Today in photos (Oct. 7)

View a gallery of photos from around the world on Monday, Oct. 7, 2013.

Section:Gallery

Mon., Oct. 7, 2013

A Marine carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Marine Lance Cpl. Jeremiah M. Collins Jr. of Milwaukee, upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base, Del., on Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. The Department of Defense announced the death of Collins Jr., who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ORG XMIT: DEJL103

Jose Magana Fr159526 Ap
A Bahraini man walks past a wall with graffiti and images of prisoners painted over by authorities, in Malkiya village, Bahrain, Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. Bahrain says nine people have been sentenced to life in prison after being tried on charges of bomb-making in the restive Gulf nation. Monday's verdicts mark the latest in a series of recent court decisions that have raised tensions in the strategic kingdom, home to the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet.

Hasan Jamali Associated Press
Orthodox Jews gather to watch the funeral procession of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef in Jerusalem, Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. Rabbi Yosef, the religious scholar and spiritual leader of Israel's Sephardic Jews who transformed his downtrodden community of immigrants from North Africa and Arab nations and their descendants into a powerful force in Israeli politics, has died. He was 93.

Ariel Schalit Associated Press
Anti-abortion supporter Paige Cofield of Washington, DC., second from left, stands outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, Oct. 7, 2013, on the first day of the 2013-2014 term. The justices take the bench Monday for the start of their new term with important cases about campaign contributions, housing discrimination and government-sanctioned prayer already on tap. Abortion, contraceptive coverage under the president's new health care law and mobile phone privacy also may find their way onto the court's calendar.

Evan Vucci Associated Press
Miley Cyrus performs on NBC's "Today" show on Monday, Oct. 7, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP) ORG XMIT: NYCS111

Charles Sykes Invision
Specilaist Fabian Caceres works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. The stock market is opening sharply lower as the U.S. government heads into a second week of a partial shutdown with no signs of a budget agreement in sight.

Richard Drew Associated Press