A Georgian woman cries in front of her destroyed apartment building in the city of Gori, Georgia. Georgia reported Russian tanks moving into its key central city of Gori outside the breakaway province of South Ossetia. (Bela Szandelszky / Associated Press)
A woman sits behind a damaged windshield as people flee from the town of Gori, Georgia. According to eye-witness reports, villages in Georgia have been burned and looted as Russian forces advanced from the breakaway province of South Ossetia. Russia, however, denies that any of its tanks are in Gori. (Burak Kara / Getty Images)
Georgian soldiers set up their position near Gori, Georgia, northwest of capital Tbilisi. (Darko Bandic / Associated Press)
A girls weeps in the back of a car as people flee on foot and in cars from the town of Gori, Georgia. (Burak Kara / Getty Images)
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A South Ossetian woman embraces a Russian soldier in a basement in Tskhinvali. (Maxim Shipenkov / EPA)
People flee by bus from the town of Gori, Georgia. (Burak Kara / Getty Images)
Armed soldiers secure a warehouse in Pikit, Phillipines, where hundreds of evacuees took shelter from the fighting between government troops and Muslim rebels of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. (Mark Navales / AFP/Getty Images)
An Indian family sits in its flooded home after a heavy monsoon in the northern Indian city of Amritsar. (Narinder Nanu / AFP/Getty Images)
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China gymnast Li Shanshan leaps from the balance beam in the women’s team finals in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
A U.S. fan cheers during a soccer match against Nigeria in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The U.S. lost 2-1. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
Michael Phelps competes in the men’s 200-meter butterfly final at the National Aquatics Center at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. He finished the race in 1.52.49, a new world record. (Adam Pretty / Getty Images)
Michael Phelps, from left, Ryan Lochte, Ricky Berens and Peter Vanderkaay step up to the podium to accept gold medals for the men’s 4x200 meter freestyle relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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Chris Colwill and Jevon Tarantino of the U.S. competes in the men’s synchronised 3-meter springboard final at the National Aquatics Center at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. (Paul Gilham / Getty Images)
Eric Shanteau of the U.S. competes in the men’s 200-meter breaststroke Semifinal 2 at the Beijing Olympic Games. (Nick Laham / Getty Images)
USA’s Marvell Wynn collides with Nigeria’s Victor Obinna while competing for the ball during a Group B soccer match in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The U.S. lost 2-1 and was eliminated from play. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
