger formerly occupied by Malta Shipbuilding in Marsa on March 10. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
A woman carries her child in the rain in Valletta on March 9. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier
A lightning storm takes place out at sea off Valletta on March 7. Photo: Mark Zammit Cordina
A student stands behind the school mascot during the launch of the Hamrun Lyceum’s Bicycle Marathon on March 10. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
A woman looks out of a traditional Maltese balcony in Valletta on March 10. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier
A woman walks past a shop as a window dresser prepares the shop’s display in Valletta on March 6. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Lija’s goalkeeper Matthew Camilleri intercepts a cross during their Division One football match at the Centenary Stadium in Ta’ Qali on March 9. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Composer in residence Joseph Vella conducts the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra during the Composer Conducts concert at the Manoel Theatre in Valletta on March 7. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
A violinist performs with the Malta Philharmonic Orchestra during the Composer Conducts concert at the Manoel Theatre in Valletta on March 7. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Pupils at the Naxxar Boys Secondary School got to relive the past on March 7 when re-enactors turned up to provide a live history lesson in full period costume. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
A re enactor explains the use of a particular sword during a living history lesson at Naxxar Boys Secondary School on March 6. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli.
Re-enactors display fighting techniques to students from Naxxar Boys Secondary School during a living history lesson on March 6. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
MCAST students use their skills to pamper female victims of domestic violence or other social problems at the MCAST Campus, Paola, on March 6. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
A ball boy enjoys the sun whilst resting on a football during a Premier League match at Hibernians Football ground, Paola on March 8. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Balzan’s Kurt Magro (center) is sandwiched between his goalkeeper, Manuel Bartolo (left) and Hibernians, Bjorn Kristensen (right) during their Premier league match at Hibernians Stadium on March 8. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Hibernians Clayton Failla beats Balzan’s Justin Grioli to the ball during their Premier league match at Hibernians Stadium on March 8. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Hibernians Clayton Failla shoots a penalty to beat Balzan goalkeeper Manuel Bartolo putting them back into the lead during their Premier League match at Hibernian’s Football ground on March 8. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Primary school students carry flags of the various commonwealth countries during an activity to mark Commonwealth Day in Valletta on March 10. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Students carrying the flags of the Commonwealth countries enter Auberge de Castille, Valletta during an activity to celebrate Commonwealth Day on March 10. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Primary school students make their way up the steps of Auberge de Castille, Valletta to meet Prime Minister Joseph Muscat during an event to commemorate Commonwealth Day on March 10. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and his wife Michelle are greeted my students holding the various Commonwealth flags during an event organized to celebrate Commonwealth Day at Auberge de Castille, Valletta on March 10. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
A luzzu-toilet is displayed in one of the halls of St James Cavalier, Valletta on March 10, forming part of an exhibition entitled Eccentricks by artist Emmanuel Bonnici. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
A life-size, warped telephone booth is exhibited at St James Cavalier, Valletta on March 11. The exhibition called Eccentricks by artist Emmanuel Bonnici offers the public a remodeled version of familiar objects allowing people to rethink what they see. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli