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17:40 GMT, Thursday, 14 August 2008 18:40 UK

In pictures: Georgia tension

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Residents in the Georgian town of Gori have been trying to go about their normal lives ahead of a planned Russian handover back to Georgian forces.

Queue for bread in Gori

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Food shortages have left some residents fighting for loaves of bread at a bakery in the town.

Priests calm man in Gori

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As tension continued, one resident was restrained by priests as he started verbally abusing Russian officers.

Man near burned out apartments

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Many of the town's residents have fled; some of those left behind have been made homeless.

A weary Georgian soldier rests by the road between Gori and the capital Tbilisi.

A weary Georgian soldier rests by the road between Gori and the capital Tbilisi.

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Soldiers as well as residents have been left exhausted by the sudden and brutal conflict.

Casualty lists in Gori

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Lists of killed and wounded are being anxiously studied by Georgian citizens worried about loved ones.

Weapons confiscated in Gori

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As the fragile ceasefire holds, Russian soldiers display weapons they say they have confiscated from Georgian residents.

Russian general

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Plans for joint Russian-Georgian patrols in Gori appear not to have got off the ground, but senior Russians did brief Georgian police officers in Orjosani, 15km (9 miles) from the city of Gori.

Russian troops on outskirts of Gori

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Russian soldiers on the streets of Gori provide a poignant reminder that the situation is far from back to normal.

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