A group of hunters march through Valletta’s Republic Street in protest against the autumn hunting suspension. A furry cat takes to the catwalk ahead of the Pink Fashion Show. Meanwhile, out at sea, a group of asylum seekers, packed like sardines on a boat, plead for life jackets.
Now on sale is The Times Picture Annual, a pick of the best photos shot for Times of Malta and The Sunday Times of Malta by Jason Borg, Matthew Mirabelli, Chris Sant Fournier, Paul Spiteri Lucas, Mark Zammit Cordina and Darrin Zammit Lupi over the past year.
Ninth in the series, the picture annual is a pictorial synopsis of life in Malta, divided into four sections: news, daily life, arts and entertainment and sport.
It includes images from Prince William’s visit to Malta, the supermoon, the European Parliament elections, Malta’s main sport events and countless snippets of everyday life and oddities.
In the foreword, Times of Malta head of content Ray Bugeja speaks about the growing prevalence of cameras everywhere, watching and recording our every move, and also connects that to the recent incident in which the presence of media cameras was instrumental in the departure of a Cabinet minister.
The 192-page Times Picture Annual 2014, published by Allied Publications, contains 167 colour images and is available at the price of €27.30 from leading bookshops and stationers.
Fireworks streak past in front of the supermoon on the outskirts of Mosta, celebrating the feast of Our Lady of the Assumption. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
A nun takes a photo of the procession of the reliquary, believed to contain the blood of St Lawrence, in Vittoriosa. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier
The Pioneer Team of Italy release flares from their planes over the Grand Harbour during Malta’s independence anniversary celebrations. Photo: Paul Spiteri Lucas
A scrapped Volkswagen Beatle survives a blaze that destroyed about 25 cars in a scrapyard fire near Lija. Photo: Mark Zammit Cordina
Prince William chats with a young boy outside the National Library in Valletta shortly after arriving in Malta for the 50th anniversary celebrations of the island’s independence from Britain. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Six-year-old Fateh, a Syrian boy who lost his parents, his sister and his brother in the boat tragedy off Lampedusa in October 2013, is reunited with his uncle, Maaruuf Alsaid Mahmoud, on arrival in Malta. Photo: Jason Borg
A pair of great grey owls at the Salina Park. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier
Auxiliary Bishop Charles Scicluna joins a group of Birdlife volunteers at the site in Buskett where enthusiasts were attacked by a group of hunters a few days earlier. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Civil protection firefighters set up floodlights to help them tackle a blaze that broke out at the Portughes Laundry and Drycleaning company in Mriehel. Photo: Jason Borg. Right: Balzan’s Kurt Magro (centre) is sandwiched between his goalkeeper, Manuel Bartolo (left), and Hibernians’, Bjorn Kristensen (right), during their Premier League football match at the Hibs Stadium. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli