• Pope Francis blesses a shrapnel-riddled water canteen belonging to a wounded Ukrainian soldier, on board his plane en route to Mongolia. EPA
    Pope Francis blesses a shrapnel-riddled water canteen belonging to a wounded Ukrainian soldier, on board his plane en route to Mongolia. EPA
  • Workers take part in a disaster drill at the Roppongi Hills shopping and office complex in Tokyo, Japan. EPA
    Workers take part in a disaster drill at the Roppongi Hills shopping and office complex in Tokyo, Japan. EPA
  • Rab Lamont and John Mills dredge Scotland's last wild native oyster fishery in Loch Ryan using 1970s trawler Vital Spark. Getty Images
    Rab Lamont and John Mills dredge Scotland's last wild native oyster fishery in Loch Ryan using 1970s trawler Vital Spark. Getty Images
  • Day One of the Omega European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club in Switzerland. Getty Images
    Day One of the Omega European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club in Switzerland. Getty Images
  • Actor Patrick Dempsey promotes his movie Ferrari at the 80th Venice International Film Festival. Getty Images
    Actor Patrick Dempsey promotes his movie Ferrari at the 80th Venice International Film Festival. Getty Images
  • Jonay Ravelo and his horse Nivaria observe the blue supermoon in Gran Canaria, Spain. Reuters
    Jonay Ravelo and his horse Nivaria observe the blue supermoon in Gran Canaria, Spain. Reuters
  • A farmer tries to put out a fire on abandoned land in drought-hit Anamaduwa, Sri Lanka. REUTERS
    A farmer tries to put out a fire on abandoned land in drought-hit Anamaduwa, Sri Lanka. REUTERS
  • People struggle with their umbrellas in high winds brought by Typhoon Saola at Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour. AFP
    People struggle with their umbrellas in high winds brought by Typhoon Saola at Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour. AFP
  • A police dog unit arrives at the burned-out apartment block where scores of people died in Johannesburg, South Africa. AFP
    A police dog unit arrives at the burned-out apartment block where scores of people died in Johannesburg, South Africa. AFP
  • Nepalese devotees in traditional attire visit Kumari the living goddess during the Mataya festival at Ratnakar Mahavihar in Patan, Nepal. EPA
    Nepalese devotees in traditional attire visit Kumari the living goddess during the Mataya festival at Ratnakar Mahavihar in Patan, Nepal. EPA

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Today's best photos: From the Pope blessing a canteen to Nepal's living goddess

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September 01, 2023

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UK’s AI plan
  • AI ambassadors such as MIT economist Simon Johnson, Monzo cofounder Tom Blomfield and Google DeepMind’s Raia Hadsell
  • £10bn AI growth zone in South Wales to create 5,000 jobs
  • £100m of government support for startups building AI hardware products
  • £250m to train new AI models
Updated: September 01, 2023, 1:20 PM