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The week in photos from the award-winning SMH and AFR photographers.
1/23
Swimmers take advantage of the sunny weather at the Bogey Hole at Bronte Beach, Sydney.Credit:Janie Barrett
2/23
Aboriginal elder Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann at the Australian Embassy at the Vatican, Italy, ahead of a meeting with Pope Francis as part of her ongoing efforts towards reconciliation between the church and Indigenous Australians.Credit:Massimo Berruti
3/23
Visitors interact with the light installations on the opening night of Vivid Sydney.Credit:Flavio Brancaleone
4/23
Josh Addo-Carr after NSW Blues training at Anccor Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney.Credit:Jessica Hromas
5/23
Slow demolition of the building which burnt last week on Randle Street, Surry Hills.Credit:Nick Moir
6/23
Jarryd Kelly, curator manager at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, with some of the camellias on display.Credit:Wolter Peeters
7/23
Emergency services on the scene after a child died and a man was left in critical condition following an incident at a unit complex in Riverwood.Credit:Dion Georgopoulos
8/23
Crowds interact with light installations on the opening night of Vivid Sydney.Credit:Flavio Brancaleone
9/23
Australian politician for the Greens and former public interest environment lawyer Sue Higginson is in favour of Kathleen Folbigg's release from prison.Credit:Dion Georgopoulos
10/23
Sisters Lana Huntley and Annette Maher have both suffered spontaneous coronary artery dissection, a rare form of heart attack affecting otherwise fit and healthy women.Credit:Louise Kennerley
11/23
People laying toys and flowers at the scene of a fatal stabbing in Riverwood, in which a child died and a man was left in critical condition.Credit:Steven Siewert
12/23
A distressed woman is escorted to an ambulance after a fatal stabbing at a unit complex on Washington Ave, Riverwood.Credit:Dion Georgopoulos
13/23
Snow fell at Shooters Hill in the Central West, as a strong cold front impacted the state.Credit:Wolter Peeters
14/23
Mie Nagasawa and Viktor Tomashek of the Grand Kyiv Ballet of Ukraine, in the foyer of The State Theatre.Credit:Steven Siewert
15/23
Margaux Everett , CEO of the Australian Museum of Design, looks throughs samples which will be projected onto Customs House as part Vivid's Inside Out event.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
16/23
Police, fire fighters and demolition crew on scene to commence the demolition of a former factory on Randle Street, Sydney CBD, which was destroyed by fire.Credit:Dion Georgopoulos
17/23
Snow along Spencers Creek and icicles on the bridge.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
18/23
Lauren Eslick, 27, who was tortured and abused by her former foster care mother over 14 years.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
19/23
Tour of the final part of the underground north-south concourse at Central Station, which is due to be opened.Credit:Wolter Peeters
20/23
A Vivid preview at Customs House.Credit:Wolter Peeters
21/23
People flock to the Sydney Opera House to view the opening night of Vivid Sydney.Credit:Dion Georgopoulos
22/23
The remains of the building destroyed by fire on Randle Street, Surry Hills.Credit:Steven Siewert
23/23
Windsor High Principal Jennifer Hawken with students Layla George, Skye Burn, Jordan Tolmie and Darcy Strachan. Windsor High is bucking the trend with improving attendance rates after being badly hit bad floods, fires, and Covid.Credit:Louise Kennerley
