The week’s news in pictures | October 21, 2017

The week’s news in pictures

  • BENDIGO: 14-year-old Georgie Welsh has set a new kettlebell world record. Picture: DARREN HOWE

    BENDIGO: 14-year-old Georgie Welsh has set a new kettlebell world record. Picture: DARREN HOWE

  • DUNEDOO: Angus Stuart selling, John Stuart pencilling, Jamie Stuart, Derek Rhodes and Lachlan Stuart looking for bids at the Dunedoo store cattle sale. Photo: Mark Griggs

    DUNEDOO: Angus Stuart selling, John Stuart pencilling, Jamie Stuart, Derek Rhodes and Lachlan Stuart looking for bids at the Dunedoo store cattle sale. Photo: Mark Griggs

  • LAUNCESON Oscar Fredric Noel-Young, of Launceston, born in October 2017. Picture Paul Scambler

    LAUNCESON Oscar Fredric Noel-Young, of Launceston, born in October 2017. Picture Paul Scambler

  • FORBES Volunteers being lowered from the top of the silo in training. Photo by Stefan Buick, NSW SES Volunteer

    FORBES Volunteers being lowered from the top of the silo in training. Photo by Stefan Buick, NSW SES Volunteer

  • ALBURY Out of Chaos Comes Beauty's Stephen O'Connell, Jenny O'Hara and Peter J Adams ahead of the world premiere. Picture MARK JESSER

    ALBURY Out of Chaos Comes Beauty's Stephen O'Connell, Jenny O'Hara and Peter J Adams ahead of the world premiere. Picture MARK JESSER

  • BALLARAT: Corey Loader has been announced as a 2018 Baton Relay Runner for the Commonwealth Games. Photo: Luka Kauzlaric

    BALLARAT: Corey Loader has been announced as a 2018 Baton Relay Runner for the Commonwealth Games. Photo: Luka Kauzlaric

  • BALLARAT: Darley's Michael Alexander has his pegs taken out. Photo: Lachlan Bence

    BALLARAT: Darley's Michael Alexander has his pegs taken out. Photo: Lachlan Bence

  • BALLARAT: Jaala Pulford MP in her daughter Sinead's room, who dies of cancer. Photo: Luka Kauzlaric

    BALLARAT: Jaala Pulford MP in her daughter Sinead's room, who dies of cancer. Photo: Luka Kauzlaric

  • BALLARAT: Neale Daniher and his wife Jan at the Neale Daniher Rock'N'Roll party. Photo: Dylan Burns

    BALLARAT: Neale Daniher and his wife Jan at the Neale Daniher Rock'N'Roll party. Photo: Dylan Burns

  • BALLARAT: Out and About magazine promo shoot. Photo: Lachlan Bence

    BALLARAT: Out and About magazine promo shoot. Photo: Lachlan Bence

  • BENDIGO: Bendigo Spirit v Perth. Picture: NONI HYETT.

    BENDIGO: Bendigo Spirit v Perth. Picture: NONI HYETT.

  • BENDIGO: Get Naked Espresso's owner Jesse Gollan has won The Bendigo Advertiser's best coffee poll. Picture: NONI HYETT

    BENDIGO: Get Naked Espresso's owner Jesse Gollan has won The Bendigo Advertiser's best coffee poll. Picture: NONI HYETT

  • BENDIGO: Jim Munroe with Banjo the dog inside what was a full chicken coop. His chickens and ducks have gone missing. Picture: NONI HYETT

    BENDIGO: Jim Munroe with Banjo the dog inside what was a full chicken coop. His chickens and ducks have gone missing. Picture: NONI HYETT

  • BENDIGO: Leighton suffered an ABI when he had an asthma attack two years ago. He is with his wife Sharon Mitchell, with his sons Tye Cumming and Levi Cumming. Picture: DARREN HOWE

    BENDIGO: Leighton suffered an ABI when he had an asthma attack two years ago. He is with his wife Sharon Mitchell, with his sons Tye Cumming and Levi Cumming. Picture: DARREN HOWE

  • BENDIGO: Paramedic students from La Trobe University take part in a mock emergency. Picture: GLENN DANIELS

    BENDIGO: Paramedic students from La Trobe University take part in a mock emergency. Picture: GLENN DANIELS

  • BENDIGO: Rugby 7s Womens, Australia v New Zealand. Picture: NONI HYETT

    BENDIGO: Rugby 7s Womens, Australia v New Zealand. Picture: NONI HYETT

  • BENDIGO: Rugby 7s Womens, Australia v New Zealand. Picture: NONI HYETT

    BENDIGO: Rugby 7s Womens, Australia v New Zealand. Picture: NONI HYETT

  • BENDIGO: School Sport Victoria regional athletics championships, qualifying event for the State Championships. Picture: GLENN DANIELS

    BENDIGO: School Sport Victoria regional athletics championships, qualifying event for the State Championships. Picture: GLENN DANIELS

  • BENDIGO: Students from Lightning Reef Primary School show us their freshly decorated shoes for Walk to School Day. Picture: NONI HYETT.

    BENDIGO: Students from Lightning Reef Primary School show us their freshly decorated shoes for Walk to School Day. Picture: NONI HYETT.

  • BENDIGO: The sun sets over Bendigo. Picture: DARREN HOWE.

    BENDIGO: The sun sets over Bendigo. Picture: DARREN HOWE.

  • DUBBO: Hugh Martel,

    DUBBO: Hugh Martel, "Danderra", Dubbo, and his dog Buck in a paddock of freshly shorn, 900 head, 2-6 year old, Egelabra blood, Merino ewes. Photo: Rachael Webb

  • LAUNCESTON A monkey bracing the wet weather at City Park on Thursday. Picture Neil Richardson

    LAUNCESTON A monkey bracing the wet weather at City Park on Thursday. Picture Neil Richardson

  • LAUNCESTON Caro Verbraeken's pet lamb. Picture Carly Dolan

    LAUNCESTON Caro Verbraeken's pet lamb. Picture Carly Dolan

  • LAUNCESTON Longford Show secretary Kristy Springer. Picture Phillip Biggs

    LAUNCESTON Longford Show secretary Kristy Springer. Picture Phillip Biggs

  • MERIMBULA: Reverend Anthony Frost leads the procession with Reverend Lou Oakes and Bishop Matt Brain.Photo DENISE DION

    MERIMBULA: Reverend Anthony Frost leads the procession with Reverend Lou Oakes and Bishop Matt Brain.Photo DENISE DION

  • MUDGEE The PCYC Running of the Colours was held at Lawson Park on Sunday, October 15 to raise funds for local youth organisations. Photo Simone Kurtz

    MUDGEE The PCYC Running of the Colours was held at Lawson Park on Sunday, October 15 to raise funds for local youth organisations. Photo Simone Kurtz

  • NAROOMA: The Narooma slipway is back working. By STAN GORTON

    NAROOMA: The Narooma slipway is back working. By STAN GORTON

  • NARROMINE: Neville Mullavary, Dubbo, with Jason Hartin, Hartin Schute Bell, Narromine, at the Narromine store sheep sale. Photo: Mark Griggs

    NARROMINE: Neville Mullavary, Dubbo, with Jason Hartin, Hartin Schute Bell, Narromine, at the Narromine store sheep sale. Photo: Mark Griggs

  • NEWCAST Allan Todd Cameron's house in Sydney Street, Gateshead. Police allege he sexually and indecently assaulted three young models at his studio in the shed out the back. Picture Simone De Peak

    NEWCAST Allan Todd Cameron's house in Sydney Street, Gateshead. Police allege he sexually and indecently assaulted three young models at his studio in the shed out the back. Picture Simone De Peak

  • NEWCASTLE: Concrete form work being prepared for a coal conveyor tunnel at the Mount Pleasant coal mine near Muswellbrook. About 200 contractors are on site building the mine

    NEWCASTLE: Concrete form work being prepared for a coal conveyor tunnel at the Mount Pleasant coal mine near Muswellbrook. About 200 contractors are on site building the mine

  • NEWCASTLE: Elermore Vale townhouse complex devastated after water main rupture. Pictures Marina Neil

    NEWCASTLE: Elermore Vale townhouse complex devastated after water main rupture. Pictures Marina Neil

  • NEWCASTLE: Kurri Kurri head English teacher Jane Somerville, principal Tracey Breese and EOS CEO Carl Jarvis. Picture Marina Neil

    NEWCASTLE: Kurri Kurri head English teacher Jane Somerville, principal Tracey Breese and EOS CEO Carl Jarvis. Picture Marina Neil

  • NEWCASTLE: Roger Clements competing in the 1977 Mattara Surf Classic

    NEWCASTLE: Roger Clements competing in the 1977 Mattara Surf Classic

  • NOWRA: Firefighters kept a fire from spreading from a shed to a house on Thursday afternoon.Photo ADAM WRIGHT

    NOWRA: Firefighters kept a fire from spreading from a shed to a house on Thursday afternoon.Photo ADAM WRIGHT

  • TAMWORTH Georgia Taggart was delighted to be chosen as a baton bearer in the 2018 Commonwealth Games relay. Photo Gareth Gardner

    TAMWORTH Georgia Taggart was delighted to be chosen as a baton bearer in the 2018 Commonwealth Games relay. Photo Gareth Gardner

  • TAMWORTH Joe Stolker was given the gift of life from an organ donor, when he received a kidney. Photo GARETH GARDINER

    TAMWORTH Joe Stolker was given the gift of life from an organ donor, when he received a kidney. Photo GARETH GARDINER

  • TAREE Eoin Watkins batting in the junior cricket match between Taree West and the Wingham Sixers under 10s Photo Scott Calvin

    TAREE Eoin Watkins batting in the junior cricket match between Taree West and the Wingham Sixers under 10s Photo Scott Calvin

  • WINGHAM Ashari, Guy, Mahlia & Rafi Hudson at the Wingham Akoostik Festival Photo Scott Calvin

    WINGHAM Ashari, Guy, Mahlia & Rafi Hudson at the Wingham Akoostik Festival Photo Scott Calvin

  • WINGHAM Kasey Chambers at the Wingham Akoostik Festival Photo Scott Calvin

    WINGHAM Kasey Chambers at the Wingham Akoostik Festival Photo Scott Calvin

  • WINGHAM: Briony Boyd and Kate Elford of the Sundara Tribe Bellydance group at the Wingham Akoostik Festival Photo Scott Calvin

    WINGHAM: Briony Boyd and Kate Elford of the Sundara Tribe Bellydance group at the Wingham Akoostik Festival Photo Scott Calvin

  • WYALONG: Paul McCaskie,

    WYALONG: Paul McCaskie, "Wyrra", Wyalong, checking La Trobe variety Barley planted May 7. Photo: Rachael Webb

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Each week our journalists and photographers cover some great stories and take some amazing photos. 

We collate the best of the best at the end of the week and add them into a weekly gallery so you can see what’s been happening right around the region. 

Our favorite photo, and cover photo for our gallery this week comes from Bendigo.  Young 14-year-old Georgie Welsh has set a new kettlebell world record! An impressive feat for such a young person.