View the best reportage around Australia from the team SMH Photography and AFRphotos with pictures of the week GALLERY HERE: bit.ly/3T5sokk Pic below by staff photographer Brook Mitchell #photojournalism

PHOTOS OF THE WEEK - the intrepid photojounalists SMH Photography AFR Photography traverse the globe illuminating the big news stories: smh.com.au/national/the-s… #photo by Alex Ellinghausen | Alex Ellinghausen and Brook Mitchell #photojournalist #photography #photooftheday

Today’s Page one The Sydney Morning Herald by @perryduffin1 Photo by Wolter Peeters The Sydney Morning Herald

Some very cool news: The Sydney Morning Herald has a new science reporter! It's Angus Dalton and he's killing it already. Kind of amazing to see science journalism actually grow at the paper... You can read his great stuff here smh.com.au/by/angus-dalto…

More than a splash of colour- photo essay by Steven Siewert The Sydney Morning Herald The Sri Venkateswara Temple in Helensburgh held its Maha Kumbhabhishekam, a consecration ceremony to mark the renovation and expansion of the Hindu temple.

Enjoy the best news photos this week by the award-winning #photojournalists SMH Photography AFR Photography GALLERY smh.com.au/national/the-s… James Brickwood #BrookMitchell Janie Barrett

Portraits of the Queen have hung for decades in buildings around Sydney. When will Charles be put in the frame? smh.com.au/national/portr… Photo project by louise kennerley words by Tim Barlass

How the healthiest koala colony collapsed into extinction by Nick O'Malley visuals by Wolter Peeters smh.com.au/environment/co…

Photographer Louise Kennerley spent six months trying to get access to some of the locations for these absolutely wonderful pictures. I'm always so proud to work for a news organisation that invests so much in its photography department. smh.com.au/national/portr…

Stephanie Peatling Wolter's Barbie pictures are another lovely example. smh.com.au/national/nsw/a…

PHOTOS OF THE WEEK - by the amazing photojournalists SMH Photography AFR Photography are the most stunning visuals of the news week HERE: smh.com.au/national/the-s… #photos Steven Siewert | Steven Siewert and Brook Mitchell

All the glitter, fishnets and joy from Sydney's #dragexpo photos by Nikki Short smh.com.au/national/nsw/d…

Today’s The Sydney Morning Herald page one by @carriefellner photo by Rhett Wyman

The Cooks River is slowly coming back to life..by Brook Mitchell & Jordan Baker smh.com.au/interactive/20… via The Sydney Morning Herald

Forever proud of Kate Geraghty Congratulations! Kate’s portrait of Ukrainian soldier Oleh Nazarov in Bakhmut was awarded outstanding portrait photography Kennedy Foundation The Sydney Morning Herald

Congratulations @carriefellner Rhett Wyman & team ! Kennedy Foundation

How good are the Herald’s photographers?!

Congratulations to The Sydney Morning Herald photographers louise kennerley Edwina Pickles Dion Georgopoulos who are finalists in this year’s @Artandaboutsyd & Mridula Amin for her work on the Bhutanese community

A *lot* of people worked very hard on this project and it's wonderful! Lisa Visentin Alex Ellinghausen Matt Malishev & other members of our talented visual stories team. smh.com.au/interactive/20…

Here are our favourite photos by the award winning photographers across the The Sydney Morning Herald this week - smh.com.au/national/nsw/t…… Tweet photos by Janie Barrett Louie Douvis Brook Mitchell