Alison Church

Editorial

Meghan Lindstrom, left and her sister Grace, watch as Caroline Hall, 10, reaches up to pet the horse of outrider James O'Callaghan at the Atlanta Steeplechase.
   
Simone Carrie competes in the women’s open pole vault competition during the 2007 Victorian Open Track and Field Championships at Melbourne’s Olympic Park.
   
Victoria police armed with batons face off against anti-globalization protestors during the first day of the G20 finance summit held in Melbourne, Australia.
     
  
Department of Sustainability and Environment firefighter Con Cosmas lights a prescribed burn near homes in Arthur’s Seat State Park in Victoria.
  
Members of Man's Ruin Burlesque wait backstage at the Spanish Club in Melbourne as they prepare to perform in Burlesque on Parade.
   
Cyclists compete in the men's 160km road race through the streets of downtown Melbourne in the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Australia's Matthew Hayman went on to take the gold medal.
     
  
Rodeo competitors watch from behind the ring as the junior steer ride opens the evening's events at the Benalla Rodeo in Australia.
   
A competitor lands in the water as he competes in the Open Men’s Athletics Victoria 3000 meter steeplechase event.
   
Cabbage is cleaned under the Long Bien Bridge in Hanoi in preparation for sale.
     
  
Molly Grau just clears 1.69 meters in the high jump during the 2006 Victorian All Schools Track and Field championship in Melbourne.
   
Carina Louchiey, left, Chrissie Forlie and Stefanie Olivier, members of the Renaissance International School of Performing Arts, prepare for their tap dance number "Heaven Hop" before going on stage at the Alpharetta Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration.
  
A blind woman reads her book in Braille while waiting for the bus in Atlanta.
     
  
Daryl Buffenstein, owner of the 500-acre Inyazura Farms in Athens, Georgia, spends a quiet moment with his favorite horse Hudson.
   
Two young boys sit in their father’s car at a roadside fruit stand in southeast Atlanta.
   
Attendees stand outside of the Flemington Race Course in Melbourne, Australia as they wait for the running of the 146th Melbourne Cup.
     
  
Riders scream as they are thrown with five G's of pressure on Bell's Xtreme ride at the Royal Melbourne Show.
   
Tony Azzopardi latches onto the steer’s horns while he attempts to wrestle it to the ground during the steer wrestling event at the Geelong Rodeo in Victoria.