Fairfax photos of the week
A week in photos from award winning Fairfax photographers for the week ending April 27, 2017. 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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Robyn Hendricks who plays Clara in Nutcracker at the Sydney Opera House. Photo: James Brickwood -
Philippine police look at the body of Rolito Nunez at the crime scene in Barangay Old Balara, Quezon City. Rolito and another man Ramil Briones were fatally shot execution style by 6 unidetified men wearing masks on three motorbikes. According to witnesses the masked gunmen told the pair to bow their heads down and shot them at 10pm on Tuesday 18th April. Photo: Kate Geraghty -
Stephen Donohue who signed up for a world-first program for new fathers, SMS4DADS, that helps men adjust to life with a baby and avoid post-natal depression. Photo: Wolter Peeters -
Artist Tomislac Nikolic , winner of the Bulgari Art Prize Photo: Nick Moir -
People attend the Sunset Service for Anzac Day held at the Cenotaph in Martin Place. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer -
Logies shoot, Peter Helliar, Waleed Aly, Carrie Bickmore at Channel 10. Photo: Eddie Jim -
Witnesses to the shooting remain at the roadside food stall at the crime scene in Barangay Old Balara, Quezon City, Philippines. Rolito and another man Ramil Briones were fatally shot execution style by 6 unidentified men wearing masks on three motorbikes.The death toll has risen to approximately 8000 in Duturte's war on drugs. Photo: Kate Geraghty -
Sunbathers enjoy the weekend outdoors at Coogee Beach, Sydney. Photo: James Alcock -
From English language teacher to writer, Marija Pericic has been named winner of the 2017 Vogel Literary Award for The Lost Pages. Photo: Peter Rae -
Art dealer Peter Gant and conservator Mohamed Aman Siddique leaving the Court of Appeal after having sentences quashed in Australia's biggest art case relating to alleged Brett Whiteley fakes, Blue Lavender Bay, Oragne Lavender Bay and Through the Window. Photo: Justin Mcmanus -
Thousands of people gather at the Shrine of Remembrance for the dawn service on the Anzac Day. Photo: Eddie Jim -
St George Illawarra Dragons players Siliva Havili and Tim Lafai leaving Wollongong court for assault charges relating to a brawl at the Fever night club in Wollongong on 24th of July, 2016. Photo: Adam McLean -
Servicemen Luke Bennett Sutton, Jasper Muller enjoy and beer and dry off in the Young and Jackson Hotel after a wet Anzac Day dawn service. Photo: Justin McManus -
Sunny autumn Sunday at Waverley cemetery. Photo: Michele Mossop -
Ex Chief Petty Officer John Bartlett who served on the Manoora from 1942 to 1946 chats with Jordan Daley at the Crown Hotel in Sydney after the ANZAC Day parade. Photo: Janie Barrett -
Ironfest festival in Lithgow which brings together subcultures including Medieval, Napoleonic, WW11 re-enactors with steampunks and cosplay enthusiasts at the one event. Irish soldier fighting for the French in the Napoleonic re-enacters Jon Wallace after the battle. Photo: Steven Siewert -
People collect fresh chestnuts fallen at Nutwood Farm in Mount Irvine. The drop in recent temperatures marks the harvest for chestnuts and hazelnuts in the higher Blue Mountains. Photo: Wolter Peeters -
Kelly O'Dwyer, cabinet minister and member of powerful expenditure review committee, hard at work with her newborn baby. Photo: Eddie Jim -
Refugee Mohamed Sunosi, 29, from Sudan, on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen -
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra is playing live to the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. This is the first time they have played music to a Harry Potter film. Shelby Hodge, 10, Oscar Crossley-Meates, 9, Archie Crossley-Meates, 4, Angus Burton, 8 and Eloise Sorensen, 5. Photo: Wolter Peeters -
Elite Wheelchair Sprint Athlete, Gregory Luff with his mother Patricia at home training,Miranda,This year sees the first Elite Wheelchair 2km Sprint included in the event program for the SMH Half Marathon. This race class will bring some of the best wheelchair athletes take each other on in the hope of becoming the first champion of the division. Photo: Louise Kennerley -
Autumn colour begins to appear in the foliage over Mount Wilson in the higher Blue Mountains as overnight temperatures plummet. Photo: Wolter Peeters -
Chippendale. Photo: Louise Kennerley -
Stephen Taberner, leader of the Spooky Men's Chorale. Photo: Wolter Peeters -
The 2017 Anzac Day dawn service at the Sydney Cenotaph. Photo: Nick Moir -
'Wilko' the Staffy performs for breakfast crumbs in Clifton Hill. Photo: Justin McManus -
Elena de Chavez, 61, holding a photo of her transgender son, Alvin Ronald de Chavez also known as 'Heart', searches for his tomb at the Navotos Catholic Cemetery in Manila. Photo: Kate Geraghty -
In hiding Elena de Chavez, right, with her daughter Arriana de Chavez look at a photo of her transgender daughter Heart. Photo: Kate Geraghty -
The March for Science Sydney rally in Martin Place, Sydney. Photo: Kirk Gilmour -
Ironfest festival in Lithgow which brings together subcultures including Medieval, Napoleonic, WW11 re-enactors with steampunks and cosplay enthusiasts at the one event. Taking part in the day was 7 year old Issie. Photo: Steven Siewert -
Anna Serner, the woman who changed film industry when she took over as chief executive of the Swedish Film Institute, decided the country should have a 50:50 gender split between male and female directors. Photo: Peter Rae -
Vietnam veteran Victor Uyeda spent 15 years fighting for a disability pension. Photo: Wolter Peeters -
A patriotic dog watches the ANZAC Parade in Sydney. Photo: Janie Barrett
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