The Age photos of the week, January 17, 2026

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Mark bishop has built his own old-school video store in his home.Credit:Wayne Taylor

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Former club president of the Carramballac cricket club Richard Graham in front of Carramballac Hall, which was destroyed in the fires.Credit:Justin McManus

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The wind turns wild as Micky Rawling moved her horse, pony and calf into a small paddock.Credit:Eddie Jim

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Victorian Petar Jovic is one of eight state champions competing in the One Point Slam during the opening qualifying week of the 2026 Australian Open.Credit:Chris Hopkins

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Jamie and Ann Laherty-Hunt (with their dogs Millie and Barry) grapple with the aftermath of fire at their property in Ruffy.Credit:Eddie Jim

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Shane Peterson mopping up on Saturday after fire swept through Longwood.Credit:Eddie Jim

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Photographer David Mullins takes portraits of locals for his Faces of Wyndham Facebook page.Credit:Wayne Taylor

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Brian Nunn assesses the destruction at Harcourt Cooperative Cool Stores.Credit:Jason South

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David Foley sits among the ruins of buildings in the tiny goldfields town of Harcourt. Fifty homes were lost in the town in the latest bushfires.Credit:Jason South

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Sorrento Surf Life Saving president Jane Wright.Credit:Wayne Taylor

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CFA volunteer Raewyn Rice greets her son after fighting fires all night and returning to her own home in Harcourt to find it was a twisted, blackened ruin.Credit:Jason South

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Persa, a young Melbourne artist, is one of many Gen Z and millennials keeping the art of letter writing and snail mail alive.Credit:Wayne Taylor

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July King with her horses in Mansfield.Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui

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Bob Balsdon amid the remains of his property in Yarck on Sunday.Credit:Jason South

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Rev. Presbyter Bogdan Milic at the Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church in Brunswick East, where the Serbian Community gather for their New Years Eve celebrations. Credit:Alex Coppel

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The vehicle near where Max Hobson’s body was found on Yarck Road on Sunday.Credit:Jason South

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Joao Reis Da Silva made history on Monday when he became the first openly gay man to compete at the Australian Open.Credit:Chris Hopkins

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Katie Gates and her son Hudson in the front yard of their Franskston South home. She bought in Frankston South specifically so her sons could attend the school.Credit:Chris Hopkins

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CFA captain Shannon Roach at her destroyed home in Terip Terip.Credit:Jason South

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Resilient Building Council CEO Kate Cotter at a house built to bushfire standards.Credit:Justin McManus

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Former Greens leader Adam Bandt, now heading the Australian Conservation Foundation, says the organisation will seek to use people power to force change.Credit:Alex Coppel

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Raglan CFA voluteers dousing underground root fires with their 30yr old Tanker.Credit:Justin McManus

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Sumita Mukherjee is moving home, but staying in Point Cook. Tarneit and Point Cook had the highest total sales value for houses in 2025, beating out Brighton at number 3 on the list.Credit:Alex Coppel

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Campers Jason, who asked not to use his last name, and Adam Thompson set up shelters at Capel Sound used by five families who holiday together.Credit:Wayne Taylor

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Pat Millear, group officer of Westmere CFA with the Westmere CFA tanker, which is approaching 30 years of age.Credit:Justin McManus

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Climate activist Ben Cox shows how hot playground surfaces get on a hot day at Victoria Park playground in Kew.Credit:Paul Jeffers