The Age photos of the week, May 24, 2025
26 ImagesThe week in photos from our award-winning staff photographers and regular contributing photographers at The Age
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Melton Mayor Steve Abboushi wants more state action on illegal dumping.Credit:Paul Jeffers
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Honsa Eqbal, founder of Melbourne’s mschess club, a monthly chess club exclusively for women, LGBTQIA+ and non-binary people.Credit:Chris Hopkins
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John Panagiotopoulos with daughters Chloe (left), 10, and Cassandra, 8, and dog Max.Credit:Paul Jeffers
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Melboune footballer Kysaiah ‘Kozzie’ Pickett pictured with his Dad, Kevin Kropinyeri, will play this weekend in the Indigenous jumper Kevin designed.Credit:Chris Hopkins
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Cafe owners Patrick and Liz Murphy. Colac has a new Hungry Jacks coming, to town, with the community fighting over the planning approval.Credit:Eddie Jim
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arriving in Rome, Italy ahead of attending the Inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIVCredit:Alex Ellinghausen
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Monash Uni researcher Dr Roshini Balasooriya and St. Bede’s Deputy Principal Mark Jones with St Bede’s students. St Bede’s is a participant of a Monash Uni study, led by Roshini, about developing resilience and strong mental health in youths and adolescents. She’s been investigating the effectiveness of the resilience Project.Credit:PENNY STEPHENS
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Lukas Winward, a Melbourne-based counsellor and father of two, does not allow his two daughters to attend sleepovers, over concerns for their safety. Pictured with his daughters Maggie 6 and Layla 8.Credit:Wayne Taylor
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Potential buyers and interested onlookers attend an auction at a property in Middle Park.Credit:Justin McManus
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Mornington Peninsula Beach Box Owners president Peter Clarke at Dromana beach. A contentious hand beach cleaning trial launched by Mornington Peninsula Shire has come under fire for failing to meet the “community’s expectations” with reports of litter and seaweed having increased.Credit:Alex Coppel
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St Kilda Primary School grandparent Jenny Brew, and parents Caroline Thornton and Selina Ife and their kids and grandchildren outside St Kilda Primary School. The school community is asking for a school hall. They missed out in the state budget.Credit:PENNY STEPHENS
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Jane Matthews, co-owner of Swensk clothing store in Melbourne, which pays a licensing fee to play background music in the shop.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Croki resident Michelle Bennett (2nd from right) greets VRA Rescue NSW members who are making a medical delivery and doing welfare checks on other residents in the village. Croki, NSW. Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Rebecca Cardamone is a business owner who will chat about what an interest rate cut will mean for her and her business.Credit:Justin McManus
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Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan and Treasurer Jaclyn Symes.Credit:Justin McManus
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Eddie perfect rehearsing for Beetlejuice the musical ahead of the exclusive Melbourne premiere at the Regent Theatre.Credit:Joe Armao
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Samantha Westbrooke from the National Trust. The Royal Exhibition Building is to get $9.6 million in funding from the state budget to help repair it.Credit:Simon Schluter
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Mark ‘Butch’ Robinson had his jaw broken in an infamous country football grand final 40 years agoCredit:Eddie Jim
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Andreas Papadikis at his Little Bourke Street Melbourne restaurant Tipo 00. Andreas has been nominated for a James Beard award for his pasta cookbook.Credit:PENNY STEPHENS
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Daniel Teitelbaum, founder and lead facilitator of Playful Thinking holding a workshop on negotiation with Communities in Control staff including Meg Singleton (c) North Melbourne. His workshops are play based for professionalsCredit:PENNY STEPHENS
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Forensic Psychiatrist Rajan Darjee discussing issues in the mental health system and mentally unwell people committing homicides.Credit:Alex Coppel
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Publisher Jane Willson has been shortlisted for ‘Tipo 00 The Pasta Cookbook’ in the James Beard Awards.Credit:Paul Jeffers
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Melbourne-based Nam Le wins NSW Premier’s Literary awards’ best book for the second time with his second book.Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui
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Treasurer Jaclyn Symes addresses the media at 2025/2026 Victorian state budget lock up.Credit:Joe Armao
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Rehearsing at Bakehouse Studios for Vandemonian Lags, from left: Mark Wallace, Jen Anderson, Darren Hanlon, Craig Pilkington, Mick Thomas, Shelley Short, Jeff Lang and Ben Salter.Credit:Wayne Taylor
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Inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIV, at Vatican City, Rome.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
