Australia’s best photos of the month – April 2025
Wild weather, elections and rabbit jumping are all part of some of the month’s best images in Australia for April
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A drone image of flooding in the Queensland town of Thargomindah on 2 April.
Photograph: Daniel Roy
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Bree Rizzo reacts after winning the final of the women’s Stawell Gift on Monday 21 April.
Photograph: James Ross/AAP
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A surfer rides a large wave at Bondi Beach in Sydney on April 1st as large swells and high winds hit the east coast of Australia.
Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
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Filipino-Australian singer and songwriter grentperez (real name Grant Perez) .
Photograph: Bec Lorrimer/The Guardian
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Sam Kerr takes selfies with fans during a Matildas training session at Leichhardt Oval on 1 April.
Photograph: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images
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Grace Richardson poses for a feature on the generational – and gender – divide of political choices.
Photograph: Tamara Dean/The Guardian
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Sydney University student Kayla Hill, who was once involved in the Australian youth climate movement, at the University of Sydney.
Photograph: Aston Brown/The Guardian
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Drag King Justin Sider performing as part of Slayboy at Sircuit Bar in Fitzroy, Melbourne at New Gigs on the Block.
Photograph: Penny Stephens/The Guardian
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Lincoln Berg, 6, cuddling rabbit Luna after competing together in the Rabbit Hopping show at the Sydney Royal Easter Show. Lincoln began competing in the sport when he was 3 years old.
Photograph: Simone De Peak/The Guardian
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Bradley Hill of the Saints spoils Kai Lohmann of the Lions during a match between the St Kilda Saints and the Brisbane Lions on 26 April.
Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images
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Anthony Albanese and his fiancée, Jodie Hayden, speak to the Rev Bill Crews during a visit to the Bill Crews Exodus foundation.
Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP
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Brooke Boney, a Gamilaroi woman who has had a career as an Australian journalist and television presenter.
Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian
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Angus beef cattle stand in a yard at Coombing Park farm in Carcoar, NSW.
Photograph: Hollie Adams/Reuters
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Harry Malibirr, a Wagilak man who is part of the Djilpin Arts dance group, poses on 8 April in Katherine in the Northern Territory.
Photograph: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images
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Hot air balloons fly near shipping container cranes on 4 April in Melbourne.
Photograph: Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images
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Cate Campbell, an Olympic swimmer, poses for a portrait along the boardwalk at Bulimba in Brisbane.
Photograph: David Kelly/The Guardain
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Wellwishers pay their respects at a memorial to Pope Francis in Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Melbourne on 22 April after his death.
Photograph: Christopher Hopkins/The Guardian
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Peter Dutton holds the young son of Liberal candidate for the seat of Shortland, Emma King, as they meet local mothers at a cafe on 28 April.
Photograph: Dan Peled/Getty Images
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Pastor Ray Minniecon addresses the crowd during the Coloured Digger Anzac Day service at the Redfern Cenotaph on 25 April. Anzac Day was marred by disruptions during welcomes to country at a number of services.
Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images
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Players prepare for a match of Tudor-era ‘real tennis’ on Sydney’s newest real/royal tennis court.
Photograph: James Gourley/The Guardian
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Peter Greste, an Australian journalist, at in Melbourne ahead of the release of The Correspondent, a movie about his time in an Egyptian prison.
Photograph: Charlie Kinross/The Guardian
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Sand dredging at Surfers Paradise beach on the Gold Coast on Tuesday, 8 April.
Photograph: Jason O’Brien/AAP
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Nick Matteo holds a wooden mallet at the South Melbourne trugo club.
Photograph: Jesse Thompson/The Guardian
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A spectator watches from a second-story window during the Anzac Day march in Sydney.
Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP
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Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel walking free from court in Melbourne on Friday 4 April after three judges found he should be released on bail ahead of his Lawyer X challenge.
Photograph: James Ross/AAP
