Desperate Georgian Refugees: Longing for a Normal Life

An Orthodox priest looks at a bombed building in Gori, Georgia, on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008. Russian General Anatoly Nogovitsyn has said that combat troops have pulled out of Georgia, leaving behind only peacekeepers.

Georgian women sit near their bombed home in Gori, Georgia, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008.

Georgian refugees stand near their tents in a U.N. camp on Aug. 23, 2008. Many of the people are from the breakaway province of South Ossetia. More than 100,000 people have been displaced from areas of North Georgia and South Ossetia, affected by the invasion of Russian forces, leaving Georgia facing a humanitarian crisis. Residents are now said to be returning to their homes in Gori after Georgian forces took control of the main east-west highway.

David, 14 year-old Georgian boy sleep with his toy-gun in his tent near the village of Tzheta, many of them from the breakaway province of South Ossetia settle into a refugee shelter on Wednesday, 20 August 2008 in Tbilisi, Georgia. More than 100,000 people have been displaced from areas of North Georgia and South Ossetia, affected by the fighting with Russian forces, leaving Gerogia to face a humanitarian crisis.