Supporters of the Occupy London Stock Exchange protest take part in a mass meditation on the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral in London on Oct. 27, 2011.
Members of the public lay flowers at Caponacre Industrial Estate, where Stuart Walker's body was found over the weekend, on Oct. 27, 2011, in Cumnock, Scotland. Strathclyde Police are continuing to identify a motive for the murder of the openly gay hotel worker whose beaten and burned body was discovered in the early hours of Sunday morning.
London Mayor Boris Johnson, left, attends the Diwali celebrations with the head Sadhu Vogvivekdas at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir on Oct. 27, 2011, in London. Diwali, which marks the start of the Hindu New Year, is being celebrated by thousands of Hindus in the Neasden mandir, which was the first traditional Hindu template to open in Europe.
Gallery assistants at Bonhams auction house adjust a newly-discovered painting by Spanish artist Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez on Oct. 27, 2011, in London. The previously unknown painting has been confirmed as Velaquez's work after extensive research by Bonhams and is estimated to sell at auction on Dec. 7 for over $1.3 million.
People drive through a flooded street close to the overflowing Chao Phraya River on Oct. 27, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. About 400 people have died in flood-related incidents since late July according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation. Thailand is experiencing the worst flooding in 50 years with damages estimates running as high as $6 billion.
World War II veteran William Walker, 90, launches the Scottish Poppy Appeal, together with soldiers from the Royal Highland Fusiliers on Oct. 27, 2011. in Penicuick, Scotland. Walker, who was wounded while serving in Burma in 1943 with the Royal Scots, helped the soldiers form the shape of ninety to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the annual November campaign.
Dancers from the Clod Ensemble, which is part of the "Performing Medicine Project," practice a routine from their forthcoming show "An Anatomie in Four Quarters" at Sadlers Wells Theatre on Oct. 27, 2011, in London. The show's theme explores the relationship between the anatomy and performance and takes the audience around the space providing views from different angles.
The launch party for Hats Off exhibition, a 30-year retrospective of hats designed by Tracy Rose and worn at Ascot races, at Gallery Different on Oct. 27, 2011, in London.
Tori Polk of the United States competes in the women's long jump final during Day 12 of the XVI Pan American Games at Telmex Stadium on Oct. 26, 2011, in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Reading buddies Lydia Deckard, left, and Zoe Heinlin found their own space to take turns reading books to each other in Robyn Wells' first grade class at New Harmony School in New Harmony, Ind., on Oct. 27, 2011.
A Syrian teenager wears colors of the national flag at a protest in front of the Syrian embassy in Amman, Jordan, on Oct. 27, 2011.
Indian village women row as they participate in a boat race competition, a ritual after the festival of Diwali, a festival of lights in Habra, India, on Oct. 27, 2011.