The Age photos of the week, October 18, 2025
Age photos of the week, October 18, 2025
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Your week with images from our award-winning photographers and regular contributors to The Age
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Sydney-based artist Nell has some of her work Meeting the Day on display at Heide gallery in BulleenCredit:Wayne Taylor
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Night Walks with Young People is part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival. It involves young people taking participants on nightly Werribee tours to secret places that are special to them. LR Ellis, 16, Theo, 14, Tammy, 16, Ava, 18, and Elisha, 17Credit:Alex Coppel
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Adventure cat: Sonia Hank takes cat Kepler Copernicus for a ride in South Yarra.Credit:Wayne Taylor
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The former home of Sir Roy, the architect who designed the NGV, is for sale in Toorak. Current owner Matthew Danos puts iconic home on the marketCredit:Alex Coppel
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Cabaret Performer Meow Meow at Alimentari Delicatessen in Brunswick St, FitzroyCredit:PENNY STEPHENS
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Carlton’s double Coleman medalist Charlie Curnow will continue his career in Sydney.Credit:EddieJim
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Brad Forbes, Chief at Heywood Rural Health, PortlandCredit:Nicole Cleary
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Protesters, led by Carly Wines (c), have been gathering outside former racehorse trainer Maxine Fraser’s Mt Eliza estate every weekend since April, where dozens of horses have been left starving, sick and injured.Credit:Chris Hopkins
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Ash and Hannah, staff at Goodstart Childcare in Richmond, celebrate the joys of childcare with Ripley, 2, Henry, 4, and Luca, 2.Credit:Alex Coppel.
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Former jockey Michelle Payne holds the Lexus Melbourne Cup Trophy and rides with Prince of Penzance at Lake WendoureeCredit:Alex Coppel
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A game changer in reducing feral cats, clever traps have been installed in various parts of Australia by Bush Heritage. Bush Heritage project leader James Smith (blue) and Timberscope co-director Rod Brindley inspect one of the new smart cat traps on Frenchman IslandCredit:Jason South
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“Richo” had a history of sleeping in his car and was admitted to St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne emergency department after falling while washing car windows, suffering a broken collarbone. The team were able to support him with both temporary accommodation and orthopedic follow-up, and he is now in permanent public housing.Credit:Wayne Taylor
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Chris McIntosh has experienced several rent increases since arriving in Melbourne in 2021.Credit:Alex Coppel
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Writer Benjamin Law and actor Genevieve Morris pay tribute to those you’ve lost in Dying: A Memoir.Credit:PENNY STEPHENS
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Baker Boy, aka Danzal Baker, embraces the vulnerability of Djandjay in the follow-up to his ARIA-dominating debut.Credit:Jason South
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Kylie Rogers, Victoria Racing Club CEO, at the Birdcage construction site at Flemington Racecourse in MelbourneCredit:Alex Coppel
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Bima’s child jockeys. 2025. Barrier gates swing open for the first of the grand finals at the Bima Mayor’s Cup in West Nusa TenggaraCredit:Amilia Rosa
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Thousands of runners competed in the Melbourne Marathon, Jack Rayner crossed the finish lineCredit:Jason South
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Michael Zhao, centre, organizer of the weekly Japanese mahjong night at Melbourne’s Marche Board Game Cafe.Credit:EddieJim
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Greater Western Water customer Tony Way said constant billing problems were turning into a circus.Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui
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Paul Williams, 80, sings the jazz standard All Of Me with the Mordialloc Jazz Orchestra, or MoJO, at regular Jazzeoke nights, where members of the public can sign up to sing jazz classics backed by a live “big band”, at The Count, Ian Potter Performing Arts Centre, ClaytonCredit:Chris Hopkins
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John Milkins is the son of Gary Cunningham, one of five Australia-based journalists killed by Indonesian armed forces in the East Timor town of Balibo on 16 October 1975. Milkins sits on the board of the Balibo House Trust, which honors the memories of the five murdered journalists by enriching the lives of the people of Balibo.Credit:Paul Jeffers
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East Malvern Junior Football Club players Oliver, 11, Xavier, 11, Ava, 4, and Hugh, 7, escape potholes at Central Park football pitch in Malvern.Credit:EddieJim
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2024 Melbourne Cup winner Robbie Dolan is at Ronald McDonald House, which is important to him because he has a daughter who was born at just 22 weeks and she is now healthy and doing very well.Credit:Joe Armao
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Darrell Pitt, spokesman for the Joseph Road Area Action Group. Frances Jeyann Ramirez, 22, was killed when she was struck by two cars as she crossed Hopkins Street in Footscray towards her home in the Joseph Road redevelopment project.Credit:Paul Jeffers
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Elizabeth Hill-Cooper at the Palais Theatre, formerly known as the Palais Pictures, is a historic picture palace in St Kilda, seating approximately 3,000 people, and is Australia’s largest seated theatre.Credit:Wayne Taylor
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Education Minister Ben Carroll announces pupils at Footscray City Primary School will minimize screen timeCredit:Jason South
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First People’s Assembly Co-Presidents Rueben Berg and Ngarra Murray address Members of Parliament about the Treaty in the Victorian Legislative AssemblyCredit:Jason South
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Brendan Cauchi moved house after the cost of his last property was “too high”. Essential workers are only able to rent a fraction of rental listings across Australia, a new report from Anglicare has found. Brendan Cauchi is a site manager in the construction industryCredit:Jason South
