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Photos of the week, December 24th, 2020
A week in photos from the award winning Sydney Morning Herald and Australian Financial Review photographers.
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Blake Davis and Hannah Quinn kiss as they depart the Darlinghurst Supreme Court, in Sydney on Tuesday. Blake Davis, 31, stood trial for the murder of home invader Jett McKee on August 10, 2018, following a botched robbery attempt by Mr McKee. Mr Davis had told the court he was acting to save his girlfriend, Hannah Quinn. He has been found guilty of Manslaughter.Credit:Sam Mooy
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An extremely busy Rozelle drive-through COVID-19 testing clinic. Although the northern beaches has been at the centre of this outbreak, one instance of transmission in Erskineville and health alerts for locations in the inner city and inner west prompted thousands of residents to the area's testing sites.Credit:Rhett Wyman
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Locals take in a rainbow in front of a stormfront which rolled over Cronulla beach last Friday. Credit:Anna Kucera
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A quiet Little Manly beach due to Covid restrictions. The northern beaches' actual beaches are technically open, but there are no red and yellow flags so swimming is discouraged. Cooler weather conditions has helped keep people off the sand.Credit:Nick Moir
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SecureLogic Chief Executive Officer Santosh Devaraj poses for a portrait at Barangaroo, Sydney. Mr Devaraj is speaking about cybersecurity and Government informational technology processes.Credit:Sam Mooy
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James Ruse Agricultural High School tops the state for the 25th year running. Principal Rachel Powell with some the students getting the results in her office.Credit:Anna Kucera
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison addresses the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Friday. Mr Morrison said the "precautionary actions" were understandable and offered a slim hope that border closures could be eased by Christmas.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
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Chefs Elvis and Sarah Doyle with their children (L-R) Claudette, Esmeralda and Maybellene, at home in Sydney. Credit:Janie Barrett
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Members of the St Andrews Cathedral choir perform in front of cameras and microphones on site at the Cathedral in a recording of their Christmas service which will be now be an online event due to the recent restrictions relating to the COVID-19 Pandemic and the latest recent Northern Beaches cluster.Credit:James Alcock
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Khaidir Abu Jalil at the Kinghorn Cancer Centre at St Vincent's Hospital where he is receiving treatment for MDA5, a rare and severe autoimmune disease. In the six months that Malaysian construction engineer Khaidir has been hospitalised for the rare autoimmune disease with a 50 per cent survival rate, he hasn’t had a single visitor. He knows nobody, not even a friend of a friend. His family lives in Malaysia, and don’t own a phone or have the internet at home.Credit:Janie Barrett
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New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian (right) and NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant during a media conference in St Leonard's, Sydney.Credit:Sam Mooy
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Northern Beaches residents look on as a black hawk helicopter flies over Dee Why Beach after lockdown was announced at 5pm on December 19.Credit:Sam Edmonds
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The Narrabeen Bridge on Sydney's northern beaches looking north into Pittwater. From Thursday to Saturday, northern beaches residents who live north of Narrabeen Bridge will be allowed to have five guests who also reside north of the bridge into their homes. Those south of the bridge, alongside greater Sydney, can have 10 guests, not including children under 12.Credit:Nick Moir
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Reverend Bill Crews (centre) and volunteers of the Exodus Foundation sort through Christmas donations at their Ashfield parish prior to Christmas Day. Due to social distancing requirements this year, the gifts will be made available without contact.Credit:James Alcock
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Prior to the Covid outbreak on the northern beaches, Christmas street parties were back with a vengeance this year. Pictured is Otis who was pretty happy about it!Credit:Steven Siewert
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People grab some lunch at the Strand Arcade in the Sydney CBD on the 18th prior to restrictions imposed due to the Avalon cluster.Credit:Louie Douvis
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A very busy drive thru COVID-19 testing site at North Curl Curl beach carpark. In just a four-day period, 140,000 coronavirus test results came in from across NSW, more than one-third of them from Sydney's northern beaches. Lines stretched hundreds of metres at some testing clinics where people waited hours to be tested as NSW recorded more daily tests than ever before this week.Credit:James Brickwood
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People waiting in the queue for COVID-19 testing at Royal North Shore Hospital after the recent outbreak on the Northern Beaches of Sydney.Credit:Louie Douvis
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Baulkham Hills High School's Caleb Hsiung who achieved a 99.95 ATAR with his high maths marks. The school shot up to place equal second in HSC maths rankings this year.Credit:Edwina Pickles
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Governor-General David Hurley and Prime Minister Scott Morrison elbow and pose for photos with new appointments in the Morrison ministry, during a virtual swearing-in ceremony at Government House after a reshuffle of the Morrison ministry, in Canberra on Tuesday.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen