The sickening agony of a complicated fandom

July 4, 2026 · Sydney Morning Herald

The Age photos of the week, July 4, 2026
The week in photos from our award-winning staff photographers and regular contributors at The Age.
Chained to a cage of tigers, beaten with metal pipes or threatened with huge pythons... IAN BIRRELL goes inside Chinese gangs' scamming factories, and reveals the horrific torture imprisoned 'workers' face if they don't steal from their online victims
Operated by ruthless Chinese crime gangs in war-torn Myanmar, they dupe, kidnap, traffic and torture imprisoned 'workers
Bosnich and Slater slam Popovic's failed gamble
Mark Bosnich and Robbie Slater have slammed Tony Popovic benching Patrick Beach.
Slovaks vote in a referendum on lifelong payments for populist leader Fico
Slovaks are voting in a referendum to decide on canceling lifelong payments for populist Prime Minister Robert Fico and
What was that? 🤯 Argentina and Cape Verde serve up an epic clash
An easy time against a World Cup debutant that qualified after three draws?That’s not what happened in Miami this Friday