Today in Pictures : Oct 28, 2011

Donna Bodkins, of Fisher, West Virginia, carries American flags while visiting the Statue of Liberty to mark her 125th anniversary, Oct. 28, 2011 in New York. (Mark Lennihan/AP Photo)

 

 

Alan Brady is surprised by two breaching humpback whales while kayaking off the coast of Seabright State Beach in Santa Cruz, Calif, Oct. 25, 2011. (Paul Schraub/Santa Cruz Conference and Visitors Council/AP Photo)

 

 

A member of staff at the Angels Fancy Dress shop works in their Shaftsbury Avenue branch in a Halloween costume, Oct. 28, 2011 in London, England. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

 

 

Kent Farrington of the United States makes a jump during the Jumping Competition at the Guadalajara Country Club on Day 13 of the XVI Pan American Games, Oct. 27, 2011 in Guadalajara, Mexico. (Al Bello/Getty Images)

 

 

Members of the traditional Sikh religious warriors’ Nihang Army perform a Sikh martial art, known as Gatka, on the occasion of ‘Fateh Divas’ in Amritsar, Oct. 27, 2011. The Sikh celebration of the return of the sixth Guru Hargobind from detention in the Gwalior Fort known as Bandi Chhorh Divas, which coincides with Hindu festival of Diwali. (Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images)

 

A Thai man takes pictures with his son on a custom-built tricycle designed to go through flood waters in Bangkok, Thailand, Oct. 28, 2011. The Chao Phraya river coursing through the capital swelled to record highs Friday, briefly flooding riverside buildings and an ornate royal complex at high tide amid fears that flood defenses could break and swamp the heart of the city. (Aaron Favila/AP Photo)

 

 

A Buddhist monk carries the American and Kansas flags at daybreak Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, in Saline County south of Salina, Kansas. The flags were placed at the road entrance to The Buddhist Temple of Kansas. (Tom Dorsey/Salina Journal/AP Photo)

 

 

David Freese #23 of the St. Louis Cardinals falls into the camera well going after a foul ball in the third inning during Game Six of the MLB World Series against the Texas Rangers at Busch Stadium, Oct. 27, 2011, St Louis, Missouri. (Rob Carr/Getty Images)

 

 

Daniel Bitnar moves on stage during the Pier House Pretenders in Paradise costume competition in Key West, Fla. Bitnar won the individual amateur division with his “Poseidon God of the Seas” creation, Oct 27, 2011. The contest was one of about 50 events during Key West’s 10-day Fantasy Fest masking and costuming celebration set to conclude Sunday, Oct. 30. (Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/AP Photo)