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AI Arts and Gold-Mining in Mud: Photos of the Day – Wednesday

The Guardian

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Date Published
17 June 2026
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17 June 2026, 10:01 pm

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The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world

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This visual digest includes a mention of 'Dataland' in Los Angeles, which is identified as the world's first museum dedicated to AI arts. The content is primarily a collection of global news photographs and does not engage with AI safety, governance, or technical risk assessment. It lacks relevance to catastrophic AI risk reduction or frontier capability developments, serving instead as a cultural report on AI's intersection with the art world.

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View image in fullscreenFlorida, USA man plays basketball in the city of Doral near Miami, as wildfires burn a short distance awayPhotograph: Maria Alejandra Cardona/ReutersShareView image in fullscreenSrinagar, IndiaA boat rally on Dal Lake to promote sustainable farming practices and the protection of agricultural landPhotograph: Farooq Khan/EPAShareView image in fullscreenMongbwalu, Democratic Republic of the CongoAlluvial miners wear plastic bags for protection as they work in mudflats hunting for goldPhotograph: Jospin Mwisha/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenAscot, UKHorse racing enthusiasts at Royal Ascot find some shade to relax and chill their champagnePhotograph: Toby Melville/ReutersShareView image in fullscreenLos Angeles, USInvited guests tour Dataland, billed as the world’s first museum of AI arts, before its official opening on 20 JunePhotograph: Mario Tama/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenBitlis, TurkeyA shepherd drives his sheep through a dust cloud towards the pastures of Mount Nemrut, where the flock will spend the summerPhotograph: Mustafa Kilic/Anadolu/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenTirana, AlbaniaProtesters object to a proposed luxury tourism development on the 17th consecutive day of protests outside the prime minister’s officePhotograph: Vlasov Sulaj/NurPhoto/ShutterstockShareView image in fullscreenCaracas, VenezuelaPower cables crisscross the street in a country that has just agreed a deal with the US company General Electric to address its struggling energy infrastructurePhotograph: Federico Parra/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenLa Paz, BoliviaTrucks queue for fuel after more than 40 days of road blockades by protesters demanding economic reform and the resignation of President Rodrigo PazPhotograph: Jorge Mateo Romay Salinas/Anadolu/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenBucharest, RomaniaEducation workers shelter from the sun during a protest against planned changes to salaries for public sector workersPhotograph: Alexandru Dobre/APShareView image in fullscreenTyre, LebanonA young girl surveys the aftermath of Israeli strikes from a broken window in Jabal Amel hospital, where she has taken shelter with her familyPhotograph: Zohra Bensemra/ReutersShareView image in fullscreenWest BankTwo Palestinian women carry a sofa past an Israeli soldier after being allowed to retrieve their belongings from the Nur Shams refugee camp, where many homes have been destroyed by the IDFPhotograph: AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenDruzhkivka, UkraineFirefighters take a moment to rest inside a residential building set alight by a Russian drone attackPhotograph: Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu/Getty ImagesShareExplore more on these topicsUK newsPhotos of the dayPhotography