Photos of the week, March 5, 2020
31 ImagesA week in photos from the award winning Sydney Morning Herald / The Age / Financial Review photographers.
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Mogo Wildlife Park director Chad Staples with the parks 8 week old lion cub called Phoenix. The park was spared during the New Years Eve bushfires which engulfed Mogo and it's region.Credit:James Brickwood
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People walk with umbrellas in the rain in Barangaroo.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Sydney gay and lesbian Mardi Gras.Credit:Dean Sewell
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University students Sharon Tiyo and Peyian Kortom, photographed with Kenyan Dr Kakenya Ntaiya, centre, who is the first Maasai woman to go to university in the US, and a UN Ambassador for Women. Credit:James Brickwood
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People at St Kilda beach on the first day of March as the temperature hits 30 degrees.Credit:Scott McNaughton
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Waratahs training session.Credit:Nick Moir
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2020 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Credit:Dean Sewell
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Elizabeth Dalman and Anthea da Silva during the announcement of the Darling Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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Police were called to Westmeadows following reports of a burglary in progress about 5am. Investigators told that two offenders entered the Ardlie Street premises, possibly armed. Credit:Eddie Jim
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Danni Fenwick, owner of Silkflora, an artificial flower shop disrupted by coronavirus, not getting her shipments from China. Credit:Louise Kennerley
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Sydney gay and lesbian Mardi Gras.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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Winner of the National Designer Award Esse, Charlotte Hicks and model Sammy.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
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Minister for Defence Senator Linda Reynolds during a Senate Estimates committee hearing at Parliament House in Canberra.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
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Oliver Curnow, Creative Director, Jojo Aitcheson, co- Creative Director, Michael Sassine, Creative Director and Maria Andriano Australian IFBB Pro Elite Champion costume fitting for the City Gym Greek God themed Float for the 2020 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Credit:Louise Kennerley
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Bella Conciatore grabs her free showbags, at the Sydney Royal Easter Show Showbag launch.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts Paul Fletcher at Parliament House in Canberra.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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Debra Oswald in a funny and excruciatingly honest one-woman show for the Griffin Theatre. Debra tells stories about her neurotic childhood, clumsy romantic history, and the anxieties and joys of the writers' life all in the hope that the audience can help her work out what comes next.Credit:Justin McManus
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SES and the community help clean up the Hawthorne canal at Leichhardt, as part of Clean Up Australia Day.Credit:Jacky Ghossein
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The Australian Chamber Orchestra's musicians Brian Ritchie and Satu Vanska, bring back celebrated ACO Underground this March.Credit:Louie Douvis
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Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade up Oxford Street, Sydney.Credit:Dean Sewell
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Juan Walker teaching students at Mossman State School the local Indigenous language Kuku Yalanji.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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Cycling overpasses, at the corner of City West Link and Victoria Road, Rozelle. The state government is ripping up overpasses and sections of the popular cycling route to make way for construction of the WestConnex Rozelle Interchange. Credit:Louise Kennerley
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Melissa Paisley is stockpiling food and other essentials in case of a coronavirus outbreak. Credit:Steven Siewert
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Bechara Khouri, leaving his home in Enfield. Credit:James Brickwood
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Ten year old sisters Rosie Baxter and Ellie Baxter after an announcement regarding 2020 influenza vaccine in Sydney, NSW. Rosie had a very bad case of influenza in 2013 that was life threatening. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern speak to the media at Admiralty House in Kirribilli, Sydney.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
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AFL St Ives junior players pre-season, under 18 girls and boys - kids who play aussie kick and AFL. Reaction from young players and their families to news of the increased risk of brain injury to AFL players following analysis of the brain of former player Graham Farmer.Credit:Steven Siewert
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Tim Cohen and wife Annabel, children Clancy, Roley and violet in front of their property in Newrybar. The Cohen's are selling their home in Lindfield which was one of the top performing suburbs for price growth.Credit:Danielle Smith
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Concrete bollards have been installed at Bondi Beach to protect pedestrians from being run down in a terrorist attack, Sydney. Credit:Janie Barrett
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The canyons of Sydney's Greater Blue Mountains area are revered Internationally not only for their sheer beauty and biodiversity but for their accessibility to adventure tourists. The NSW Bushfire crisis of 2019 impacted heavily on these canyons forcing the closure by the NSW National Parks of all but two remaining canyons.Credit:Dean Sewell