The Sydney Morning Herald Photos of the week September 16 2021

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Messages of hope from the people to the people on the highway in Beirut, Lebanon.Credit:Carmen Yahchouchi / SMH

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Jane Stuart with husband Angus and her four children in Centennial Park. Mrs Stuart, from Woollahra, said the easing of restrictions for the fully vaccinated also means people will be able to enjoy each other’s company without “looking over their shoulder the whole time”. “It’s been upsetting for so many people,” she said. “We’re just looking for good news at the moment. We’re all being patient, but at the same time we’re only human.” From Monday, Sydney residents who do not live in the 12 local government areas (LGA) of concern will be able to gather outdoors in groups of five. Credit:Steven Siewert

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A composite mosaic photo of NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian made with more than 300 individual Sydney Morning Herald photos taken at her daily COVID-19 press conferences from January to September 2021. When January 23 ticks over next year, it will mark a major milestone for Gladys Berejiklian. The first female NSW premier to be elected in her own right will notch up five years in the job. Berejiklian already has the title of the second longest serving Liberal premier, only eclipsed by Robert Askin who was in power for a decade. Five years will give Berejiklian perks that come with being a long-serving premier. The car, the driver, an office and staff. (Over the years, Nick Greiner and Bob Carr have each cost the taxpayer as much as $400,000 a year). Credit:Main photo Louie Douvis / SMH Photos

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Bondi beach reacts to lockdown rules. It's a tale of two cities. "We saw the pictures of Bondi and Coogee and the eastern suburbs beaches, and I don't begrudge anyone that lives close to the beach to be able to go there, but when we're stuck at home and didn't have any hours of recreation, it makes my community angry, frustrated," Canterbury Bankstown Mayor Khal Asfour said. Credit:Edwina Pickles

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Eleanor Hillard, who had travelled 30km for her appointment, was refused a Covid-19 vaccination at Qudos Arena, Homebush, because she had her 7 week old baby, Maeve, with her. She was told she could leave her baby with a stranger in the queue, but she refused. “I called the COVID helpline yesterday to double-check I could come with a baby and I was told there shouldn’t be a problem, and that people were coming in with older children. And so it was quite distressing this morning to be told that I couldn’t come in.”Credit:Janie Barrett

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During lockdown, nightly takeaway food is the new normal for many businesses including "I Should Be Souvlaki" in Newtown.Credit:Wolter Peeters

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Issa Khalil Bilal is only 9 years old and is held by his father who is also his kidney donor. Issa has spent almost 9 months between home and the hospital. Issa has to stay connected to a machine 16 hours a day to provide him water. His parents drive 85 km to Rafik Hariri Hospital from their home in Tripoli 3 days a week for which they can barely afford fuel. Lebanon is going through the worst economic crisis in history. Credit:Carmen Yahchouchi

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A Covid clinic has been set up outside Poets Corner at 53 Morehead St Redfern. Hundreds of tenants across three neighbouring social housing towers at Redfern are being tested for COVID-19 after health authorities detected a dozen cases of the virus among residents. NSW Health confirmed the emerging outbreak at one of the Morehead Street unit blocks, which are together home to more than 630 people, amid growing fears the virus is spreading among the inner city’s most vulnerable. Credit:Nick Moir

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Crowds at Murray Rose Pool. Sun worshippers flocked to Sydney’s beaches on the weekend as maximum temperatures sailed past September averages.Credit:Anna Kucera

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Halime Kaakour became a human rights political activist in 2015. "Our biggest challenge is that the youth and middle-class are leaving. 77% of the population wants to leave...and we know that the youth are ready to change because they know what they want. Solidarity between crisis is why it matters and is important for change." Beirut, Lebanon.Credit:Carmen Yahchouchy / SMH

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Chippendale -The lowest rates of vaccination are in suburbs around the city’s three largest universities â€" Darlington, Chippendale and Ultimo in inner Sydney, and Kensington and Kingsford in the east â€" a trend which could also in part be explained by population change, as NSW Health uses the ABS Estimated Resident Population 2019 to calculate its postcode vaccination rates. Australian National University demographer Dr Liz Allen said areas with small populations, younger residents, and places with a higher proportion of First Nations people will “likely face the greatest problems as a result of using outdated population data”.Credit:Rhett Wyman

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Alexa Paul, 10, of Liverpool plays the Djembe African drum. She has been doing daily online music lessons from an inspirational music teacher called Rachel Scott. With her wildly untamed red hair, rainbow-coloured pants and infectious energy, Scott describes herself as a cross between a clown and a Play School presenter, as she gets her young fans singing, listening, drumming â€" and laughing â€" along.Credit:Wolter Peeters

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People dry off after a swim near the ocean baths at Newcastle during the statewide COVID-19 lockdown. Credit:Kate Geraghty

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Engaged couple Max Ryan and Carmen Angerer moved to the coastal suburb of Bellambi, north of Wollongong, after enduring successive lockdowns in Melbourne, where they previously lived for a decade. Mr Ryan said he and Ms Angerer has always planned to move to the coast at some point, provided their jobs offered them the flexibility to do so.Credit:Wolter Peeters

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A double rainbow appears as showers pass along the Sydney coastline at Bilgola headland Credit:Nick Moir

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Twins Gabriel and Camille, 6, with mum Nathalie Segeral of Forest Lodge, enjoying the Wildflower Meadow at the start of Spring in Sydney.Credit:Anna Kucera

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Veronique Diallo dramatically improved her fitness and wellbeing after starting a new job at the beginning of lockdown. She runs, walks, cycles and swims.Credit:Louie Douvis

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Australian federal opposition leader Anthony Albanese put the blame of the lockdowns squarely on the federal government's failure to roll out the vaccines on time. He made the statement while helping out at the Addison Road community Center food distribution. Credit:Nick Moir

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Hoa Tran is the manager of Hoa Sanh Asian Grocer in Cabramatta. After months of strict lockdown measures aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, which is in a local government area “of concern”, desperate shop owners were more focused on survival than the Labor Party parachuting the former NSW premier into western Sydney to contest the federal lower house seat of Fowler.Credit:Kate Geraghty

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A hazard reduction burn rages at Berowra Waters as hundreds of firefighters from National Parks and Wildlife Service and NSW Rural Fire Service are taking advantage of the mild spring conditions to make NSW summers safer.Credit:Nick Moir

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Emma Baldwin and her three children Lucas, Eloise and Leyla at their Rozelle home. Covid-19 lockdowns have impacted their swimming lessons. Credit:Louise Kennerley

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People dry off after a swim near the ocean baths at Newcastle during the statewide COVID-19 lockdown.Credit:Kate Geraghty

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Ben Kenny owner of the Film Club Video Store in Darlinghurst. It happens almost every day that he is open for business. Someone walks in, wide-eyed and open mouthed, and says, “I didn’t think these places existed any more.” The 40-year-old owns Film Club, a video store â€" or more accurately, a DVD rental store â€" in Sydney’s Darlinghurst. “When I opened in 2011, I was a rarity,” he says. “Now, I’m an oddity.”Credit:Steven Siewert

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Edie Barrett, 12, is booked in for her first dose of Pfizer on Monday which is the first day children aged between 12-15 are eligible. Parents rushing to vaccinate their children in time for their return to school next month have found that getting an appointment can be very hit-and-miss.Credit:Rhett Wyman

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A desolate Chinatown in Sydney. Credit:Nick Moir

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Gemma Navarrete, 20, is a disability support worker. As an essential worker she has had to continue working despite living in one of a number of LGAs which have a high rate of transmission of Covid-19 during the Delta outbreak in Sydney.Credit:Janie Barrett

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Bondi Beach crowds enjoy a warm spring Sunday during lockdown. The weekend’s warm weather came after heat had built up over north-western and central Australia over the past few weeks, which had settled across the state.Credit:Edwina Pickles

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Jenni Rickard, President of the Australian Parents Council, with a portrait of her grandfather Ray Walker, who was a Vietnam veteran. She wants children to understand those costs, and supports a plan to explore conflicting views in the national history curriculum. This is why she was worried when federal Education Minister Alan Tudge said this week that the Anzac legend was “not going to be a contested idea on my watch”.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen

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Natalie Thomas, runs a picnic business and has been inundated by bookings ahead of the slight easing of restrictions in Sydney. Credit:Louie Douvis

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Angela Hibbert at her Werrington County home. Angela froze her eggs after turning 35, and wishes she thought about her fertility many years earlier to protect her chances of having a family.Credit:Louise Kennerley

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A red sunrise at Avalon ahead of a warm day and warmer Weekend.Credit:Nick Moir

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Shahida Haydari is working in a supermarket. As an essential worker, she has had to continue working despite living in one of a number of LGAs which have a high rate of transmission of Covid-19 during the Delta outbreak in Sydney. Credit:Janie Barrett

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Jayda, son Liam and rescue dog Wombat in Campsie, lost $1500 buying a Maine Coon kitten from what looked like a real breeder. Australians yearning for the companionship of a pet during the pandemic have lost $2.5 million so far this year to scammers posing as breeders and selling non-existent animals.Credit:Edwina Pickles

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Kelvin Yerriah is a tradie. With a pregnant partner to support he has had to continue working despite living in one of a number of LGAs which have a high rate of transmission of Covid-19 during the Delta outbreak in Sydney.Credit:Janie Barrett

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Eliza Sowada has been online dating through lockdown. Dating in lockdown is difficult; the rules allow two adults to exercise together, so would-be lovers have often turned to walking dates. Ms Sowada said she went on two walks with a guy she “vibed with” on Tinder, including getting margaritas from Calita in Bondi.Credit:Steven Siewert

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Hairdresser Justine Daden, 46, who lives in Pagewood, dating during the second lockdown has had its highs and its lows. “I had a virtual Christmas in July date with a guy I met on an app, along with his friends,” she says. “Someone prepared the food and had it delivered to everyone’ homes and we enjoyed it together over Zoom.” “I am looking forward to dating in person again - in lockdown you skip the dating part, the wining and dining which is sometimes the most exciting part.” Credit:Anna Kucera

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Artists Marina DeBris and Joel Adler. Outdoor events and theatre will be back on for full vaccinated people but Sculpture by the Sea will be postponed for a second year running. The event can't comply with health restrictions without fencing off the shoreline. Credit:Rhett Wyman

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Covid-19 testing clinic at Canterbury Hospital during Covid-19 lockdown. Credit:Wolter Peeters

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