Conflict in the Caucasus: Demonstrations

The flags of Russia and South Ossetia are linked at a rally in Tskhinvali. Moscow’s top diplomat said 500 troops would remain at eight posts in Georgia proper, well outside South Ossetia, an enclave seeking independence from Georgia. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

Sept. 16, 2014 2:39 AM PT

Three-year-old Konstantin holds a Georgian national flag during a rally in Berlin. (Markus Schreiber / Associated Press)

Pro-Georgian demonstrators protest in London. (Ben Stansall, AFP/Getty Images)

Pro-Georgian demonstrators protest against Russia’s bombings in Georgia during a rally in Duesseldorf, western Germany. (Steffi Loos AFP/Getty Images)

Georgian immigrants take part in a demonstration in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. (Nikolas Giakoumidis / Associated Press)

A Georgian woman weeps during a rally outside the Russia embassy in Prague, Czech Republic. (Filip Singer / EPA)

Demonstrators with Georgian flags and placards rally outside the Russian Embassy in Berlin. The group protested Russia’s armed confrontation with Georgia. (Markus Schreiber / Associated Press)

Israeli citizens from Haifa, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gush Dan and Jerusalem of Georgian origin hold the Georgian flags and chant anti-Russian slogans during a human chain protest along the sea front in Tel Aviv in front of foreign embassies, including the U.S. embassy, the president of the European Union, the French embassy and that of Russia. (Jack Guez AFP/Getty Images)

Around 50,000 Georgians rally in front of the parliament building in central Tbilisi to protest against the ongoing armed conflicts involving Russia, Georgia, and the Georgian breakaway republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. (Zviad Nikolaishvili AFP/Getty Images)

Protesters rally against Russia’s military incursion into neighboring Georgia near the Russian Mission to the United Nations in New York. (Jason DeCrow / Associated Press)

In a protest against the Russian military action in South Ossetia, demonstrators attend a rally in Hungary.

In a protest against the Russian military action in South Ossetia, demonstrators attend a rally, organized by Hungarian right-wing youth organizations Fidelitas and Christian Democratic Youths’ Organisation, outside the Russian Embassy in Budapest, Hungary. (Lajos Soos / Associated Press)

Russian protesters with a poster of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili behind bars wear black ribbons in honor of the South Ossetian and Russian troops killed in the armed conflict with Georgia, outside the Georgian embassy in Moscow. (Sergey Shakhidjanian / AFP/Getty Images)

Mourners hold candles in front of the St. Saviour cathedral in Moscow early Thursday morning. Russia observed a day of mourning Wednesday in memory of the victims of the conflict over South Ossetia, following a decree from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. (Alexey Sazonov / AFP/Getty Images))

Supporters of Russian-backed rebel regions Abkhazia and South Ossetia hold up placards during a demonstration in front of the Georgia Consulate in Istanbul. (Bulent Kilic, AFP/Getty Images)