The SMH in images: memorable images from our photographers
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Rider Joe Curtin falls off his bronc horse at a combined rodeo, branding, campdraft and gymkhana weekend in Birdsville. Many competitors traveled for days from isolated cattle stations to test their skills against other jackaroos and jillaroos.Credit:Nick Moir
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Luis Pereira at his home in Dili, where he reported having been enslaved by the Indonesian army.Credit:KATE GERAGHTY
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Azzi Heras has the ability to take the drama of theater and film and translate it for everyday use.Credit:Steven Siewert
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Alan Jones leaves Day Street police station after police charged him and granted him bail.Credit:James Brickwood
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Mona Vale Ocean Pool.Credit:Nick Moir
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Opera Australia’s Rusalka principal soprano Nicole Car in July.Credit:Steven Siewert
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Spectators buffeted by waves at Brunswick Heads.Credit:Nick Moir
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Abigail Delaney and Serene Dharpaloco Yunupingu of the Janawi Dance Clan, of the Darug Nation, flying the Aboriginal flag atop the largest sail at the Sydney Opera House in 2019.Credit:James Brickwood
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Pope Francis lies in St. Peter’s Basilica after his death.Credit:Flavio Brancaleone
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Progress on the Hunter St subway station tunnel in August.Credit:Steven Siewert
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Amata Traditional Owner Stanley Douglas at Cave Hill, Amata.Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Strong storms hit western New South Wales.Credit:Nick Moir
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Doctors and researchers used 3D printing technology to reconstruct Mark Robinson’s face after cancer surgery.Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Professor Richard Scolyer recovering from brain surgery.Credit:James Brickwood
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Fashion designer Camilla Franks at her Woollahra home, which was bought by Inland Rail chief executive Nick Miller.Credit:Luisa Kennerley
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The American River Hotshot crew retreats as flames jump their containment line. The Hotshots are an elite type 1 team who cut a line without fuel to try to put out the fire. The park fire was started by an arsonist on July 24 and destroyed more than 600 buildings. It was the largest intentional fire in California history. Extreme fire behavior was observed in this fire, including a rotating plume (fire tornado).Credit:Nick Moir
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Julian Assange arrives at Canberra airport on June 26 last year after reaching a deal with US prosecutors that led to his release.Credit:James Brickwood
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is assisted after leaving the stage while taking a group photo.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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The Chariot Festival celebrations at Sydney’s Murugan Temple on Mays Hill in April.Credit:Steven Siewert
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Manessa Ali, 10, surveys the damage in Dahiyeh, Beirut, following the October 5 Israeli attack on a medical center on airport road.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Muzafar Ahmed Tahir, brother of Faraz Tahir, meets Muhammad Taha, pictured wearing blue gloves, who was a security guard with Faraz during the Bondi Junction mass stabbing. Faraz was killed in the attack. Muhammad was also stabbed.Credit:Nick Moir
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Red Bull Diving World Series champion Rhiannan Iffland dives from the tower in the first round of the series in Sydney Harbour.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Pro-Palestinian protesters marched across the Sydney Harbor Bridge last month.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Former Greens candidate Hannah Thomas.Credit:Max Mason-Hubers
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Children cool off in the river in Penrith as temperatures reach 39 degrees in western Sydney. Photo: Wolter Peeters, Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Swimmers cool off at Clovelly Beach, Sydney. Photo: Janie Barrett.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Taylor Swift performs at Accor Stadium during her sold-out Eras Tour.Credit:Wolter Peeters
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The bridge explodes to welcome 2025.Credit:Wolter Peeters
