The SMH in pictures: memorable images by our photographers

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Rider Joe Curtin falls from his bronco horse at a combined rodeo, branding, campdraft and gymkhana weekend in Birdsville. Many competitors travelled for days from isolated cattle stations to try their skills against other jackaroos and jillaroos.Credit:Nick Moir

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Luis Pereira at home in Dili, where he recounted being enslaved by the Indonesian military.Credit:KATE GERAGHTY

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Azzi Heras has the ability to take the drama of theatre and film and translate it for every day use.Credit:Steven Siewert

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Alan Jones leaves Day Street Police Station after he was charged by police and granted bail.Credit:James Brickwood

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Mona Vale ocean pool.Credit:Nick Moir

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Opera AUstralia’s Rusalka lead soprano Nicole Car in July.Credit:Steven Siewert

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Spectators battered by waves at Brunswick Heads.Credit:Nick Moir

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Abigail Delaney and Serene Dharpaloco Yunupingu from the Janawi Dance Clan, from the Darug nation, flying the Aboriginal flag on top of the largest sail of the Sydney Opera House in 2019.Credit:James Brickwood

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Pope Francis lies in Basilica St Peter following his death.Credit:Flavio Brancaleone

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Progress in the Hunter St metro station tunnel in August.Credit:Steven Siewert

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Amata traditional owner Stanley Douglas at Cave Hill, Amata.Credit:Wolter Peeters

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Severe storms swept western NSW.Credit:Nick Moir

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Doctors and researchers used 3D printing technology to reconstruct Mark Robinson’s face after cancer surgery.Credit:Wolter Peeters

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Professor Richard Scolyer recovering from brain surgery.Credit:James Brickwood

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Fashion designer Camilla Franks at her Woollahra home, which was purchased by Inland Rail CEO Nick Miller.Credit:Louise Kennerley

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The American River Hotshot crew retreat as flames jump their containment line .The Hotshots are an elite type 1 hand crew who cut a line of no fuel to try and starve a fire. The Park Fire was started by an arsonist on July 24 and it destroyed more than 600 buildings. It was the largest arson fire in California’s history. Extreme fire behaviour was witnessed on this fire, including a rotating plume (fire tornado).Credit:Nick Moir

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Julian Assange arrives at Canberra Airport on June 26 last year after agreeing to a plea deal with US prosecutors that led to his release.Credit:James Brickwood

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is assisted after coming off the stage while taking a group photo.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen

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Manessa Ali, 10, surveys the damage in Dahiyeh, Beirut, in the aftermath of an October 5 Israeli strike on a medical facility on the airport road.Credit:Kate Geraghty

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Muzafar Ahmed Tahir, brother of Faraz Tahir, meets Muhammad Taha, photographed wearing the blue gloves, who was a security guard with Faraz during the Bondi Junction mass stabbing. Faraz was killed in the attack. Muhammad was also stabbed.Credit:Nick Moir