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The Sydney Morning Herald Photos of the week, July 29, 2021
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Mona Vale ocean pool before dawn. Credit:Nick Moir
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Kristian Pulkownik, pictured, has been charged with affray, joining or continuing in an unlawful assembly, committing an act of cruelty upon an animal and not complying with a noticed direction in relation to COVID-19.Credit:Brook Mitchell
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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, and Health Minister, Brad Hazzard, at a daily COVID-19 update press conference on a day Sydney recorded the highest number of new positive cases during the extended lockdown. Army troops will door-knock homes of people who have tested positive to COVID-19 and those deemed to be close contacts to ensure they are isolating in a crackdown on Sydney hotspots after NSW reached a record number of new infections.Credit:Janie Barrett
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People break through a line of Mounted Police during an anti-lockdown protest in Chippendale, Sydney.Credit:Brook Mitchell
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Construction worker Soale with wife Lili-Ane Fekitoa at their Blacktown apartment during Sydney's lockdown. Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed Greater Sydney’s lockdown would be extended to August 28.Credit:Louise Kennerley
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A local and some friends in Sydney's Chinatown during lockdown.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
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David and Jennifer Gamble with their two children, Imogen 10, and Rory 14 at their Birchgrove home. Primary schools should be considered an “essential industry” and could reopen safely even before community transmission of COVID-19 returns to zero, health experts say, as students across Sydney head into their third week of remote learning with no end in sight. Families report that while some students have found it easy to slot back into the same remote learning systems they had last year, for others it is harder the second time around and the novelty has well and truly worn off.Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Actor and playwright Leah Purcell. Credit:Louise Kennerley
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Birds flock to the empty streets of Cabramatta during COVID lockdown restrictions, put in place since the Delta variant outbreak in Sydney.Credit:Dean Sewell
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People queuing for a COVID-19 vaccination at the CBD Vaccination Hub, Pitt Street.Credit:Louise Kennerley
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Hazmat suited cleaners disinfecting the lower floor of a building in Blacktown which has been quarantined. A Blacktown social housing complex has been forced into lockdown after six residents across three households tested positive to COVID-19. The unit block, owned by community housing provider Evolve Housing, is under police guard and all residents have been tested.Credit:Nick Moir
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Nici Berman, Social worker who encourages mental health days. Beyond Blue lead clinical adviser Dr Grant Blashki, an associate professor at the University of Melbourne, says many Australians have been dealing with a “triple whammy” of personal, work, and family or relationship stress, exacerbated by the pandemic. Credit:Nick Moir
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In contrast to Quin On's pharmacies offering walk-in-off-the-street AstraZeneca COVID vaccines where queues are minimal, a medical clinic 200 meters away sees lines of people awaiting Pfizer COVID vaccine shots.Credit:Dean Sewell
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Maroubra daily life during lockdown. Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Marta owner and chef Flavio Carnevale bakes in his kitchen. He has been getting up at 2am every morning during lockdown to bake Roman pastries for his restaurant's takeaway offerings.Credit:Louise Kennerley
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More people than usual take a dip at Bront Beach on Friday morning.Credit:Jessica Hromas
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Greyhound Rescue President, Nat Panzarino, having breakfast with her family, (L-R) husband, Michael, and children, Luca, Esme, and Arlo. Her dogs (L-R) Dos, Daisy and Elly May hover near the table hoping for food to be dropped. She says Greyhound Rescue has received a huge number of calls from people during Sydney's lockdown, hoping to have a dog for two weeks, but she has told them it is not in the best interest of the dog. Greater Sydney was again forced into lockdown restrictions after there were numerous community transmissions of the Delta strain of Covid-19. Credit:Janie Barrett
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Fitness trainer, Chris Thomas, conducts training sessions in his front yard. His eight-month pregnant wife, Michelle, watches safely from the window.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Sydney-based artist and designer Ruth Downes has created a wearable collar out of disposable face masks, commenting on the exponential rise of single use plastic products going into landfill as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ruth plays with how these could be reappropriated to avoid this waste, while looking at what effect the pandemic is having on the environment. Northern Beaches Environmental Art and Design Prize - winners to be announced after lockdown - includes a range of artists commenting on covid waste, and other issues. Credit:James Brickwood
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Matt Formston hopes to represent Australia in the 2028 Paralympics in surfing. Legally blind, Formston relies on feel and sound to catch waves. Credit:Danielle Smith