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

A laptop-sized piece of medical equipment is set to cut days off STI test results and offer more accurate results by searching for distinct genetic “barcodes”.

Government schools are providing desperately needed sporting facilities for community groups in Melbourne’s growth suburbs.

Grand prix boss Travis Auld is trying to reinvent the race’s opening party with fewer influencers and more “diversity”.

Readers write of the US and Israeli attack on Iran as just the latest attempt by foreign powers to influence its leadership.