Fairfax photos of the week - July 5, 2018
43 ImagesA week in photos from award winning Fairfax photographers for the week ending July 5, 2018.
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Ryoji Ikeda's work, Micro Macro, in Sydney. Photo: Janie Barrett
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Arihanna Kelly at Little Sister Town Camp. Tangentyere Women's Family Safety Group is a grass roots organisation whose members all live in the Alice Springs Town Camps. They are a group of women who have all been personally affected by Family Violence and are working hard to address the problem of family violence in their communities.Photo: Justin McManus
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Shooting at West Pennant Hills. Photo: James Brickwood
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Thick fog blankets Tamarama.Photo: Brook Mitchell
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Beam Wongsookjan, 5, the brother of Akekarat Wongsookjan, 14, watches footage of the boys in the cave. Akekarat is one of the 13 people trapped inside Tham Luang Cave where they wait to be rescued. The 12 boys and their soccer coach are several kilometres inside the cave where they have been for 11 days. Photo: Kate Geraghty
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Men from the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand overseeing the pumping of water from Tham Luang Cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach are waiting to be rescued.Photo: Kate Geraghty
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Famous Thai monk Kru Ba Boon Chum moments after returning from Tham Luang cave where he prayed with members of the trapped boys families to the Princess spirit. Kru Ba Boon Chum in previous life is said to have been in love with a local princess whose spirit resides in the cave after she killed herself whilst pregnant. Photo: Kate Geraghty
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One Nation candidate for Longman, Matthew Stephen and One Nation leader Senator Pauline Hanson present flowers to longtime One Nation supporter Barbara Izsolt during her visit to Caboolture to campaign during the Longman by election in Queensland.Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
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One Nation leader Senator Pauline Hanson and One Nation candidate for Longman, Matthew Stephen at their campaign office in Caboolture during the Longman by election in Queensland.Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
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Waves breaking at North Cronulla Beach as the sun rises.Photo: John Veage
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Hundreds gathered at Merewether Beach to rally against offshore seismic testing off the coast of Newcastle. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers
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Outgoing chief of the Australian Defence Force, Mark Binskin, at the last post, at The Australian War Memorial, Canberra.Photo: Jamila Toderas
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Actress Rachael Blake and Director Mairi Cameron, in Sydney, ahead of the cinema release of the film, The Second. Photo: Janie Barrett
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Nancy Denis, actor, in new play Rolling Stone "Nancy Denis, of Haitian heritage, identifies as queer and is playing Mama, an elder of the community who is vehemently homophobic at Seymour Centre.Photo: Christopher Pearce
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Opera singer Jessica Pratt.Photo: Louie Douvis
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The Rubens, William Zeglis, Zaac Margin, Elliott Margin, Scott Baldwin and Sam Margin. Photo: Louie Douvis
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Surgeon Dr Nicole Organ who works with Lingard Private Hospital's new ARTIS pheno vascular surgery machine. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers
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Singer songwriter Amy Shark.Photo: Louie Douvis
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Archie the Koala, 4, at Featherdale Wildlife Park at Doonside, Sydney. In a world first, Professor Johnson has led a team that has successfully sequenced the koala genome - unearthing information about its diet of eucalyptus leaves, immune system, population diversity and evolution.Photo: Jessica Hromas
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The Hunter Valley is suffering what is being called the worst drought in 30 years. The Marquet family, 5th generation dairy farmers in Wallarobba, spent $100k on feed last month to keep their herd going.Photo: Max Mason-Hubers
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Daughter Polly Boyd and son Jamie Boyd in the Mordant Family Library for the 25th anniversary of the gifting to the nation of Authur Boyd's Bundanon property.Photo: Steven Siewert
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Alexx Stuart with her son, freezes vegetable scraps, and then makes her own stock. She also uses a compost bag made out of vegetable matter, which goes in her local council green bin, in Woollahra.Photo: Janie Barrett
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Fog obscures Sydney Harbour Bridge.Photo: Janie Barrett
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Cronulla Polar Bears Winter Swimming club are celebrating 65 yrs of winter swimming.Photo: John Veage
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Restaurateur John Fink at the Sydney Opera House. Photo: Wolter Peeters
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Robbie Farah who returns to the Wests Tigers at Leichhardt Oval after being run out of the club two years ago. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
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Joy and Mike Van Duinen, lost their son, Gary "Gee" Van Duinen to suicide. Gary was in debt due to a pokie addiction, in Sydney.Photo: Janie Barrett
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Outgoing Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane.Photo: Wolter Peeters
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The ABC's Bananas in Pyjamas arrive at the NSW Labor State Conference held at Sydney Town Hall.Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
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NSW State Labor conference at Town Hall, where Labor leader Bill Shorten delivered a rousing key note speech to delegates. Photo: Dean Sewell
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Construction of the light rail continues outside Town Hall on George Street, Sydney.Photo: Jessica Hromas
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Lamya and Ahmed Sadi, with their children, Amina, 14, Sonny, 12, and Hamzah, 16, spend Saturdays driving between their different sports grounds in Sydney. Photo: Janie Barrett
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Cait Dooley at her home with two and a half year old son Dashiell. Photo: James Alcock
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Steven Spencer, gay activist and opponent to the proposed ban on Amyl Nitrate, at home in Surry Hills.Photo: Dean Sewell
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Actor, Aanisa Vylet, who has written and will be starring in the play The Girl/The Woman, in Sydney.Photo: Janie Barrett
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Mother Sam Allison and father Julian Dady believe in opening up as many different experiences for their children, Rafferty and Luella through extra-curricular activies such as gymnasitics, swimming and computer coding camp during the holidays.Photo: Cole Bennetts
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Students at East Maitland Public School performed Aboriginal dances in a ceremony to launch a yarning circle for students ahead of NAIDOC Week.Photo: Max Mason-Hubers
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Toby Hull with wife Madoka and their two year old daughter Coco at the Rhodes Central Preschool kindergarten. A family that will be better off under the new subsidy scheme.Photo: Louise Kennerley
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Henry Hutchison is making a comeback to the men's Australian sevens setup from the Melbourne Rebels. Photo: Peter Braig
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Kim Jackson of Skip Capital. Kim invests in female founder led companies through Skip capital.Photo: Wolter Peeters
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Morning yoga at Sydney Opera House, Concert hall northern foyer, ahead of July 4 launch Sunrise at the Opera House.Photo: Louise Kennerley
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Stadium Stomp charity fundraising event held the the SCG and Alliance Stadium as the public limber their way up, down and around the bays of these two amazing stadiums in this 6,300 stair climb.Photo: Peter Rae
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Sunrise over Williamstown, MelbournePhoto: Joe Armao