Today In Pictures: Oct. 12, 2011

President Barack Obama gestures while speaking at the White House Forum on American Latino Heritage, Oct. 12, 2011, at the Interior Department in Washington. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)

 

Sajjad Sadiq, 7, stands among stacks of bricks at a brick factory where his family works on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct. 12, 2011. (Nathalie Bardou/AP Photo)

 

The South Portico of the White House is shown at dusk in Washington, Oct. 11, 2011. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool/Getty Images)

 

An Afghan man splashes gasoline over a pile of confiscated drugs and alcohol during a drug burning ceremony in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct 12, 2011. (Rahmat Gul/AP Photo)

 

A man paddles a boat near the Wat Chaiwattanaram, a Buddhist temple in the ancient capital of Ayutthaya, Thailand, Oct. 12, 2011. Thailand’s worst floods in half a century swamp more than two-thirds of country and inflict billions of dollars in damage in what has become a slow-motion catastrophe fueled by relentless monsoon rains. (Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP/Getty Images)

 

Former Mass. Gov. and Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney gestures as his wife Ann looks on after he was endorsed by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in Lebanon, N.H., Oct. 11, 2011. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

 

Cosmonaut, left, ridden by Luke Nolen pulls away to win Race 4 of the Betfair Handicap during Caulfield Thousand Guineas Day at Caulfield Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia, Oct. 12, 2011. (Hamish Blair/Getty Images)

 

Republican presidential candidates Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, left, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich laugh at a presidential debate at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., Oct. 11, 2011. Paul appeared to be wearing a fake eyebrow which was falling off during the debate. (Scott Eells/Pool/AP Photo)

 

Tens of thousands of Syrian regime supporters wave the Baath party flag during a demonstration to show their support for President Bashar Assad, and to thank Russia and China for blocking a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Syria for its brutal crackdown, in Damascus, Syria, Oct. 12, 2011. (Muzaffar Salman/AP Photo)