The Age photos of the week, December 13, 2025

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Heathdale Christian College student Sarah Irungu and her family celebrate her 96.6 ATAR score on Thursday.Credit:Justin McManus

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Mother Liv Croagh felt deceived by statements on toddler snack products framed as healthy.Credit:Jason South

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Patty De Benedetto, Eddy Coulson and Jordan Huang, who are all in year 7 and affected by the social media banCredit:Eddie Jim

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Chatham Primary School Council president Caroline Kennon with the school’s parents club president Pamela Nasiakos, and Caroline’s children August and Clementine.Credit:Simon Schluter

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Tori Fox (L) hopes women with endometriosis such as Hilton can get far quicker and cheaper diagnosis thanks to the new urine test she is helping get to market.Credit:Chris Hopkins

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Models Amelia Morgan and Paris Cassar in Indigo Stuart designs for the NGV GalaCredit:Simon Schluter

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Julia Blunden has given up her car and now catches public transportCredit:Wayne Taylor

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Antarctic Adventurer, Tom Hunt training with his tyres on Sandringham beachCredit:Simon Schluter

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Cattle farmer David Trigg and deer removal specialist Emanuel Vlamis in a feral deer trap on his Gippsland propertyCredit:Jason South

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Aislinn Butler started experiencing perimenopausal symptoms such as mood changes, sweating and joint pain in her 30s. She uses Pilates and breaks from parenting daughter Aria to reset her system.Credit:Eddie Jim

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Taihan Rahman, 16 and his brother Rehan, 12 who will lose access to his accounts after this week’s national social media ban for under 16-year-oldsCredit:Joe Armao

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Brothers Samuel and Toby Dundas both artists. Samuel is an opera singer, Toby is drummer in the band The Temper TrapCredit:Wayne Taylor

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Australian Cabaret artists and Diva’s- Reuben Kaye and Meow Meow ahead of the opening of the Diva exhibition at the Melbourne Arts CentreCredit:Chris Hopkins

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Locals enjoy morning coffee in Westmeadows villageCredit:Justin McManus

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Cyclists ride along the new Dixon Veloway which is part of the new Metro tunnel projectCredit:Chris Hopkins

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Theresa struggled with homelessness after the private rental she was living in was demolishedCredit:Simon Schluter

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Residents of Techno Park Drive in Williamstown celebrate being permanently saved from evictionCredit:Jason South

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Minister for Communications and Minister for Sport Anika Wells. Throughout the expenses fiasco of the past week, which has cut through like nothing else, Anthony Albanese and his ministers have been remarkably tin-earedCredit:Alex Ellinghausen

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Chef Cam Tay-Yap at Pebble restaurant, newly opened in West MelbourneCredit:Simon Schluter

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Meredith Hunt, a Victoria University graduate who is now a prosecutor despite getting an ATAR score that left her shatteredCredit:Simon Schluter

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Four sets of twins at Kew High School receive their ATAR results. Toby Jenkin (Dux) with his twin brother Aidan Jenkin share a congratulatory jostleCredit:Joe Armao

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Merricks residents Louise Aston and husband Tim are frustrated with the interim Erosion Management Overlay that has been recently introduced by the council following landslides in McCrae in January. Thousands of new properties have been included, even if their land is relatively flatCredit:Simon Schluter

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Tina Brock has had kidney stones many times, partly due to genetic factors. More women are now getting kidney stones in general as diets and lifestyles change and the climate heats up in AustraliaCredit:Wayne Taylor

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High Country killer Greg Lynn has won a high-stakes appeal over his conviction and 32-year prison sentence for the murder of Carol Clay. Court of Appeal justices Karin Emerton, Phillip Priest and Peter Kidd on Thursday unanimously agreed Lynn’s conviction should be quashed and ordered that he face a retrialCredit:Jason South