World in pictures this week, May 28, 2026

2026-05-27 · The Age

Outback town in lockdown after students bring toxic metal to school
A novel show-and-tell item found at the local tip has effectively frozen daily life in the Queensland town while emergen
From Princess Diana to Cher: How dopamine dressing has hit the ski slopes
After several monochrome seasons on the snowfields, the back-to-black trend has finally drifted.
Labor MPs lobby for urgent capital gains tax changes as Chalmers digs in
A day before Labor puts forward its tax changes in parliament, Chalmers has defended a policy that has opened up a polit
The 20-Year-Old Director Who Found Hell in Empty Hallways
With his film debut Backrooms, the YouTuber Kane Parsons reimagines mundane spaces as hallucinatory nightmares.
Trump-backed Ken Paxton ousts John Cornyn in heated Texas primary after scandal-plagued campaign
Race had wide implications for Trump’s strength heading into midterms, where Paxton will face Democratic candidate James