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Marines are seen as they advance against Japanese positions during the invasion at Tarawa atoll, Gilbert Islands, in this late November 1943 file photo. Nearly 6,000 people, including some 1,000 Americans, died over three bloody days as U.S. Marines fought their way ashore during the Battle of Tarawa 67 years ago. Now the U.S. military is back on the tiny Pacific atoll just 80 miles north of the equator to search for the remains of Marines who perished there and never made it home. -- PHOTO: AP
Relatives pray for their departed loved ones at the Heroes Cemetery where Philippine President Benigno Aquino III led a wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldiers in honour of the country's heroes at suburban Taguig city, east of Manila, Philippines. -- PHOTO: AP
Helio Castroneves of Brazil drives the Team Penske Dallara Honda during the Indy Car Series PEAK Antifreeze and Motor Oil Indy 300 at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Illinois. -- PHOTO: AFP
Afleet Express (right) with jockey Javier Castellano up, pull ahead of Fly Down (left), ridden by jockey Jose Lezcano, to win the 141st Travers Stakes horse race at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. -- PHOTO: AP
Men wearing medieval warrior costumes perform a sword fight during an international festival called 'Bylinas of ancient Kiev IX-XI centuries' in the village of Kopachev, some 65 km southeast of Kiev. Participants staged a performance which reconstructed battles, traditions and handicrafts widespread among Slavic people in Kievan Russia in the 9th-11th centuries. -- PHOTO: REUTERS