Russian forces seized the Zaporizhzhia power plant in the south-east of Ukraine in an advance that gives them control of about one-quarter of the country’s energy supply.

The week in photos from the award-winning SMH and AFR photographers.

India, China and many other countries are still reluctant to condemn the war on Ukraine. Australia must press them to change their minds.

Just 13 oligarchs have been hit with asset freezes and travel bans in Britain. By contrast the EU has imposed sanctions and travel bans on 702 people.

I am Russian. And yet, when I think of my homeland Ukraine, I think of a childhood of joy. I stand with its people united against a Soviet-reared tyrant.

“If there is an explosion, it is the end of Europe,” the Ukrainian President warned in a new video. Earlier Vladimir Putin vowed Russia would achieve its goals in Ukraine.

It’s a milestone in the effort to hold pharmaceutical companies accountable for opioid addiction which has killed at least 500,000 Americans since 1999.

Many of those fleeing the war in Ukraine make their hurried farewells just before the Polish border. Anthony Galloway and Kate Geraghty report from Lviv.

If he succeeds, he will be the first French leader for two decades to win a second term in office.

From Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to the Shivratri festival in Jammu, India, these are the best photos from around the world in the past week, as chosen by The Age's photo editors.

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

When Russia invaded Ukraine, Alex Koval had to work out how to get an Australian newborn out of the conflict and into the arms of his parents.

Stingers, MiGs and AK-47s are part of the arsenal being unleashed during Russia’s invasion. What military hardware is being used to fight the war?

Bill Gates struck up a relationship with Epstein after the financier was convicted of sex crimes, and the pair met numerous times, including at Epstein’s New York townhouse. 

The study underscores the potential danger of lifting pandemic curbs too quickly and underestimating the virus’s ongoing risks.

One million people had fled Ukraine in seven days and Russia claimed its first major city and destroyed swathes of several others.

Scientific and cultural exchange is vital for international peace and academic freedom, but now it’s time to support Ukraine.

Many countries have made their position on the invasion of Ukraine clear, for others the situation is a lot more complicated.

Scientists are finally beginning to unravel the biological mechanisms of anosmia, the abrupt loss of smell experienced by some COVID patients.

Yaryna Arieva and Svyatoslav Fursin are Ukraine’s honeymoon heroes; a newlywed couple who made their wedding vows, then started fighting off the Russians.

The congressional committee investigating the US Capitol riots alleges in a court filling that it has “evidence and information”.

Our strong bipartisan response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is very welcome, but in recent years Australia’s record in global affairs has not been so good.

Russia appeared to be preparing to increase the brutality of its campaign against Ukraine, US Ambassador to the UN said.

While Russia wreaks havoc and causes death above ground, in bomb shelters and hospital basements, Ukrainians continue to give life.

The best photos from around the world

Today’s children are not the first generation to grow up with wars and distressing world events. But kids have never before had access to so much information about the conflicts, so it’s important they have trusted people to talk to.

Ukrainians are fighting back against one of the biggest militaries in the world to stop “a new Iron Curtain falling” in Europe. How did the first week of Putin’s invasion unfold?

Ron DeSantis, a Republican, approached the students and asked them to remove their masks as they waited for him at the news conference.

The group’s creation is the latest sign of how the US and its allies are seeking to isolate Russia from the international financial system.

Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is the act of a kleptocratic dictator, not the expansion of the motherland that Russians would expect of any leader.

Russia has launched multiple missile strikes in the hours since US President Joe Biden told the Russian leader he had “no idea what’s coming”.

Military experts agree Vladimir Putin bungled the initial stage of the conflict and that the Russian military has so far performed well below expectations. 

The protests have led to a more charged political atmosphere across New Zealand, forcing Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s security detail to be beefed up.

One speech won’t necessarily change Biden’s political fortunes, but it was exactly the kind of speech he needed to give.

As the war enters a new and more brutal phase, the capital is likely to be the scene of a decisive and highly destructive battle.

Russian commanders intensified their bombardment of Ukrainian urban areas in a shift of tactics after their six-day assault stalled.

After two years of pandemic living, we are watching the horror of war unfold in Ukraine and struggling with the sense of guilt that our own freedom brings.

Russia-Ukraine war spills into a seventh straight day of conflict.

In his first State of the Union address, Joe Biden spoke as fighting raged in Ukraine six days after Russia invaded the nation, setting off one of the biggest international crises since World War II.

The paltry Vatican policy for dads drew criticism on social media, with one person saying it was only enough time needed to learn how to properly install a car seat.

New Orleans cancelled most of its famous Mardi Gras last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it’s back this year, in full colour and style.

“That’s a world war when Americans and Russia start shooting at one another,” US President Joe Biden said last month. For this reason, the US will likely stay out of the conflict.

Birth rates have been declining for years as Americans marry later and push off having kids but the trend grew more pronounced in the pandemic.

Munich mayor Dieter Reiter said in a news release that the decision came after he issued an ultimatum to the 68-year-old Russian conductor to reject the invasion.

Ukraine is the first hot front line in a new Cold War that will be fought across the globe in a myriad of ways for decades.

Her resumption of duties ends more than a week of heightened concern about the health of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch.

A deadly rocket assault on Kharkiv triggered widespread alarm about the lengths to which the Russian President is willing to go to win the war.

Ukraine’s President has become a hero to millions across the world. It is almost as if Volodymyr Zelensky has spent much of his life rehearsing for this very moment.

Ukrainian resistance against Vladimir Putin’s aggression has been impressive. But without military assistance from the West, the nation must confront Russian might alone.

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