Today in photos (Oct. 28)

View a gallery of photos from around the world on Monday, Oct. 28, 2013.

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Mon., Oct. 28, 2013

People watch the waves batter into the sea wall of a marina in Brighton, south England, Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. A major storm with hurricane force winds is lashing much of Britain, causing flooding and travel delays including the cancellation of roughly 130 flights at London's Heathrow Airport. Weather forecasters say it is one of the worst storms to hit Britain in years.

Sang Tan Associated Press
A Pakistani boy working at a brick factory uses donkeys to transport bricks from one site to another, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 28, 2013.

Muhammed Muheisen Associated Press
Photographers watch the sunrise at the Praia do Norte, north beach, at the fishing village of Nazare in Portugal's Atlantic coast Monday, Oct. 28 2013. On Monday Brazilian suffer Carlos Burle surfed a wave here that surf media suggest could be the biggest wave ever surfed and Maya Gabeira, also from Brazil, nearly drowned and was taken to hospital with a broken ankle after falling in a big wave.

Miguel Barreira Associated Press
Brazilian surfer Carlos Burle, left, rescues fellow surfer Maya Gabeira, also from Brazil who nearly drowned after falling trying to ride a big wave at the Praia do Norte, north beach, at the fishing village of Nazare in Portugal's Atlantic coast Monday, Oct. 28 2013. Gabeira was taken to hospital and is reportedly doing well despite suffering a broken ankle.

Miguel Barreira Associated Press
A man sleeps inside a cardboard box in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Oct. 28, 2013. The unemployment rate for the July-September period fell from 26.3 percent to 26.0 percent, leaving the total number of jobless at a rounded 5.9 million, the Spanish National Statistics Institute said Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013.

Andres Kudacki Associated Press
A mourner reaches out to Daniel Ritzer, brother of slain Danvers High School teacher Colleen Ritzer, as he accompanies his mother, Peggie, out of St. Augustine Church in Andover, Mass., Monday Oct. 28, 2013, after Colleen Ritzer's funeral service. Ritzer, 24, who taught math at Danvers High School, was killed in a school bathroom after dismissal Tuesday, police said. Her body was found in woods behind the school, and student Philip Chism, 14, has been arrested in connection with Ritzer's murder.

Elise Amendola Associated Press