The Age photos of the week, September 20, 2025
The Age photos of the week, September 20, 2025
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The week in photos from our award-winning staff photographers and regular contributing photographers at The Age
September 20, 2025 — 11.45am
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Alaa Elzokm, imam of the Elsedeaq mosque in Melbourne, said Muslim women had suffered particularly intense Islamophobia.Credit:Justin McManus
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Kellie Wishart runs the newly opened BoxDivvy hub in TemplestoweCredit:Simon Schluter
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Air traffic controller Kingsley Just, who does circus training, appears in the new Guiness Book of Records for the most aerial hoop somersaults in one minute, which is 57, that he achieved in June 2024. It’s his second world record, the first was in 2014 as a pilot he achieved the most consecutive rolls by an aircraft – 987 over Lethbridge, VictoriaCredit:Arsineh Houspian
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Poonam Singh and her daughters Prisha, 17, and Kashvi, 12.
Poonam Singh and her family live in Point Cook and her two children commute for more than ten hours a week – each – to get to and from their respective schools. Prisha, who is in year 12, gets two trains and a bus to get to school at John Monash Science School in Clayton. Her sister, Kashvi, travels two hours a day to and from Bacchus Marsh Grammar on a bus service run by the schoolCredit:Justin McManus
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Samantha Scherma, chair of owners corporation for South Yarra Square building. Residents of a defect-plagued apartment block in South Yarra face a $25 million repair bill and fear similar shoddy construction with minimal recourse will harm the push to increase high-rise living across MelbourneCredit:Justin McManus
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Sally Ballieu, Max Johnson and Anthony Pope from Barnacle Studios Collective have plans to revamp the historical Broadway Theatre in RosebudCredit:Paul Jeffers
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Hawthorn star Jack Ginnivan.Credit:Jason South
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Aaron Blabey is a Bendigo-born former actor and now author of children’s books, including the bestselling The Bad Guys, a #1 New York Times bestseller. A new film, The Bad Guys 2, is in cinemas nowCredit:Wayne Taylor
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Protesters from the “Sovereignty never ceded” rally near police officers in MelbourneCredit:Justin McManus
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Stop Mass Immigration protesters attend a rally in MelbourneCredit:Luis Enrique Ascui
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Anna Dollard from Kids’ Own Publishing with (from left), Nikita Rozmosh, Karolina Bogachova and Petro Lazoriv.Credit:Chris Hopkins
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Bethany Catholic Primary School students have done well in NAPLAN maths. L-R Rudraksh, Patrick, Paytyn, Adoniyas, Althea, Lexi and CharlotteCredit:Jason South
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Mentone Girls Grammar, Tim Macdonald (Deputy Principal) and student Maggie Stickland have been part of a study aimed at finding the most effective study techniques to get a good VCE scoreCredit:Simon Schluter
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Hawthorn’s Sam Butler suffered a stomach-churning leg injury.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Rabbits graze in the new suburb of Junction Village on Melbourne’s south-eastern fringe, where the pest is proliferating.Credit:Jason South
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Junction Village resident Marc Noyce has had marauding rabbits destroy his new front garden.Credit:Jason South
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Experimental scientist Jennifer Barr takes a decontamination shower.Credit:Paul Jeffers
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Big list decisions are expected at Melbourne under new coach Steven King, but the moves might be less dramatic than in previous years.Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui
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Swimmer at Elwood at Beach, Melbourne. The National Climate Risk Assessment was released on Monday.Credit:PENNY STEPHENS
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Thornhill Park resident Zak stands at the Alfred Road closure, which has added 45 minutes to his journey to collect his daughter from daycare.Credit:Jason South
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Local resident Steph Flynn at the empty block where McDonald’s wants to open an outlet directly next to the primary school on the corner of Wellington Road and Club Court, Strathfieldsaye (Bendigo)Credit:Joe Armao
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Opposition Leader Brad Battin with his frontbenchers at the Victorian Liberal Party State Council meeting last weekendCredit:Joe Armao
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Greg Holland at The Briars, Mount Martha wildlife sanctuary. The Mornington Peninsula Shire Council is deciding whether to cull or relocate wallabies that have rapidly expanded in population. Greg says the council should never have let it get out of controlCredit:Joe Armao
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Dr Helen Stuckey says gaming in the 1980s could be both extremely frustrating and fulfilling.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Stuart Gibson and his sister Sally Gibson with Amelia Mazzotta are members of a beloved community gym in St Kilda and are outraged after the charity behind the 77-year-old institution decided to close itCredit:Joe Armao
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All freight rail from Ballarat and Geelong will have to pass through a single section of track at Newport due to plans to shut down the Sunshine rail freight corridor Credit:Joe Armao
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Robin Fox, co-founder of Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio with a 1979 Fairlight CMI.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Zavier Pillay and Daniel Makunike are two young Victorian performers who will be on stage in MJ: The Musical this monthCredit:Wayne Taylor
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Marcia Hines and Casey Donovan are paying tribute to Donna Summer in a new show that will tour nationally.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Hawthorn’s Nick Watson, pictured in the players’ race at Waverley on MondayCredit:Simon Schluter
