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• Aug. 22: 1 A convoy of Russian troops drives towards the Abkhazian border at the edge Khobi, western Georgia.
• Aug. 22: A Russian soldier looks out from a truck as his convoy drives towards the Abkhazian border in Zugdidi, western Georgia.
• Aug. 22: A column of Russian military vehicles is seen leaving a checkpoint around Igoeti, on the highway to Gori, Georgia.
• Aug. 22: Russian military vehicles leave a checkpoint on the highway to Gori, Georgia.
• Aug. 22: Tuzhar Kabarayev, left, stands in the courtyard of his destroyed home in Tskhinvali, the regional capital of Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia.
• Aug.19: Russian soldiers take position at the edge of the Black Sea port city of Poti, western Georgia. Russian forces took up positions Thursday at the entrance to Georgia's main Black Sea port city, excavating trenches and setting up mortars facing the city despite Russia's promise to pull back troops from Georgia.
• Aug.19: Russian soldiers take position at the edge of the Black Sea port city of Poti, western Georgia.
• Aug.19: Russian soldiers dig a new position near the Black Sea port of Poti, western Georgia. Russia's president promised to start withdrawing forces from positions in Georgia on Monday, but it is still unclear when Russian troops will leave Georgian soil.
• Aug.19: Georgians detained by Russian troops in the Black Sea port city of Poti are seen in a Georgian army base under the control of Russian forces in Senaki, western Georgia. The movements of Russian forces in Georgia raised questions about whether Russia was fulfilling its side of the cease-fire intended to end the short but intense fighting between Georgians, Russians and its allies.
• Aug.19: Russian soldiers sit atop of their armored personnel carrier at the Black Sea port city of Poti, western Georgia.
• Aug. 20: Two refugees who fled fighting in Georgia sit in temporary accommodation for displaced people at a former Soviet military hospital in downtown Tbilisi.
• Aug. 20: Russian soldiers travel atop an armored personnel carrier as their convoy drives into western Georgia, near the town of Chorotchku. Russia's president promised to start withdrawing forces from positions in Georgia on Monday, but it is still unclear when Russian troops will leave Georgian soil.
• Aug. 20: Russian soldiers block the highway at a checkpoint near Igoeti, northwest of Tbilisi, Georgia.
• Aug. 20: Russian emergency workers help an elderly Georgean resident to leave her village of Kekhvi, 6.25 miles north of Tskhinvali, South Ossetia.
• Aug. 19: Georgians with their eyes covered sit atop a Russian armored personnel carrier while being detained by Russian troops in the Black Sea port city of Poti, western Georgia. Russian troops entered the port of Poti on Tuesday, to detain Georgian people and to loot U.S. military equipment left behind after a joint Georgian, U.S. military exercise.
• Aug. 19: A wounded Russian pilot is carried to a helicopter following a prisoners swap in Igoeti, Georgia, northwest of the capital Tbilisi. Russia and Georgia exchanged prisoners captured during their brief war, a move that may reduce tensions and, Georgia hopes, hasten the promised withdrawal of Russian troops.
• Aug. 19: Russian soldiers take position at the Black Sea port city of Poti, western Georgia. The movements of Russian forces in Georgia raised questions about whether Russia was fulfilling its side of the cease-fire intended to end the short but intense fighting between Georgians, Russians and its allies.
• Aug. 19: Released Georgian prisoners of war, Imeda Kutashvili, Malxaz Meladze, Murman Dumdadaze, Giorgi Ramazashvili, Roland Nakashidze wait in a hospital for a medical check after being exchanged in Tbilisi. Russia and Georgia exchanged prisoners of war Tuesday.
• Aug. 19: Georgian honor guards stand beside coffins during a funeral of Georgian soldiers killed in the recent conflict with Russia at a cemetery in Tbilisi.
• Aug. 18: Georgian women line up to get humanitarian aid in the town of Gori, northwest of the capital Tbilisi. A small column of Russian tanks and armored vehicles left the strategic Georgian city of Gori on Tuesday, the first sign of a Russian pullback of troops from Georgia after a cease-fire intended to end fighting that reignited Cold War tensions.
• Aug. 18: A Russian military vehicle rolls in the outskirts of Gori, which sits on Georgia's only significant east-west road, meaning Russian occupation could effectively cut the country in half
• Aug. 18: A horse-driven chart moves past a Russian soldier at a checkpoint in Khurvaleti, near Gori, Georgia.
• Aug. 18: Russian soldiers are seen at the gate of a Georgian army base under the control of Russian forces in Senaki, western Georgia.
• Aug. 17: A Russian tank is seen driving down the road towards the Georgian military airbase of Senaki, western Georgia.
• Aug. 17: Women walk past a Russian armored vehicle in Gori, northwest of the capital Tbilisi, Georgia.
• Aug. 17: Russian soldiers sit atop an armored vehicle in Tskhinvali the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia's capital.
• Aug. 16: A woman walks past destroyed buildings in Tskhinvali, in the Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia.
• Aug. 16: A Russian soldier travels on his armored vehicle after his convoy went to loot part of the Black Sea port of Poti, western Georgia. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday signed a cease-fire plan that his Georgian counterpart reluctantly agreed to a day earlier, setting the stage for a Russian troop withdrawal after more than a week of warfare.
• Aug. 16: Russian troops travel on their APC after some troops looted part of the Black Sea port of Poti, western Georgia. Hundreds killed since hostilities broke out in Georgia.
• Aug. 16: The looted coast guard harbor of the Black Sea port of Poti is seen through the smashed window of its control tower after Russian troops left it in Poti, Georgia.
• Aug. 16: Russian armored vehicles and soldiers move in Orjosani, between the capital Tbilisi and strategic town of Gori, Georgia. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a truce with Georgia on Saturday, a definitive step toward ending the fighting there despite the uncertainty on the ground reflected by Russian soldiers digging in just 30 miles from the Georgian capital.
• Aug. 16: Russian troops deploy near the village Igoeti, 20 miles from Gori, Georgia. Russian soldiers dug foxholes Saturday on a hillside near the capital of war-battered Georgia as a cease-fire went into effect, setting the stage for a Russian troop withdrawal after more than a week of fighting. It was not immediately clear though if any troops had begun pulling back.
• Aug. 16: Russian armored vehicles move in Orjosani, between the capital Tbilisi and strategic town of Gori.
• Aug. 16: Russian forces ride atop of an armored vehicle in Orjosani, between the capital Tbilisi and strategic town of Gori, Georgia.
• Aug. 16: Russian soldiers rest after digging trenches in Igoeti, northwest of the capital Tbilisi, Georgia.
• Aug. 16: A Russian soldier holds a hand grenade as he rests after digging trenches in Igoeti, northwest of the capital Tbilisi, Georgia.
• Aug. 16: Georgian refugees are seen at a newly erected refugee camp on the outskirts of Tbilisi. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed the cease-fire plan on Saturday, a day after his Georgian counterpart, President Mikhail Saakashvili, reluctantly agreed to the pact after lengthy talks with Washington's top diplomat, Condoleezza Rice.
• Aug. 16: Georgian refugees sit in a tent at a newly erected refugee camp on the outskirts of Tbilisi.
• Aug. 16: Ossetian people light a slogan 'Ossetia is unified' with candles near the St. George Cathedral in Vladikavkaz, Russia.
• Aug. 16: Ossetian women light candles for the memory of victims in South Ossetia in Vladikavkaz, the provincial capital of the region of North Ossetia, Russia.
• Aug. 16: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev heads a security council meeting at the presidential residence in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi. Medvedev on Saturday signed the plan for a cease-fire in Georgia that his Georgian counterpart reluctantly agreed to a day earlier.
• Aug. 16: Georgian refugees walk past a Russian armored vehicle in the village of Igoeti, 31 miles from Tbilisi, Georgia. Refugees have begun returning to their homes, and on Saturday many were sweeping up glass and debris from the fighting.
• Aug. 16: A Russian armored vehicle is seen near village the of Igoeti.
• Aug. 16: Russian troops deploy and block the Tbilisi-Gori road near the village of Igoeti.
• Aug. 16: Russian troops search a local resident's car on the Tbilisi-Gori road near the village of Igoeti.
• Aug. 16: Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili, left, is seen during a meeting with Britain's opposition Conservative leader David Cameron, right, in Tbilisi.
• Aug. 15: Russian soldiers are seen on the outskirts of Gori, northwest of the capital Tbilisi, Georgia. Russian troops on Friday allowed some humanitarian supplies into Georgia's strategic city of Gori but continued their blockade, raising doubts about a fragile cease-fire deal and Russia's intentions in the war-battered country.
• Aug. 15: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and German Chancellor Angela Merkel leave their news conference after the meeting in presidential residence in Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi.
• Aug. 14: Abkhazian separatist soldiers stand in front of the debris of a Georgian military base in the village of Azhara in Kodori Gorge. The foreign minister of Russia said Georgia could "forget about" getting back its two breakaway provinces, and the former Soviet republic remained on edge as Russia sent tank columns to search out and destroy Georgian military equipment.
• Aug. 15: A Georgian refugee girl rests on tables in a classroom of a school used as a refugee center in Kutaisi, western Georgia. Besides the hundreds killed since hostilities broke out in Georgia, the United Nations estimates 100,000 Georgians have been uprooted from their homes. The Russian refusal to withdraw from Georgia presents a challenge to the cease-fire agreement designed to end eight days of fighting.
• Aug. 15: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev talks during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Russian Black Sea resort city of Sochi. Merkel on Friday urged Russian troops to withdraw from Georgia, calling some of the military action there "disproportionate.
• Aug. 15: A Georgian refugee family load belongings onto a truck in Kutaisi, western Georgia. Besides the hundreds killed since hostilities broke out in Georgia, the United Nations estimates 100,000 Georgians have been uprooted. The Russian refusal to withdraw from Georgia presents a challenge to the cease-fire agreement designed to end eight days of fighting.
• Aug. 15: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, and Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili shake hands in Tbilisi. Rice arrived in Georgia on Friday for talks with President Saakashvili on formalizing a French-negotiated ceasefire to the South Ossetian conflict.
• Aug. 13: Refugees from Georgian villages in South Ossetia drive to Tbilisi.
• Aug. 14: Relatives mourn at the wake of South Ossetian citizen Vazha Bestaev in the town of Ardon, south of Vladikavkaz, Russia.
• Aug. 14: Kliment Bestaev mourns during the wake for his brother Vazha in the town of Ardon south of Vladikavkaz, Russia. Vazha Bestaev died in recent fighting in Tskhinvali on Aug.12, 2008.
• Aug. 14: Hundreds of internally displaced Georgians wait outside the Civil Registry to register their arrival in Tbilisi. Two U.S. aid flights arrived in Tbilisi, one late Wednesday and another Thursday, carrying cots, blankets, medicine and surgical supplies for refugees. The United Nations estimates 100,000 Georgians have been uprooted; Russia says 30,000 residents of South Ossetia fled north into Russia.
• Aug. 14: A girl walks in a refugee camp in the town of Alagir. Georgia's parliament voted on Thursday to leave the Commonwealth of Independent States, a Russian-led grouping of ex-Soviet states, after accusing Moscow of starting a war over separatist South Ossetia.
• Aug. 13: People leave Gori, a Georgian town near South Ossetia.
• Aug. 14: A Russian soldier sits with a local in the Georgian city of Gori, near South Ossetia.
• Aug. 14: U.S. Air Force servicemen and workers unload humanitarian aid from a U.S. Air Force cargo plane at Tbilisi airport.
• Aug. 14: Russian soldiers detain a man who carried a weapon in his car at a checkpoint in the Georgian city of Gori, near South Ossetia. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev pledged support on Thursday for two separatist regions fighting for independence from Georgia, as Washington demanded that the war-torn country's territorial integrity be respected.
• Aug. 14: Russian soldiers ride on a tank on the outskirts of Gori, northwest of capital Tbilisi, Georgia. Georgia early Thursday said the Russians were leaving Gori, but later alleged they were bringing in additional troops. Georgian officials who had gone into the city for the possible handover left unexpectedly around midday.
• Aug. 14: A Russian soldier moves through the woods on the outskirts of Gori, northwest of the capital Tbilisi, Georgia. Russian troops began pulling out Thursday from this hub on Georgia's main east-west highway, Georgia's Interior Ministry said, where the soldiers' presence raised fears that Russia would challenge a shaky cease-fire agreement.
• Aug. 14: Russian tanks on the outskirts of Gori, northwest of the capital Tbilisi, Georgia. Georgia early Thursday said the Russians were leaving Gori, but later alleged they were bringing in additional troops. Georgian officials who had gone into the city for the possible handover left unexpectedly around midday.
• Aug. 14: A Georgian soldier rest by the road between Gori and the capital Tbilisi, Georgia. Georgia early Thursday said the Russians were leaving Gori, but later alleged they were bringing in additional troops. Georgian officials who had gone into the city for the possible handover left unexpectedly around midday.
• Aug. 14: Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan arrive for a press briefing in Tbilisi. Erdogan traveled Moscow on Wednesday and Tbilisi on Thursday to discuss the situation in the Caucasus.
• Aug. 14: A Russian soldier, left, talks to Georgian police officers, on the outskirts of Gori, northwest of the capital Tbilisi, Georgia. Russian troops began pulling out Thursday from this hub on Georgia's main east-west highway, Georgia's Interior Ministry said, where the soldiers' presence raised fears that Russia would challenge a shaky cease-fire agreement.
• Aug. 14: Russian soldiers stand next to tanks on the outskirts of Gori, northwest of the capital Tbilisi, Georgia. Georgia early Thursday said the Russians were leaving Gori, but later alleged they were bringing in additional troops. Georgian officials who had gone into the city for the possible handover left unexpectedly around midday.
• Aug. 14: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev meets leader of South Ossetia's government, Eduard Kokoity, right, and Abkhazia's President Sergei Bagapsh, left, in Moscow's Kremlin. The Kremlin announced Thursday that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was meeting with the leaders of Georgia's two separatist provinces, South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
• Aug. 14: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev welcomes Abkhazia's President Sergei Bagapsh and leader of South Ossetia's government, Eduard Kokoity, prior to their meeting in Moscow's Kremlin on. The Kremlin announced Thursday that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was meeting with the leaders of Georgia's two separatist provinces, South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
• Aug. 14: Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Sergei Ivanov Deputy Premier pose with military officers during a meeting in Moscow's, Kremlin.