Photo Gallery Images from a War
An Abkhazian soldier celebrates on Tuesday after helping to drive Georgian troops out of their last military toe-hold in the province.
Russian soldiers in South Ossetia on Monday. The Russian response easily overwhelmed Georgian forces in the province.
The war was triggered when Georgian troops marched into South Ossetia on their way to the province's capital Tskhinvali. Some, like this man watching the Georgian army drive past, were happy to see them.
It wasn't long before shock set in. Here, Georgian girls examine a list of wounded posted in the town of Gori last Friday.
Georgian reserves waiting for their orders in the town of Gori, located just south of South Ossetia.
The Russian response to Georgia's offensive was swift and harsh. Here, a Georgian man holds the body of a relative after a Russian bomb fell on an apartment block in Gori.
A number of fires broke out across Gori as a result of repeated Russian bombardments.
The Russian army also marched into South Ossetia to drive the Georgians out of the province.
It remains unclear how many casualties the war produced. But the civilian toll was high. Here, a woman in Gori stands in front of the hospital.
This woman in Gori was injured in one of the Russian bombing runs on the town.
The Georgian attack on Tskhinvali, the capital city of South Ossetia, resulted in a flood of refugees trying to escape the city.
The Georgian attack likewise drove many into the cellars. This makeshift hospital was set up last weekend to care for the wounded in Tskhinvali.
These South Ossetians went underground to escape the Georgian attack.
Once Russia moved into South Ossetia, Georgian armed forces quickly withdrew. Here, a Georgian troop carrier heads south for the border on Sunday.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin interrupted his trip to the Beijing Olympics to visit the wounded in a hospital in North Ossetia, which is part of Russia.
This South Ossetian woman was injured by a Georgian attack on her village Dzhava.
It wasn't long, though, before Russian troops pushed the Georgians out of Dzhava.
The international community condemned Russia for having moved into Georgian territory. Much of the city of Gori was severely damaged by the Russian attack.
This woman stands before the ruins of the apartment block she lived in.
Many Georgians were likewise forced out of their homes. These refugees were fleeing their village of Troiavi, near the border with Abkhazia on Sunday. The province of Abkhazia attacked Georgia and opened up a second front in the war.
Russian soldiers advancing toward the South Ossetian capital, Tskhinvali, on Sunday.
A Georgian woman reacting as she hears Russian airplanes flying over her village not far from Gori.
A South Ossetian woman mourns at a Monday funeral in Tskhinvali.
Georgia withdrew its soldiers from Iraq in order to help with the fighting back home. Here, Georgian troops at the Tbilisi airport after arriving from Iraq.
Many South Ossetians, like these two children, fled north across the border into North Ossetia, which is part of Russia.
Georgian troops pulled back on Monday to protect the capital of Tbilisi from the Russian advance. The attack on the Georgian capital never materialized.
Russian soldiers take a breather after attacking the Georgian village of Zemo Nikozi on Monday.
A Georgian man waves a flag outside of the Russian Mission to the European Union in Brussels. The EU is deciding on how to respond to the war on Wednesday.
