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Best photographs of the month - Australia

  • WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives in Canberra<br>WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange kisses his wife Stella Assange as he arrives in Canberra, Australia, June 26, 2024. REUTERS/Edgar Su

    Australia’s best photos of the month – June 2024

    Nude swimmers make a splash, yoga students greet the solstice and contestants gear up for a hobby horse competition
  • John Cleeland lives in his caravan on the outskirts of Ballarat. He says he does not consider himself homeless but cannot afford to live in the town

    Australia’s best photos of the month – May 2024

    Australian fashion week, Aurora Australis and a spectacular head dress on the Furiosa red carpet
  • Boys play as people watch the sun setting over Alice Springs.

    Australia’s best photos of the month – October 2023

    Grief and grandeur, love and loss: from the voice referendum and conflict in the Middle East, to the Matildas and Brisbane Heat, Guardian Australia looks back at the month’s most moving images across Australia
  • Noel Pearson

    Australia’s best photos of the month – July 2023

    Guardian Australia looks back at the month’s most striking photos from across the country
  • Swimmers brave the frigid water at Long beach in Hobart for the annual nude winter solstice swim as part of the Dark Mofo festival on 22 June

    Australia’s best photos of the month – June 2023

    A nudist swim, a ‘yes’ dress and possibly the tallest spotted gum in the world. Guardian Australia looks back at the month’s most striking photos from across the country
  • A wall collapses during a building fire

    Australia’s best photos of the month – May 2023

    Fire engulfs a Sydney CBD building, protesters make their presence felt and cultural events captivate. Here are the month’s most striking images
  • Sheep and lambs rescued by helicopter from flooded areas of a farm near Condobolin in central-west NSW. Photograph by Mike Bowers/The Guardian

    Australia’s best photos of the month – November 2022

    Airborne sheep, bare bums on the beach and a blood-red moon – Guardian Australia takes a look at the best photos from around the country in November
  • Preist Aragachew Semo blesses the church after floodwaters ruined the local Ethiopian Orthordox Church in Maribynong, Melbourne. Photograph by Christopher Hopkins for The Guardian

    Australia’s best photos of the month – October 2022

    V8s, floods and avian racing: Guardian Australia looks back at the best photos from October across the country
  • Emotionaal scenes as the Nadesalingam family arrive at Thangool aerodrome to a warm welcome from the locals. Priya and Nade with their daughter Tharnicaa are embraced by jubilant locals as they exit the terminal. Friday 10th June 2022.  Photograph by Mike Bowers. Guardian Australia

    Australia’s best photos of the month – June 2022

    A family returns home, a nation under inflation, a city lit up and nude swimmers take an icy dip
  • A model walks the runway during Australian fashion week 2022 at Carriageworks on 13 May 2022 in Sydney.

    Australia’s best photos of the month – May 2022

    Politicians talked the talk, fashion models walked the walk, and an on-field tackle heard around the world. Here are some of the best photos from the month of May
  • Man at the Elvis rugby match during the 2022 Parkes Elvis festival

    Australia’s best photos of the month – April 2022

    From high-octane racing to airport queues, Elvis tributes and a hot air balloon gone astray, Guardian Australia looks back at the images of April
  • Parade goers march inside the Sydney Cricket Ground during the 44th Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade on March 05, 2022 in Sydney, Australia.

    Australia’s best photos of the month – March 2022

    From catastrophic east coast floods to Mardi Gras celebrations, Guardian Australia delivers the images that defined the month
  • Protesters at a rally against the war in Ukraine on 27 February 2022 in Sydney, calling for the Australian government to do more after Russian president Vladimir Putin launched a military invasion.

    Australia’s best photos of the month – February 2022

    With deadly floods in Queensland, demonstrations against war in Ukraine and winter Olympians pushing themselves to the limit, February has been a testing month
  • A man watches as fireworks light up the sky over Sydney Harbour

    Australia’s best photos of the month – January 2022

    From fireworks to drone shows, tennis dramas and tsunami warnings, Guardian Australia serves up the most striking images from 2022’s opening month