Friday: The day in photos

A column of Russian troops in tanks and trucks drives toward the Russian border near the town Ruk in the South Ossetia breakaway region. Russian forces began to pull out from parts of Georgia, but a top general said hundreds of soldiers would remain deep inside the country along the main strategic highway.  (Dmitry Kostyukov / AFP/Getty Images)

A Kashmiri Muslim woman watches a protest rally against Indian rule in Srinagar, India.  (Mukhtar Khan / Associated Press)

Syed Ali Shah Geelani, head of the hardline All Parties Hurriyat Conference, center, is lifted up by supporters during a protest in Srinagar, India, against Indian rule.  (Mukhtar Khan / Associated Press)

Stan Kasyanov surveys flood waters left by Tropical Storm Fay in the Lamplighter Village in Melbourne, Fla. Unlike many of his neighbors, Kasyanov stayed in his home during the storm, which dumped more than 2 feet of rain along parts of Florida‘s low-lying central Atlantic coast.  (J. Pat Carter / Associated Press)

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt, left, and Asafa Powell celebrate a gold-medal win in the men’s 4 x 100-meter relay at the National Stadium during the Beijing Olympics.  (Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press)

U.S. beach volleyball player Todd Rogers celebrates in the stands after he and teammate Phil Dalhausser defeated Brazil to win the gold medal in the men’s final at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Spain’s Pau Gasol celebrates as Lithuania’s Sarunas Jasikevicius looks dejected during a men’s semifinal basketball game at the Wukesong Indoor Stadium at the Beijing Games. Spain won 91-86.  (Ezra Shaw / Getty Images)

U.S. heavyweight boxer Deontay Wilder, left, exchanges punches with Clemente Russo of Italy during a semifinal match at Beijing’s Workers’ Gymnasium. Wilder, the last remaining U.S. boxer in the 2008 Olympics, lost to Russo but will get a bronze medal.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Maris Stromberg of Latvia, right, pulls into the finish ahead of Mike Day, left, and Donny Robinson in the Olympic BMX final run at Beijing’s Laoshan track.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

USA’s Bryan Clay makes a leap in the rain during the high jump competition of the men’s decathlon at the Beijing Olympics.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Oksana Udmurtova of Russia competes in the women’s long jump final at the National Stadium at the Beijing Olympic Games.  (Kay Nietfeld / EPA)

Slovenia’s Damjan Sitar makes an attempt in the javelin event of the Olympic men’s decathlon at the National Stadium in Beijing.  (David J. Phillip / Associated Press)