World in pictures, July 1, 2026

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by The Age picture editors

Homicide detectives have been called in after the boy was found outside a medical centre with serious injuries.

The federal government’s position on climate change sits uncomfortably with readers.

A quiet revolution is unfolding in Australian healthcare, and some doctors are not happy.

Police confirmed they have arrested a second person after the schoolgirl was allegedly taken from a school in Springvale South last week.

Rachel Welsh had her car towed after being unable to avoid a huge pothole that she estimates was three metres wide.

Rachel Welsh had her car towed after being unable to avoid a huge pothole that she estimates was three metres wide.

Scientists diagnosed last week’s British heatwave as a symptom of climate change. Here’s another explanation: Australian hot air was to blame.

Primary students at two schools are avoiding using ageing bathrooms as the state faces pressure balancing maintenance and building new schools.

Primary students at two schools are avoiding using ageing bathrooms as the state faces pressure balancing maintenance and building new schools.

Primary students at two schools are avoiding using ageing bathrooms as the state faces pressure balancing maintenance and building new schools.

A Tobacco shop on Bridge Road in Richmond was firebombed overnight.

Readers respond to antisemitism, corruption claims, monoculture and the real winners of the World Cup.

The response of Premier Jacinta Allan to the latest revelations of corruption on the Big Build do not pass the pub test.

Focus groups ordered by the state government found its plan to demolish 44 public housing towers was opposed by tenants and could cause issues with their new owner-occupier neighbours.

The peak body for justices of the peace in Victoria is pleading for a recruitment boost over concerns ageing volunteers are “dying off”, and it will be increasingly difficult for people to find independent legal witnesses.

The Victorian provider is the first to have its funding cut under reforms that followed serious child abuse allegations in the sector.

Magistrate Patrick Southey said he wished there were harsher penalties he could impose on neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell for a racist protest outside the Chinese consulate in Toorak.

A suspected lithium battery fire has caused a smoking garbage truck to spew rubbish along the busy road in Melbourne’s north.

A suspected lithium battery fire has caused a smoking rubbish truck to spew rubbish along the busy road in Melbourne’s north.

The One Nation leader is among a few notable absences from the Midwinter Ball to be held in Canberra on Wednesday.

Readers have had enough of the Allan government and are demanding a royal commission into its Big Build mess.

Lex Lasry has warned Australia is headed down the path of America, saying judicial impartiality and independence are under attack.

Whenever we invited people to our home, they would think we lived in a different suburb 80 kilometres away.

But whenever we gave our address to others, there would be people who thought we meant another suburb on the peninsula.

Makeshift bike jumps caused a storm in the community last year. Now riders will enjoy a range of purpose-built new facilities following significant investment from the council.

Residents in a Melbourne aged care facility took a helicopter flight around Manhattan, without leaving their home.

Readers argue that Artificial Intelligence is a danger that will erode our ability to think for ourselves.

Keki never expected to be on the front line of the national housing crisis, but a devastating fire changed everything. Others are living out of cars or applying for student accommodation in their seventies.

A return to England from Australia promised warmer weather, but living in an inferno wasn’t on the itinerary.