Gallery icon26 ImagesThe week in photos from our award-winning staff photographers and regular contributors at The Age.June 6, 2026 — 2:17pm1/26Mick Gatto returns to his Mount Martha home on Wednesday afternoon, after being interviewed by police.Credit:Joe Armao2/26Thirteen-year-old Leihani Zoric won both the Open Womens and Junior Womens Indigenous Surfing titles.Credit:Justin McManus3/26Jonah Spriggs, Hannah Tyrrell, James Monro and Mattea Osenk rehearsing among South Melbourne Town Hall redevelopment works.Credit:Ruby Alexander4/26Filmmakers Tony Stevens and Kate Morrow at The Prince of Wales Hotel.Credit:Simon Schluter5/26Actor Khalid Abdalla is performing his one-man show Nowhere, about Arab identity in the Western world, at the Malthouse Theatre.Credit:Chris Hopkins6/26A BYD vehicle is driven off the car maker’s ship at Port Melbourne on Tuesday.Credit:Ruby Alexander7/26Clair Henneberry (L) provided support to friend Evelien Florijn when her father passed away.Credit:Simon Schluter8/26Damien and Kylie Robertson Hodor with their four children -- two sets of twins, Aria and Jesse (11yrs) and Marley and Zoe (9yrs). L-R Marley, Zoe, Jesse and Aria with dog Piper.Credit:Justin McManus9/26Elise Tobin with her daughter Hazel. Australia has a falling birth rate, with many parents happy with one child.Credit:Joe Armao10/26Bianka Ismailovski is a 36-year-old comedian and writer and childfree by choice. Credit:SImon Schluter11/26Sara Blake, volunteer with owner Charles Phillip. The Doll Hospital is closing after more than 140 years. Credit:Jason South12/26Tamara ended up paying more than $30,000 in out-of-pocket costs for several surgeries (including a mastectomy) after she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2024.Credit:Eddie Jim13/26Sam Waldron, president of Hawthorn Amateur FC. Hawthorn Amateur FC run the Wings program -- a mental health fund which can be accessed anonymously by players, coaches and members so they can access psychology, psychiatric or counselling services at a significantly reduced cost. Credit:Chris Hopkins14/26Phillip Chalker is in his words "totally blind” with his current assistance dog Donna. Phillip Chalker's previous service dog Sally had to be retired after she was attacked twice by other dogs. He started a petition to treat attacks on service dogs with greater seriousness that quickly gained 2000 signatures.Credit:Joe Armao15/26Matthew Wright (far right) is leading a campaign to make public transport permanently free in Victoria, with help from his niece Maya Wright (middle right) and fellow advocates Andrea Bunting (far left) and Dave Holmes (middle left).Credit:Simon Schluter16/26Bacchus Marsh community radio station Apple 98.5 FM must raise $25,000 by July 5 or face closure after 40 years of broadcasting. DJ’s, Adam “Stix” Gadsby, Karellyn Dangar and Louis Maxwell from the station.Credit:Jason South17/26Horror film Leviticus's Director Adrian Chiarella (L) with Joe Bird, who stars in the film.Credit:Eddie Jim18/26Kevin Curran, Jim Peters and Tony Corrigan remember the late Neale Daniher. Peters and Corrigan were teammates of Daniher at Newman College. Curran was his coach.Credit:Jason South19/26Brian Leeson says he hopes to return to the United States one day.Credit:Chris Hopkins20/26Light pollution over the Melbourne city skyline. Melbourne city lights, particularly pink light from Marvel Stadium, reflects off low clouds.Credit:Joe Armao