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Woman dies after being swept into ocean from Sydney beach in early hours of New Year’s Day

Police said 25-year-old woman hit by a wave near a tidal rock pool at Maroubra, and another swimmer missing at Coogee

A woman has been found dead after being swept out into the ocean from a Sydney beach in the early hours of New Year’s Day, as authorities issue a warning about dangerous surf conditions on the NSW coast.

Later in the morning another swimmer went missing in the water at Coogee.

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© Photograph: Mark Baker/AP

© Photograph: Mark Baker/AP

© Photograph: Mark Baker/AP

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Sydney New Year’s Eve strikes more sombre tone as fireworks follow minute’s silence for Bondi

Terror attack victims remembered with menorah projected on to Harbour Bridge ahead of traditional dazzling display

Australia paused to show solidarity with the Jewish community as New Year’s Eve festivities rolled across the nation.

Weeks on from the Bondi Beach terrorist attack, hundreds of thousands of people around the Sydney Harbour observed a minute’s silence and shone a collective, defiant light following the recent atrocity.

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© Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/EPA

© Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/EPA

© Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/EPA

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