Gallery icon23 ImagesThe week in photos from our award-winning staff photographers and regular contributors at The Age.August 22, 2026 — 2:46pm1/23The only public pool in the Bass Coast Shire at Wonthaggi. Swimmers Marilyn Crump and 16-year-old Amy Hodson..Credit:Simon Schluter2/23Alice O’Loughlin of North Melbourne boots towards the win against Geelong in Round 23 AFLW.Credit:Ruby Alexander3/23Telirah and Tamarni Lockyer enjoying their sparkly balloons at the Alice Springs night market.Credit:Justin McManus4/23Natalie James, former Fair Work Ombudsman, fought to have anti-Israel graffiti removed from her local council area.Credit:Joe Armao5/23Naveena Nekkalapudi had breast cancer and survived it, but now has ongoing health issues as a result of her treatment. She wants an overhaul of how cancer is dealt with in the healthcare system.Credit:Wayne Taylor6/23Lady Primrose Potter at home in Melbourne.Credit:Eddie Jim7/23Funeral for Kumanjayi Little Baby at Desert Life Church outside Alice Springs. Family and friends of Kumanjayi Little Baby pay their respects to the 5yr old girl who was allegedly murdered by Jefferson Lewis in early May.Credit:Justin McManus8/23International violinist Patrick Savage with the violin his mentor Donald Scotts gave him.Credit:Chris Hopkins9/23Brighton Grammar school wants to lease the Wilson Recreation reserve for a peppercorn rent in exchange for upgrading the facilities. Opponents say it is an elite private school taking over public land. Concerned resident Kevin Howard with his dogs Isla and Luther at the reserve.Credit:Wayne Taylor10/23Associate Professor Justin Boddey, a malaria researcher at WEHI, and his colleagues may have found a way to turn mosquito bites from a disease-causing tragedy to an immune-boosting triumph.Credit:Jason South11/23Superstat co-founders Sam Hung, Cordelia King and Kai Bloomfield use AI technology to deliver professional-level statistics for amateur athletes.Credit:Eddie Jim12/23Josie van Doren worked at 1800 Lasagne for around two years.Credit:Simon Schluter13/23Mark Trengove, Michael Dragt, Mandy cocks, Kristy Vasils and 2 of her 4 kids Ollie 11 and Savannah 9 on Staughton Vale Rd with the site of Bacchus Marsh Grammar School’s Staughton Vale farm campus behind them at the base of the YouYangs. They’re concerned that the school has gone directly to the planning Minister to get a Primary School built on the grounds.Credit:PENNY STEPHENS14/23Jon Martin, president and Peter Toms vice president of Brighton Beach Bowls Club. Bayside Council is considering ending the lease of the long-standing bowls club to make way for a new pavilion development.Credit:Joe Armao15/23Film director Chouwa Liang has a film screening at MIFF about three women in China who use AI chatbots as romantic partners to escape loneliness, called Replica. Credit:Simon Schluter16/23Lynne Moore and her son Craig lay flowers in honour of Lynne’s late husband Ray, who was killed in action in 1969 leaving her a young widow with three children, at a commemorative service ahead of Vietnam Veterans Day.Credit:Chris Hopkins17/23Collingwood’s new-look Magpies. Back row from left: Charlotte Brewer, Dom Carbone, Amy Smith and Mischa Barwin. Middle: Jemma Rigoni, Imogen Trengove, Josie Bamford and Zara Neuwirth. Front: Mattea Breed and Ari Hetherington.Credit:Simon Schluter18/23Helen Redmond and son in law Kelsey Brookes. Helen has dementia and can’t even remember her own birthday, but she can remember her aged care support is being withdrawn.Credit:Justin McManus19/23Al Siraat College Co-founder and Deputy principal Ms. Rahat Arain EPPING. Islamic Schools are among the fastest growing private schools in Melbourne.Credit:Ruby Alexander20/23Daniel and Steve Hombsch, with a photo of Jenny Hombsch, who died when she was hit by a car in August 2024 while walking across a pedestrian crossing near her Baxter home in Melbourne’s South East.Credit:PENNY STEPHENS