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

The National picks the most striking images from around the world

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

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

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

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

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

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