Photos of the week, May 23, 2020
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Mist over the CBD on a crisp autumn morning.Credit:Louise Kennerley
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The Art Gallery of NSW is making use of COVID19 shutting the doors by dusting.`Credit:Louie Douvis
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Macdonald Valley Public School has been affected by bushfires, floods then coronavirus.Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Greg Inglis at the Camden Showgrounds in Camden.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Dr Mica Spasojevic, Network Doctor at the Long Bay Jail Hospital.Credit:Nick Moir
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Fields ploughed and prepared for rain and sowing, Walgett.Credit:Nick Moir
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Sile Smith and 4-year-old daughter Aisling who are taking part in a Coronavirus study on children.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Fishing off Jeffrey St Wharf, Kirribilli.Credit:James Brickwood
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Diners eat out on the first night of eased lockdown conditions in Newtown.Credit:Christopher Pearce
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Crown Sydney casino is set to open in December.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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NPWS Ranger Peter Berney negotiates the Lignum in a kayak before entering Narran Lakes.Credit:Nick Moir
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The Rio Bar in Summer Hill almost back to normal with restrictions softened.Credit:Steven Siewert
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Katja Phegan in her backyard vegetable garden in Manly.Credit:James Brickwood
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Cafes and restaurants are reopening with a limit of 10 people due to Coronavirus.Credit:Edwina Pickles
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Ian Cole from Barwon-Darling water at the huge water storage which pulls water from the Darling River, Bourke.Credit:Nick Moir
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Hijab House - twelve people including the driver were injured where a car drove into the shop.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Yu Ning Oliver Long has recently purchased a guitar to learn a new hobby during the lockdown.Credit:James Brickwood
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Circular Quay and the Manly Ferry today ahead of relaxation of lockdown measures.Credit:Dean Sewell
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Father Greg Morgan during a service at St Charles church Ryde.T he church has reopened its doors allowing ten worshipers at a time due to easing of Covid restrictions.Credit:Jacky Ghossein
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Sydney Harbour bridge, Sydney Opera House.Credit:James Brickwood
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Kerr Neilson at his home.Credit:Louie Douvis
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Rain across Sydney.Credit:Nick Moir
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Emily Johnston is concerned about her privacy because she had to show a supervisor around her room via webcam, before sitting an online university exam in Sydney.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Rain in Lakemba.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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Auction Administrator and Client Liaison, Madeleine Norton, at the Leonard Joel Auction House in Sydney.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
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State librarian Dr John Vallance in an empty State Library, it is due to reopen on June 1. Credit:Louise Kennerley
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Maziah Rahim applies henna on the hand of family member Syeda Tasnia Huda, a Ramadan tradition.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Newly appointed Artistic Director Darlinghurst Theatre, Amylia Harris.Credit:Louise Kennerley
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Sunset at Balmoral Beach.Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Manager of Big Daddy's Burger Bar in Darlinghurst.Credit:Louie Douvis
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Transport Minister Andrew Constance at Sutherland Train Station in Sydney, after announcing more funds for the network. Credit:Janie Barrett
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Casey Donovan perform first Australian drive in concert at Robyn Webster Sports Centre, Tempe. Credit:Louie Douvis
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Irada Tahpa and Richielle discuss witnessing police and ambulances arriving in the street where a female neighbour was fatally stabbed in Quakers Hill.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Portrait of European Union Ambassador to Australia, Dr Michael Pulch, at Parliament House in Canberra.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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Greg Inglis and his partner Alyse Caccamo in Camden.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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A forensic officer at the residential premises in Quakers Hill where a woman was fatally stabbed.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Sydney Domestic Airport during travel restrictions.Credit:Louie Douvis
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NSW police and fire department stand in front of The Hijab House shop where a car drove into the shop. Twelve people including the driver were injured. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Maziah Rahim aged 22 years old (left) applies henna on the hand of family member Syeda Tasnia Huda aged 19 years old (right), a Ramadan tradition in preparation for celebrating Eid al-Fitr. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Liz Ann Macgregor inside the MCA with works by Huma Bhahbha of the Bienale of Sydney NIRIN.Credit:Steven Siewert
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Commuters at Central Station in Sydney. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Newtown Breakaways AFL club, which started as an all-women football club and has since introduced a mens team, train at HJ Mahoney Memorial Park in Marrickville. Club members Brendan Wilson, Zoe McClure and Nick Beggs. Credit:James Brickwood
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The issue of social distancing and lifts in the CBD.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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Trudy Douglas at her Newcastle home, she is the victim of a bad financial adviser from AMP.Credit:Louise Kennerley
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An aerial view of Moore Park Golf Course with driving range pictured on the right.
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Carriageworks, Everleigh has gone into voluntary administration. Credit:Louise Kennerley
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Cyclists at the southern end of the Sydney Harbour Bridge cycleway at Millers Point. There are calls for a cycling lane on the main deck of the Harbour Bridge as modelling suggesting that cycling to work will increase as people stay away from public transport.Credit:James Brickwood
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Alice Black believes the governments easing of restrictions is too soon. She is keeping her two sons, Mo 15 and Dexter 12 home in isolation. Credit:Chris Hopkins
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B.East and Section 8 owner Maz Salt will be allowed to open one of his premises but not the other under the rues announced by Daniel Andrews.Credit:Chris Hopkins
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Emma Boseley gets the Neuw Denim Brunswick St store ready for trading again after Corona Virus restrictions are eased.Credit:Arsineh Houspian
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Ngun Dawi Zing, her mother Sui, husband Ngun T Lian and their three children 4yo Cung, 2yo Zing and 3mth baby Van enjoying the day at St Kilda.Credit:Penny Stephens
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Poppy Johnston, year 10 student from Scoresby Secondary College. Some students have thrived while remote learning, finding the home environment much better than being in the classroom. Principals say it has been an unexpected benefit of remote learning.Credit:Simon Schluter
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The Ladybirds Outdoor Adventures club. Cassie Pronk, Suzanne George, Ange Nardella. Emma Une, Shani Kirby, and Nicole Jonnes.Credit:Simon Schluter
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People out and about Elwood Beach in Melbourne. Credit:Simon Schluter
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People enjoying the parks in Sydney, Children were back on the swings for the first weekend of reopening the playgrounds at Marks Park.Credit:Edwina Pickles
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Joseph Williams siphons water onto fields on Darling farms in Bourke.Credit:Nick Moir
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Cafes and restaurants are reopening with a limit of 10 people. Diners inside a restaurant in China Town. Credit:Edwina Pickles
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Grant Millard, is the CEO of Anglicare, who run the Newmarch nursing home where residents and staff have been stricken by the coronavirus in Sydney. Credit:Janie Barrett
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Australian Ikko Ehode Arimoto has been signed for the La Liga club Villarreal soccer team. Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
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Wide horizons at Cobar in Western NSW.Credit:Nick Moir
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Managing Director of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra - Sophie Galaise. Credit:Chris Hopkins
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Bill Howlett, Chris Boucher, and Pete Rogers have discuss health services of Cobar Hospital in NSW. Credit:Janie Barrett
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Lyn Longfoot is a lifelong library user. Her local Lindfield Library, run by Ku-ring-gai Council, is offering a home delivery service during the Coronavirus shutdown. Credit:Wolter Peeters
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A frosty Macleay Park in Balwayn on Friday morning. Credit:Eddie Jim
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Dead Red Gum at Narran Lakes, Western NSW, Murray Darling Basin.Credit:Nick Moir