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Mourners greet King Norodom Sihanouk’s body The body of Cambodia’s late King Norodom Sihanouk was returned to his homeland on a plane from China on Wednesday, welcomed by tens of thousands of mourners who packed tree-lined roads in the Southeast Asian nation’s capital ahead of the royal funeral. Sihanouk, 89, died Monday of a heart attack in Beijing, where he had been receiving medical treatment since January.
Oct. 19, 2012
People feed pigeons outside the Royal Palace where Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk's body rests in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Wong Maye-E
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AP
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A Cambodian Buddhist monk shaves a man's head as they pay their respect to Sihanouk in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh.
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Lay monks offer prayers for Sihanouk in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh. First crowned king in 1941, Sihanouk stepped down in 1953 to pursue a political career. He became head of state, and during the Cold War tried to steer his country on a neutralist course. Eventually, however, his country became enmeshed in the conflict in neighboring Vietnam, leading to his first fall from power and culminating in the murderous rule of the communist Khmer Rouge in the late 1970s, during which about 1.7 million of his countrymen perished.
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People sort out portraits of Sihanouk for sale at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh. After the Khmer Rouge was ousted and Sihanouk regained the throne in 1993, he rebuilt his reputation as the conscience of his country. But Hun Sen, a tough and canny politician who had defected from the Khmer Rouge, undercut his influence, and a discouraged Sihanouk gave up the throne eight years ago. Sihanouk spent much of the rest of his life in China.
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A Cambodian woman wipes her tears as she mourns the death of Sihanouk at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh.
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Oct. 18, 2012
People light candles and incense sticks while paying their respects to Sihanouk in front of the Royal Palace.
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Cambodians burn incense sticks to pray for Sihanouk in front of the Royal Palace.
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Oct. 17, 2012
Mourners burn incense and offer prayers at the Royal Palace, adorned with a portrait of Sihanouk, in Phnom Penh.
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Oct. 17, 2012
Mourners burn incense and offer prayers for Sihanouk at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh.
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Oct. 17, 2012
Monks line up outside the Royal Palace to pay their respects to the former king of Cambodia near the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh.
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Oct. 17, 2012
Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni, center right, accompanied by his mother, Queen Monineqath Sihanouk, center left, arrives from Beijing at Phnom Penh International Airport. A Boeing 747 arranged by the government of China — a steadfast friend of the late monarch for decades — brought back the late king’s body, which was accompanied by his son and widow.
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Oct. 17, 2012
A portrait of Cambodia’s late King Norodom Sihanouk leads the procession of Sihanouk’s body along a street to the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh.
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Oct. 17, 2012
Cambodian Buddhist monks sit on a flotilla designed to represent a giant golden phoenix-like bird as they attend the body of Cambodia’s late King Norodom Sihanouk on the procession to the Royal Palace.
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Royal officers carry the coffin of former king Norodom Sihanouk on a royal truck along a street in Phnom Penh.
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Oct. 17, 2012
Moruners await the arrival of the coffin carrying the body of former King Norodom Sihanouk in Phnom Penh. Crowds had gathered since morning all along the five-mile route, many wearing white, a color of mourning in Buddhist tradition. Officials estimated the crowd to be more than 200,000. Long Demon, a city government spokesman, told the local news Web site DAP that as many as 1.2 million people in total, including many from outside the capital, had come to mourn.
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Oct. 17, 2012
Cambodians gather on the roadside to pay their respect to Cambodia’s late King Norodom Sihanouk as the casket carrying his body proceeds to the Royal Palace.
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Oct. 17, 2012
Women and children cry as the coffin of former king Norodom Sihanouk passes them along a street in Phnom Penh.
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Oct. 17, 2012
A boy joins others waiting for the coffin of former king Norodom Sihanouk to arrive at the Royal Palace.
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Oct. 17, 2012
Mourners hold pictures and flowers as they wait for the coffin of former king Norodom Sihanouk to arrive at the Royal Palace.
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Mourners cry upon the arrival of the casket carrying the body of former King Norodom Sihanouk at the Royal Palace.
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