Australia Day Address Speaker Deng Thiak Adut on Thursday.

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A week in photos from award winning Fairfax photographers for the week ending January 22, 2016

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Best of the world

People dressed as Storm Troopers from carry flaming torches during the Up Helly Aa Viking festival in Lerwick on the Shetland Isles, Scotland. Click for more photos

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Australia Day Celebrations

Barbara O'Shea from Monterey in Sydney getting into the spirit of Australia Day. Click for more photos

Australians young and old, recent, and those born and bred alike enjoy the public holiday to celebrate Australia Day 2016.

Australia Day Festivities

SMH/NEWS. AUSTRALIA DAY. Pic of people enjoying Australia Day Festivities at the Rocks in Sydney. Pic of the back of Greg from Constitiution Hill's Head pic taken at the Rocks in Sydney. They are Fake tatoo. Pic by Nic Walker. Date 26th Jan 2016. Click for more photos

People of Sydney enjoying Australia Day Festivities.

Best of the world - January 27, 2016

An Egyptian boy wears the colors of the national flag marking the anniversary of the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak, in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 25, 2016. The run-up to the anniversary has seen stepped-up security measures in Cairo, a new wave of arrests and security checks in the city's downtown, an area popular with young, pro-democracy activists. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) Click for more photos

The best pictures from the international wire services as chosen by the Picture Editors at the Sydney Morning Herald.

Invasion Day protest in Sydney

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 26: People take part in an Invasion Day march on Australia day from Redfern to Townhall on January 26, 2016 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Dominic Lorrimer/Fairfax Media) Click for more photos

For Indigenous Australians, Australia Day is a day of mourning. It marks the start of British invasion on Aboriginal lands and is an annual reminder of the many ways Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians are still being left behind.

Best of the world - January 26, 2016

An elderly Hindu devotee prays early in the morning at "Sangam", the meeting point of Indian holy rivers the Ganges and the Yamuna on the auspicious day of "Paush Purnima" during the annual traditional fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad, India, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016. Hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus are expected to take holy dips at the confluence during the astronomically auspicious period of over 45 days celebrated as Magh Mela. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) Click for more photos

The best pictures from the international wire services as chosen by the Picture Editors at the Sydney Morning Herald.

Best of the world - January 24, 2016

A girl refreshes herself at a park in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Jan. 22, 2016. Temperatures reached 36 degrees Celsius during the day as residents looked for ways to cool down. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Click for more photos

The best pictures from the international wire services as chosen by the Picture Editors at the Sydney Morning Herald.

Tamworth Country Music Cavalcade

TAMWORTH, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 23: Jasmine Rae rides along Peel Street during the Tamworth Country Music Festival Calvacade on January 23, 2016 in Tamworth, Australia. The Tamworth Country Music Festival is a 10 day event showcasing over 700 artists and draws large crowds enjoying the annual Australia Day weekend, culminating in the Golden Guitar Awards which celebrates the best of Australian country music. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images) Click for more photos

Fun on Peel Street with the Tamworth Country Music Festival Cavalcade.

Sydney's crazy weather continues

Yuichi Noto checks the early morning surf at Manly Beach. Click for more photos

Sydney is expected to end the working week with a bang when lightning, thunder and potentially flooding rain starts moving across the Sydney basin from early afternoon.

Best of the world - January 23, 2016

A model wears a creation of fashion label Dimitri during the Fashion Week in Berlin, Germany. Click for more photos

The best pictures from the international wire services as chosen by the Picture Editors at the Sydney Morning Herald.

Best of the world - January 22, 2016

A demonstrator carries a mock coffin, representing migrants who have died inside a detention center in Eloy, Arizona. Click for more photos

The best pictures from the international wire services as chosen by the Picture Editors at the Sydney Morning Herald.

In bed project

Fiona, Serene and Reuben. The 'In Bed Project', inspired by John and Yoko's bed-in protest, is a series of portraits of people who support marriage equality. Click for more photos

Inspired by John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1969 "bed in" peace protest, Lisa White has arranged and taken photos of Australians having a "Bed In" for Marriage Equality.

Best of the world - January 20, 2016

Sariah Roberts, right, takes part in a performance during the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday commemorative service at Ebenezer Baptist Church where King preached. Click for more photos

The best pictures from the international wire services as chosen by the Picture Editors at the Sydney Morning Herald.

Best of the world - January 19, 2016

A man walks on on a street covered with snow in Tokyo. Click for more photos

The best pictures from the international wire services as chosen by the Picture Editors at the Sydney Morning Herald.

The Stuart Highway

A donkey in a paddock near the Aileron Roadhouse in the NT. Click for more photos

The Stuart Highway extends almost 3000 kilometres across the flat expanse of the Australian continent, and whilst the landscape rarely changes, there's no shortage of characters to meet along the way.

Best of the world - January 18, 2016

BLACKPOOL, ENGLAND - JANUARY 16: A pigeon fancier peruses over a bird in the auction during the annual three-day 'British Homing World Show of the Year' at The Winter Gardens on January 16, 2016 in Blackpool, England. Homing pigeon fanciers from across Europe gathered to find the Supreme Show Champion with judges casting their eyes over hundreds of birds on show. The Royal Pigeon Racing Association organises the event and has Queen Elizabeth II, who keeps pigeons at Sandringham, as it's patron. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** Click for more photos

The best pictures from the international wire services as chosen by the Picture Editors at the Sydney Morning Herald.

Crowd at the Big Bash

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 16: Crowds pack into the Sydney Cricket Ground for the "Big Smash" Twenty 20 cricket match between the Sydney 6ers and Sydney Thunder on January 16, 2016 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Dominic Lorrimer/Fairfax Media) Click for more photos

The crowd at the Big Bash League 2015/16 cricket: Sydney Sixers vs Sydney Thunder

Baby steps: Teaching kids survival before swimming

Enzo Carroll, 2, during his class at the Kids Aquatic Survival School. Click for more photos

Baby steps: Aquatic classes teach tots to survive before they swim

Stardust Circus lions

Lion trainer at Stardust Circus, Matthew Ezekial, with some of their lions is Richmond. 15th October 2015 Photo: Wolter Peeters The Sydney Morning Herald Click for more photos

When the lions hear the show music start, they know what is coming and they are keen to get their treats.

Best of the world - January 17, 2016

BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - JANUARY 15: A wild horse stands still in the snow on Black mountain on January 15, 2016 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The first heavy snowfall of the year has badly affected travel conditions in the province with the roads authority advising motorists to take extreme care. A Met Office warning for snow and ice remains until 11.00am on Saturday. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX *** Click for more photos

The best pictures from the international wire services as chosen by the Picture Editors at the Sydney Morning Herald.

So Frenchy So Chic in the Park

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 16: Soleil Mulqueeny 8 with a french name at the at the So Frenchy so Chic in the Park on January 16, 2016 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Fiona Morris/Fairfax Media) Click for more photos

Thousands escaped to an idyllic Provence in Camperdown to explore their inner French.

Blazing forward: a rescued Wedge-tailed eagle learns to fly

Exclusive. Stills & video.Wedge tail Eagle learning to fly.Meet blaze the two year old wedge tailed Eagle that has never flown. Blaze was believed to have been kept illegally and was brought to feathered friends in Sydney for captive rehabilitation as apart of the Hawkers Project. Ravi & the team at feathered friends are building a relationship based on trust and care with Blaze so he can undergo physio and exercise to improve muscle strength and develop the ability for flight. In the wild blaze would have been the apex bird predator however without the ability to fly he would have certainly perished. The team at feathered friends hope to rehabilitate blaze with the ultimate aim to restore his gift of flight and join the Feathered Friends Hawkers conservation Project.Contact details are Ravi on 0423 414973. Must credit Jeff Darmanin/Diimex.com Click for more photos

Feathered Friends help teach rescued wedge-tailed eagle Blaze to fly.

Photos of the week

Coogee Beach on a hot summer day: Click for more photos

A week in photos from award winning Fairfax photographers for the week ending January 15, 2016

Solving leafy crimes: forensic scientists uncover clues at the Royal Botanic Gardens

Graeme Thorne was kidnapped from Bondi in 1960 and later found strangled. Click for more photos

The murder of Graeme Thorne

Best of the world - January 16, 2016

An Indian villager poses with his catch during the community fishing as part of the Bhogali Bihu celebrations at the Goroimari Lake in Panbari village, some 50 kilometers (31 miles) east of Gauhati, India,, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. Bhogali Bihu marks the end of the harvesting season in the northeastern state of Assam. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) Click for more photos

The best pictures from the international wire services as chosen by the Picture Editors at the Sydney Morning Herald.

Sydney Town Hall restoration

The Sydney Town Hall has just had a major restoration to the outside. Click for more photos

A $40 million exterior facelift of Sydney's Town Hall has been mostly completed.

Sydney cleans up

The damaged house at number 9 Methven Street in Mount Druitt, Sydney, following yesterday storms. 15 January, 2016. Photo: Kate geraghty Click for more photos

Sydney cleans up after a scorching 40-degree day was swept away by ferocious storms.

Best of the world - January 15, 2016

A protester shouts slogans while displaying a placard during a rally at the U.S. Embassy to protest the Philippine Supreme Court's decision on Jan. 12, declaring the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement, or EDCA as constitutional in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. The Philippines' highest court ruled as constitutional a 2014 defense pact effectively allowing American forces, ships and planes to temporarily station in at least eight local military camps. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) Click for more photos

The best pictures from the international wire services as chosen by the Picture Editors at the Sydney Morning Herald.

Jakarta attacks

An unidentified man with a gun walks in the street as people run in the background on Thamrin street near Sarinah shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia. Click for more photos

Jakarta attacks