The Age photos of the week, November 7, 2026

The week in photos from our award-winning staff photographers and regular contributors at The Age.November 7, 2026 — 3:47pm1/23Silhouettes of ladies’ millinery and moments of celebration at Flemington racecourse on Derby Day.Credit:Eddie Jim2/23Dora’s Table owners Bamboo Tan and Ryan Lin.Credit:Justin McManus3/23Horse racing presenter Francesca Cumani with the 2016 Melbourne Cup winner Almandin at the Flemington Racecourse.Credit:Eddie Jim4/23Arthur’s mum Leah took part in a study after he developed hives after eating peanut butter when he was five months old. Nine months later he passed an oral food challenge and was able to safely eat peanut butter. He now has to keep the food in his diet.Credit:Joe Armao5/23Robbie Williams performing before the main race on Melbourne Cup day at Flemington racecourse.Credit:Justin McManus6/23Stylist Alicia Marshall at Derby Day.Credit:Eddie Jim7/23Alyssa Moritmore, part of a new survey on Gen Z wellbeing.Credit:Justin McManus8/23Ethan Brown and Ciaron Maher celebrate their Melbourne Cup win.Credit:Justin McManus9/23Victorian Premier Ben Carroll.Credit:Simon Schluter10/23Lyn Luca and her daughter Amelia for story on social media and its affect on anorexia.Credit:Simon Schluter11/23Model Alex Pike at Derby Day.Credit:Eddie Jim12/23Deborah Quinn wearing Tony Maticevski and Stephen Jones millinery arriving at the Birdcage.Credit:PENNY STEPHENS13/23Bella Henry styled by Alicia Marshall wearing dress by Jason Grech, Hat by Matcho Suba, Bag by Alexander McQueen arriving at the Birdcage.Credit:PENNY STEPHENS14/23Director of Public Prosecutions Brendan Kissane, KC, and junior barrister Jeremy McWilliams after after Victoria’s Court of Appeal quashed Erin Patterson’s bid to overturn her triple murder conviction.Credit:Joe Armao15/23Trainer Shane Jackson and his horse King Snitz taking a swim in the ocean at Lady Bay, Warrnambool ahead of his Derby Day run.Credit:Nicole Cleary16/23Victorian One Nation candidate Warren Pickering.Credit:Jason South17/23Entrecote’s Jason Jones designed a menu for the Lexus pavilion in the Birdcage this year at Flemington.Credit:Simon Schluter18/23Stable support pony Cowboy with Montanna Gawith-Hutson at Flemington racecourse.Credit:Zoey Duchene19/23St Bernard’s School, Head of Math Nick Flavel with students Thea Nolan and Zavier Perez. The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority has announced changes to how children will learn maths from Foundation to Year 2, including a new emphasis on children learning about money.Credit:Justin McManus20/23With a burst of pink smoke the Robbie Williams pre-melbourne Cup main race show was over – for a few hours at least.Credit: Zoey Duchene