Trans rights activists are forced back by mounted police outside Parliament House in Melbourne as they attempt to disrupt an anti-trans ‘Women WILL Speak’ rally. Photograph: Christopher Hopkins/The Guardian Botanist and ecologist Dr Robert Kooyman in Nightcap national park, investigating the lack of regeneration after the black summer fires. Photograph: David Maurice Smith/The Guardian Photograph: Sia Duff/The Guardian Asmaa Elkhaldi in her western Sydney apartment. She fled Gaza in late 2023. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian A flock of sheep at a CSIRO research station in Armidale, NSW. Scientists are aiming to breed the perfect merino sheep for Australian conditions. Photograph:
