Army Sergeant Saul Martinez, who lost his legs when an improvised explosive device exploded in Iraq, paddles out to catch a wave during Operation Amped, a surf camp for injured service men and women in California [GALLO/GETTY]
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Residents of Catoira village in northwestern Spain re-enact a Viking assault which took place 1,000 years ago on the coast of Galicia [AFP]
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A demonstrator calls for the resignation of Gloria Arroyo as the Philippine president delivers her annual state of the nation address [AFP]
The Red Kangaroos from Australian circus act ''Circus Oz'' perform on Edinburgh''s Calton Hill before the Edinburgh Fringe Festival [AFP]
Blindfolded and handcuffed Palestinians are allowed into Israel from the Gaza Strip after clashes between Fatah supporters and the ruling Hamas movement [AFP]
A patient has her eyes checked by a volunteer optomologist at a free weekend clinic, staffed by more than 1,400 volunteer doctors and medical personnel, in the United States [GALLO/GETTY]
A Pakistani girl watches a solar eclipse in the city of Karachi [AFP]
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A native Wititi dancer plays the quena during a ceremony held in Patacamaya, Bolizia, as Venezuela's state-owned oil company PDVSA delivered the first oil drilling equipment to be operated jointly with Bolivia's YPFB [AFP]
An education worker, taking part in a protest demanding that the government enacts a new pension law, runs away from riot policemen during a blockade of the road linking La Paz with Cochabamba [AFP]
Soldiers of South Korea''s special warfare command undergo physical training during a military drill in Muchangpo, 190 kilometres south of Seoul [AFP]
