An Ossetian woman, seen through a bullet hole in the gates of a house, walks in Tskhinvali, capital of Georgian breakaway region of South Ossetia, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. Russia's recognition of both South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent has been denounced in Georgia and abroad. Russian officials allege Georgia still plans to try to take control of both regions, roughly 20 percent of Georgia's territory, by force.
Mired In Mud
A truck is trapped in mud caused by heavy rain brought by Tropical Storm Gustav in Fond Parisien village in Haiti, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. Gustav moved away from the island of Hispaniola, where it killed 23 people in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and inched toward Jamaica to the west. Forecasters predicted it would hug Jamaica's southern shore before making a near-direct hit on Grand Cayman.
New Arrival
A one-day-old unnamed dolphin calf, top right, plays with its mother Dolly in the dolphinarium in the Black Sea town of Varna, some 280 miles east of the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. It is the eighth dolphin born at the dolphinarium in the last 13 years.
Confrontational Stance
An anti-government protester holds a metal pipe as he waits for police at the gates of the Government House, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. Anti-government protesters Thursday defied a court order to end their occupation of the Thai prime minister's office compound, saying they had a right to remain and would stay until the country's leaders resign.
Safe In Mother's Arms
A Western Lowland mother gorilla, Mouila, shows off her new baby male, named Mahale, for the first time at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008.
Monsooned
Villagers wade through floodwaters in Madhepura District in Bihar state, India, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. The death toll from this year's monsoon season has already climbed past 800 across India, and now some 1.2 million people have been marooned and about 2 million more affected in Bihar state, where the Kosi river has burst its banks, breached safety embankments and submerged all roads leading to the region.
Needed Respite
The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, waves from inside a car as he arrives at the Lilavati hospital in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. The Dalai Lama, suffering from exhaustion, has canceled two planned international trips to undergo medical tests, his office said.