Photos of the Day: Medical Students and Pope Francis

Frankfurt, Germany

An elderly resident looks at a robot called Pepper during a presentation at the August-Stunz-Altenzentrum senior care facility. The Japanese robots are able to recognize people and are programmed to interact with them

Photograph: Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images

Rome, Italy

A child is taken away after wandering on to the stage in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican. Pope Francis later explained in Spanish to the crowd that the child was speech-impaired ‘but he knows how to communicate, to express himself’

Photograph: Gregorio Borgia/AP

Queensland, Australia

Resident Rhonda Anderson evacuates on horseback near Mount Larcom. Fire conditions in the area are rated as potentially catastrophic with 140 fires burning around the state

Photograph: Dan Peled/EPA