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Fairfax photos of the week
33 ImagesA week in photos from award winning Fairfax photographers for the week ending December 8, 2016. Like these photos? Selected images available from www.fairfaxphotos.com. Follow us on Twitter and check out our Clique Photo Club. It is free to join.
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Lightning pummels the northern beaches near Narrabeen.Credit:Nick Moir
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Christmas lights at the Federation Square, Melbourne.Credit:Eddie Jim
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A man helps a woman with touching up her lipstick in George Street.Credit:Steven Siewert
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With 24 Days left to Christmas, early morning city workers race to work clutching their coffees, as the giving season kicks off. Remember to support your favorite charity this season, even if it is just to price of a morning takeaway coffee. Credit:Peter Rae
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Sea Shepard 2016 Antarctica Campaign. The Ocean Warrior tests its water canon as it heads to Antarctica to try and disrupt the Japanese whaling campaign.Credit:Jason South
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Border Force raid at Koo Wee Rup farm, Victoria.Credit:Joe Armao
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The lights of Christmas at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney.Credit:Edwina Pickles
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Chief Nationals Whip George Christensen with the 1917 Australian Country Party stock whip and showing his Coptic Madonna tattoo in his Parliament House office in Canberra.Credit:Andrew Meares
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Paul Zahra in Potts Point, Sydney.Credit:Janie Barrett
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St. Micaels Primary school at Springbank will close this friday. Principal Michael Kennedy with the 14 students and two teachers. Former student Maragret Hanrahan with her grandchildren Billy, Ellie and Tess.Credit:Justin McManus
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A chopper works to contain a bushfire in rugged terrain near Laguna north of Sydney.Credit:Nick Moir
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Arm wrestlers Dolten Ugljesa and Grant Tolentino, practice ahead of the Australian Arm Wrestling Championships in Melbourne.Credit:Craig Sillitoe
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Shirley McGee, Fay Moseley and Colin Davis in Sydney.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
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Early morning rain drops fall as a Drangonfly sees itself in the mirrored water at Centennial Parklands, Sydney.Credit:Peter Rae
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Faith Maggs, Aysha Tornyi-Aydin, Benjamin Wilson and Emma Gavan, State finalists from Fairy Meadows and Dapto who are now preparing to compete and represent NSW in the prestigious National Gene Dance Challenge finals held in Sydney.Credit:Sylvia Liber
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Visitors can see for themselves what a section of the 27 kilometre tunnel looks like, at Queensland Museum.Credit:Robert Shakespeare
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Hannah Conda with one of the photographic displays to be used in 2017 championing the idea of equality amongst the gay community, at the announcement of the Mardi Gras 2017 Creative Vision.Credit:Steven Siewert
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Senior conservator from the British Museum Nicky Newman and Powerhouse Museum conservator Gosia Dudek inspect Irthorru, a mummy from the British Museum's collection on load to the Powerhouse Museum's exhibition Egyptian Mummies: Exploring Ancient Lives.Credit:Tony Walters
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A second man, has his face washed by Police, as he's detained after a high-speed chase involving a stolen Porsche.Credit:Joe Armao
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Jack May and friends during a preview of BLOW-UP, a one-night music and art festival to be held in an inflatable structure in a Brunswick backyard in Melbourne.Credit:Wayne Taylor
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Lord Richard Rogers sits in Towers 3, Barangaroo. He is one the architects responsible for the design of the three International Towers Sydney at Barangaroo in Sydney. Lord Rogers is also one of the architect responsible for the Pompidou Centre, Paris.Credit:Jessica Hromas
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University of Sydney students, Brieanna Watson and Holly Kovac, in the courtyard of the residences which will be offered free to indigenous students.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Barbie hanging on in Flood St, Petersham, as the storms pass through Sydney. Credit:Nic Walker
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Coldplay playing at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane.Credit:Glenn Hunt
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Nina Dillon Britton, 19, in her Sydney home. Nina took part in Mission Australia's annual survey of Australian youth which found high levels of discrimination among young people, based on race and gender. Nina was harassed during High School debating and in student politics.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Ryan Stokes and his groomsmen leave his apartment in Walsh Bay to board a boat for his wedding on Garden Island, Sydney.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Rebecca Kontaxis, who was abused by her step father when she was a child.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Mick Mock, vintage surfboard collector and authority on all things surfing.Credit:Edwina Pickles
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The start of Bondi to Bronte Ocean Swim - Bay to Bay Ocean swim.Credit:Michele Mossop
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African plain or Centennial Park? Early summer heat bakes Sydney.Credit:Kirk Gilmour
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Muticultural Chinese Council Dance Group perform 'Colours of Inma' - the oldest form of classical dance from India and Malaysia at Malaysia Fest 2016 in Sydney.Credit:Katherine Griffiths
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Lauren Hew was diagnosed with Ewing-sarcoma in 2014, hoping to be screened for inclusion in a world first trial of cannabis to treat chemo patients.Credit:Louie Douvis
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Celia Pacquola celebrates her AACTA Award win. Credit:Louie Douvis