The Sydney Morning Herald’s Photos of the Week, December 14, 2023

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A swimmer cools off at Clovelly on a hot summer day.Credit:Janie Barret

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Kathleen Folbigg, moments after her convictions were quashed by the Court of Criminal Appeal in Sydney.Credit:Kate Geraghty

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Reverend Bill Crews at The Rev Bill Crews Foundation in Ashfield.Credit:James Brickwood

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Ken Parker says he’s suffering more than ever with silicosis and finds it hard to breathe.Credit:Rhett Wyman

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Survival skills: Georgia Breen (left), Elizabeth Alfar (floating), and Bronte Conroy with instructor Ellah Thornberry at Blacktown Leisure Centre Stanhope.Credit:Edwina Pickles

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Cyclists at the corner of King and Clarence St in the CBD, where the King St cycleway disappears as you head east.Credit:Steven Siewert

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Ayse Goknur Shanal and Benjamin Martin will perform together on December 23.Credit:Janie Barrett

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Artist Tacita Dean with some of the work featuring in her exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art.Credit:Janie Barrett

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German tourists Virginia Wolf and Hannah Distel escape the heat on Friday in the Blue Mountains.Credit:Dean Sewell

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Olivia Ryan from Gilroy Catholic College opening her ATAR at 9am with her family.Credit:Louise Kennerley

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Locals cool off in the Hawkesbury River in Pitt Town on a 40-degree day in Sydney’s west.Credit:Janie Barrett

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NSW Health Secretary Susan Pearce hugs a paramedic at Randwick Ambulance station after the announcement of a deal to end the long-running pay dispute.Credit:Nick Moir

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Brittany Higgins’ mother, Kelly Higgins, outside the Federal Court in Sydney on Monday.Credit:Dion Georgopoulos

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New CEO of Wests Tigers, Shane Richardson, speaks at the Wests Tigers HQ after the club’s board was dissolved. Credit:Dean Sewell

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Mandy Burgess’ 15-year-old daughter Tania died in 2005 when she was stabbed 48 times by a 16-year-old boy while walking home from school. Credit:Wolter Peeters

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Misha Garg and Lucy Wark have set up a platform, Grapevine, for women in tech to share their experiences of sexual assault and harrassment.Credit:Janie Barrett

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Former federal Liberal political staffer Bruce Lehrmann leaves the Federal Court in Sydney.Credit:James Brickwood

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Rugby League journalist Paul Kent leaving Downing Centre court.Credit:Flavio Brancaleone

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Pennant Hills High School students L-R Ozan Kocatepe, Hannah Pola, Alexandra Vega Segovia, and Isabelle Imeson are relieved and excited with their HSC results in Sydney.Credit:Janie Barrett