Today in Pictures: Sept. 14, 2011

People wait in line outside of St. Francis Center for the opening of the soup kitchen, Sept. 13, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

A soldier holds his weapon during a gun battle with Taliban militants in a building in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 14,2011. (Musadeq Sadeq/AP Photo)

An Afghan policeman walks over the dead body of an insurgent, Sept. 14, 2011 inside the building where Taliban fighters attacked the most heavily protected part of Kabul the day before. (Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images)

Indian artists work on idols of Hindu goddess Durga at a workshop in Allahabad, India, Sept.14, 2011. (Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo)

 

In this aerial photo, an area of the Pagami Creek wildfire shows active burning and creates a large smoke plume, Sept. 13, 2011 in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Northeastern Minnesota. (Clint Austin/ The Duluth News-Tribune/AP Photo)

Fans in the Green Monster seats reach for the ball on a home run by Boston Red Sox’s Jacoby Ellsbury during the fourth inning of the Red Sox’s baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park in Boston, Sept. 13, 2011. (Winslow Townson/AP Photo)

Chinese security officers take a rest inside the Dalian Expo Center during the annual meeting of the New Champions held by the World Economic Forum in Dalian, China, Sept. 14, 2011. (Andy Wong/AP Photo)

Chris “The Duchess” Walton shows off her fingernails that total 19 feet 9 inches in length Sept. 14, 2011 at the New York Public Library, setting a record that puts her in the new Guinness World Records 2012 book. (Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images)