A selection of some of the best pictures taken over the past week by photographers of the Times of Malta.
The congregation hears the Pontifical Mass inside the Church of St Paul’s Shipwreck in Valletta, on February 7. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Members of the choir sing to the congregation at the Church of St Paul’s Shipwreck in Valletta on February 10. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Archbishop Paul Cremona, blesses the altar with incense before delivering mass at the Church of St Paul’s Shipwreck in Valletta on February 10. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
People try to squeeze their way into the Church of St Paul’s Shipwreck in Valletta, to hear mass on the feast of St Paul on February 10. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Ecstatic parishioners celebrate as the statue of St Paul leaves the church during the feast of St Paul’s Shipwreck on February 10. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier
Revellers show emotion for the statue of St Paul on February 10. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier
A hail of confetti falls on parishioners during the St Paul’s Shipwreck feast procession on February 10. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier
Balconies were decorated as parishioners threw confetti onto the statue of St Paul as it made its way through the streets of Valletta below on February 10. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier
Blood stains are seen on a staircase in a block of apartments in Qawra where a 27-year-old Serb was stabbed to death during a row over loud music on February 11. Photo: Mark Zammit Cordina
A policeman negotiates the blood-stained stairs in a block of apartments in Qawra where a 27-year-old Serb was stabbed to death during a row over loud music on February 11. Photo: Mark Zammit Cordina
A curious dog approaches the lifeless body of 67-year-old Peter Cassar who was shot and killed in his garage in Zejtun on February 12. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
A cat watches through a window as a police forensics officer photographs the crime scene where 67-year-old Peter Cassar was shot and killed in his garage in Zejtun on February 12. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
A Rapid Intervention Unit armed police officer guards the crime scene where 67-year-old Peter Cassar was shot and killed in his garage in Zejtun on February 12. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Labour Party supporters are entertained by Tourism Minister Karmenu Vella at the PL General Conference on February 9. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier
A man is reflected in a mirror as he closely examines a scale model of the US aircraft carrier USS Enterprise during an exhibition organised by the Society for Scale Modellers at the Malta Maritime Museum in Vittoriosa on February 9. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
A model maker works on a model during an exhibition organised by the Society for Scale Modellers at the Malta Maritime Museum in Vittoriosa on February 9. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
A re-enactor helps tighten the helmet of a knight before a display of fighting skills at the Saluting Battery in Valletta on February 7. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Two re-enactors display their fencing skills on the Saluting Battery, Valletta on February 7. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli
Participants walk behind a banner during a walk for charity in aid of the Fondazzjoni Nazareth outside St Gregory’s Church in Zejtun on February 9. Fondazzjoni Nazareth is a voluntary organisation that provides support and shelter for persons with special needs in three different homes in Zejtun.
Tourists sit on an open top double-decker bus as it passes through Zejtun on February 9. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Sam Deguara pots a basket for Luxol in the first leg of their Louis Borg Cup semi-final against Floriana at the Ta’ Qali Pavilion on February 9. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Mosta’s Alex Cini goes airborne as he glides past Tarxien Rainbow’s Fernando Lopez during their Premier League match at the National Stadium in Ta’ Qali on February 9. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Floriana’s Joseph Borg (right) pulls the shirt of Qormi’s Triston Caruana in a tussle for possession during their Premier League match at the National Stadium in Ta’ Qali on February 9. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Qormi’s Alfred Effiong (right) kicks a high ball as Floriana’s Gary Muir reacts during their Premier League match at the National Stadium in Ta’ Qali on February 9. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi
Pieta Hotspurs’ Raphael Kooh Sohna (right) tries to control the ball during their Division One match against Msida SJ at the Centenary Stadium on February 8. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli