The Age photos of the week, January 3, 2026
Age photos of the week, January 3, 2026
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Your week with images from our award-winning photographers and regular contributors to The Age
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Out: Steve Smith cleared by Josh Tongue on Boxing Day. It was one of 20 wickets to fall on the first day of play.Credit:Chris Hopkins
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Sea Forest founder and CEO Sam Elsom., Triabunna, Tasmania. Sea Forest, which listed on the ASX last week, grows a special variety of Australian seaweed Asparagopsis that reduces methane emissions by up to 80 per cent when fed to beef cattle.Credit:Matthew Newton
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Young ‘Nipper’ lifeguards from Mentone Surf Lifesaving Club, Harley Mead, 9, Asher James, 12, and Gabriel Durgutovic, 10. Credit:Chris Hopkins
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Cranbourne West Secondary College Rob Duncan is the highly achieving executive principal at VCE.Credit:Joe Armao
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Jeremy Weinstein says he wants to continue openly expressing his Judaism.Credit:EddieJim
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Copper Doctors founder Brian James, along with his employee Paul Martini, completed work at Melbourne City Hall.Credit:Jason South
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Audrey Tunks is 20 months old, her brother Elliott Tunks is 3, and her parents Sam Tunks and Madeline Scott are at home in Frankston. Audrey has grade 4 medulloblastoma, which cannot be treated with surgery or current treatments. Her family hopes research into alternative cancer treatments can help people like Audrey.Credit:PENNY STEPHENS
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Age reporter Grant McArthur polices the berating of the Barmy Army’s Milo (Bishop) and Charlie (Beefeater) as they celebrate a wicket during the Boxing Day Test match at the MCG. Credit:Chris Hopkins
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Andrea Ruff is a volunteer for Lasagna Love, a charity organization where volunteers prepare lasagna in their own homes and deliver it to those in need. In Ballarat, she makes lasagne for five people with the help of her 5-year-old son Joshua.Credit:Wayne Taylor
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Shoppers Saim and Hafsah Khan at the Boxing Day sales in Melbourne.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Watch the Vikings in full voice – Members of the North Queensland Vikings indoor cricket team arrive for The Ashes, Australia V England Boxing Day Test at the MCG.Credit:Justin McManus
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Naum Sekulovski receives Red light therapy at P3 Richmond Recovery Lab to get off his exercise equipment.Credit:Justin McManus
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Beach lovers Declan and Caliber (2) are enjoying the last bit of warm weather 2025 has to offer.Credit:Joe Armao
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Heather Smith and her husband, Ken, at their home in Patterson lakes. Melbourne Water has proposed increasing tariffs for 300 residents living on the shores of three “quiet lakes” with no exit. These rocks, once fresh and swimmable, are now regularly covered in blue-green algae.Credit:Joe Armao
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Zac Howard with his children Ollie and Zara and Lachlan Beckett with his wife Amy and children Charlotte and Edward. Falls Creek Child Care Center is in danger of closure. The center is a very important service for families living and working in the mountains.Credit:Justin McManus
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Holidaymakers enjoy the Yarra River near Studley Park Boathouse.Credit:EddieJim
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Nigel Watson at Jimmy Watson’s, the place his grandfather opened 90 years ago.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Scott Boland from Australia. Australian Cricketers meet fans at the MCG on day 3 of the Boxing Day test.Credit:Wayne Taylor
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There is traffic congestion due to the closure of Westgate Bridge Lane for annual road maintenance between Christmas and New Year.Credit:Joe Armao
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Young ‘Nipper’ lifeguard from Mentone Surf Lifeguard Club, Asher James, aged 12, trains at Mentone beach.Credit:Chris Hopkins
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Gus and Lou Berger at the recently opened 81-seat cinema, Brunswick Picture House, on Sydney Rd, Brunswick.Credit:PENNY STEPHENS
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Punt Road resident Michael Teluk and Punt community advocate Andrew Carrasco outside a public acquisition apartment block that Punt Rd residents want removed.Credit:Wayne Taylor
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Lifeboat donor nurse assistant Amira Nor Azhar serves at Melbourne Red Cross headquarters with Peter Ruther.Credit:Joe Armao
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John and Anne Mennen installed a circular plunge swimming pool at their Cottles Bridge home last summer.Credit:Chris Hopkins
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Paramedics Luke Harrington and Alex Hemsley were subjected to abuse while on the job. Credit:Simon Schluter
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Mark Norris at home in Melbourne with his 14-year-old border collie dog Millie. Mark was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer (glioblastoma) in January. A few hours after his MRI, an operation from which he was not expected to survive, a tumor the size of two tangerines was removed and he is at the end of a cycle of chemotherapy and radiation.Credit:Simon Schluter
