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Pastor Fred Alimet playfully teases 11-year-old Ugandan twins Apio and Acen (centre and right) as their younger sister, Cana (left), looks on. The twins were conjoined at birth.Credit:Chris Hopkins

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Epping footballers join in a moment of silence for Nathan Fitzgerald, who died from head injuries sustained during a game.Credit:Penny Stephens

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A woman with pictures of Isla Bell outside the Supreme Court at a gathering of her loved ones and supporters.Credit:Jason South

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Michele Curtis from Henny's Food Store swears by soup in winter.Credit:Simon Schluter

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Pianist Jayson Gillham, who is touring in July and lost his unfair dismissal case against the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.Credit:Justin McManus

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Author and journalist Kate Legge at Boire in North Melbourne. Credit:Paul Jeffers

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Director Stuart Maunder (left) and actors Ethan Jones and Reg Livermore from the musical Ned Kelly.Credit:Justin McManus

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Autistic School principal Lauren Topp (left) and teacher Holly Ceranic with students Samuel and Jacob Whiteman.Credit:Joe Armao

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A media preview rehearsal for the Australian premiere of A Beautiful Noise - The Neil Diamond Musical, starring Will Swenson (front) as Neil Diamond.Credit:Justin McManus

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Commonwealth Games para-swimmer Vicky Belando Nicholson.Credit:Dan Peled

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Sisters Ruby (standing) and Charlie Nemet trusted lawyer Samuel Monkivitch with their inheritance, but he allegedly defrauded them of their $300,000 inheritance.Credit:Ruby Alexander

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Participants aged 13 to 23 are put through a series of high-performance tests during the Australian Institute of Sport’s Future Green and Gold Talent Search in Melbourne.Credit:Luis Enrique Ascui

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Romi and Harley have been trying to get a rental home in the Dandenong Ranges, where they grew up, but so few houses come up that they’re now speaking to a broker about buying their first home in the area. They are pictured with four-year-old Phoenix and baby River.Credit:Jason South

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Broadcaster Derryn Hinch died on July 10, 2026. Here he is pictured at his home in 2024.Credit:Justin McManus

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The Silkyara 41 team (from left): Producers Aamir Khan and Mitu Bhowmick Lange, director Kabir Khan, engineer Arnold Dix and producer Aparna Purohit.Credit:Justin McManus

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Leanne Murphy lives with severe physical consequences of birth trauma, which “shattered” all parts of her life.Credit:Ruby Alexander

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In Omalera, in Soroti District, Uganda, 17-year-old David Emwodu sits hands bound by a rope and tied to the uprights of the bunk bed he shares with his brother. David lives, undiagnosed, with an intellectual disability.Credit:Chris Hopkins