The Age photos of the week, February 8, 2025
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The week in photos from our award-winning staff photographers and regular contributing photographers at The Age
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Women play bowls in Altona on a hot day exceeding 40 degrees in Melbourne.Credit:Jason South
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Ivana Crcic and her now two-year-old daughter Romana.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Climate scientist Dr Andrew King and Dr Linden Ashcroft consider our environment as we face the hottest decade on record.Credit:Justin McManus
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Ted Adair and Courteney Boulter, pictured with their son Avery and dog Chewy, are selling their one-bedroom home in Port Melbourne and looking to upsize.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Rachel Bradley from Trouper and Kim Le Tet from Saigon Eats at their shared restaurant space at 141 Chapel st, St. Kilda. Trouper operates as a coffee spot in the mornings and Saigon Eats does Vietnamese food for lunch and dinner.Credit:PENNY STEPHENS
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Bianca Card still looks for the body of her close friend, Ballarat woman Samantha Murphy, in bushland where Murphy disappeared, now presumed murdered, on February 4, 2024.Credit:Justin McManus
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese shares a lighter moment with apprentice tradesmen at the Swinburne Tafe, Croydon.Credit:Chris Hopkins
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Thomas Curkowskyj wants better buses in Werribee.Credit:Jason South
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The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese and Opposition leader Peter Dutton attended the Asian Business Association of Whitehorse Lunar New Year Festival & Parade in Box Hill.Credit:Justin McManus
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Phoebe Rizzoli reported sexual harassment to Grossi Florentino.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Paule Ignatio, consul-general of France, in Melbourne.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Ashok and Monika Kok and their 5 year old daughter Eva Choudhary at home in Manor Lakes in Melbourne’s outer West. Ashok is part of the local Indian community and will be voting in the Werribee by-election.Credit:PENNY STEPHENS
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The historic shot tower in Clifton Hill bearing the ‘Pam the Bird’ graffiti.Credit:Chris Hopkins
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Councillor Samantha McIntosh is a longtime runner and women’s safety advocate in Ballarat and knew fellow runner Samantha Murphy.Credit:Justin McManus
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Belgrave Library team leader Toni Main holding Mr Radiance.Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui
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Anthony Evans with son Abram, photographed near Watton Street sculptures.Credit:Jason South
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Puffing Billy is one of the main tourism attractions for Belgrave and a core part of the town’s identity.Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui
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Rashi Dhagat at Mambourin’s Little Growling Cafe.Credit:Jason South
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Mary-Christie Duivenvoorden outside her flower shop.Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui
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Belgrave South resident Emily Collins says the air is noticeably fresher in her patch of the world compared to suburbs closer to Melbourne.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Sayo Leahy dropping off her latest recycling haul at the Coburg North CDS depot.Credit:Wayne Taylor
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Four sets of twins from Carranballac College in Point Cook. (L-R) Lucy Pio, Jackson Foster, Mitchell Parks, Elliott Foster, Riley Parks and Marley Pio.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Fiona Bell and other resident and community groups are worried plans to add more sporting grounds to Royal Park will transform it from a bushland park to a suburban sporting ground. Credit:Jason South
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Year 10 student Max Andrighetto, who is neurodivergent, is leading his high school’s “eco warrior” team; a group of students teaching other schools how to use the container deposit scheme to fund sustainable projects at their own schools. Credit:Wayne Taylor
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Drag queen Vin Tagè during the Midsumma Pride March.Credit:Wayne Taylor
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Hannah Gartside will be showing ‘Bunnies in Love, Lust and Longing’ as part of the Melbourne Art Fair.Credit:Chris Hopkins
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A year on since MACS introduced phonics and explicit instructions in schools, results have shown a significant improvement. It comes after the state school rollout announced by the Vic government has stalled. Seen here Bethany Catholic Primary School students with Principal Joanne Webster.Credit:Jason South
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Pam the Bird graffiti being cleaned off Novotel, South Wharf.Credit:Jason South
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Rebecca Zivic and Caitlin Caruana from WestJustice legal team at Werribee Magistrates Court.Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui
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Premier Jacinta Allan announcies NFL team the Los Angeles Rams will play two matches at the MCG.Credit:Jason South
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Whittlesea mayor Aidan McLindon.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Indigenous artist Mick Harding, in front of his video installation for ACMI, with his son Mitch who worked on the piece with him.Credit:Justin McManus
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The sun rises over Melbourne on a hot Tuesday morning.Credit:Jason South
