A Change of Guard

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Thursday 18 October 2012

Photo gallery: Body of late Cambodian king arrives home

Published on Oct 18, 2012



PHNOM PENH (AFP) - The body of Cambodia's revered former King Norodom Sihanouk arrived back in his homeland on Wednesday as tens of thousands of mourners filled the streets of the capital to pay their last respects.
An Air China special flight from Beijing, where the ex-monarch had been receiving medical treatment since January, transported his coffin to Phnom Penh airport.
Published on Oct 18, 2012
Published on Oct 18, 2012
Cambodians burn incense stick as they offer prayers in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012. Cambodians continue to pray for the soul of their former King Norodom Sihanouk as the country prepared for the return of his body. -- PHOTO: AP
Cambodians burn incense stick as they offer prayers in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012. Cambodians continue to pray for the soul of their former King Norodom Sihanouk as the country prepared for the return of his body. -- PHOTO: AP

A Cambodian honour guard transports the body of the late former king Norodom Sihanouk from a plane at the Phnom Penh International Airport on Oct 17, 2012. Tens of thousands of mourners lined the streets of the Cambodian capital on Oct 17 to pay their last respects to revered former king Norodom Sihanouk on his final journey home from China. -- PHOTO: AFP
A Cambodian honour guard transports the body of the late former king Norodom Sihanouk from a plane at the Phnom Penh International Airport on Oct 17, 2012. Tens of thousands of mourners lined the streets of the Cambodian capital on Oct 17 to pay their last respects to revered former king Norodom Sihanouk on his final journey home from China. -- PHOTO: AFP
People pray as they see the coffin of former king Norodom Sihanouk on a royal truck along a street in Phnom Penh on Oct 17, 2012. Tens of thousands poured into Cambodia's capital to witness the procession on Wednesday of the body of Sihanouk, a revered figure who ruled through the triumph of independence to the tragedy of its brutal civil war. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
People pray as they see the coffin of former king Norodom Sihanouk on a royal truck along a street in Phnom Penh on Oct 17, 2012. Tens of thousands poured into Cambodia's capital to witness the procession on Wednesday of the body of Sihanouk, a revered figure who ruled through the triumph of independence to the tragedy of its brutal civil war. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
People attend the procession of the body of former king Norodom Sihanouk along a street in Phnom Penh on Oct 17, 2012. Tens of thousands poured into Cambodia's capital to witness the procession on Wednesday of the body of Sihanouk, a revered figure who ruled through the triumph of independence to the tragedy of its brutal civil war. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
People attend the procession of the body of former king Norodom Sihanouk along a street in Phnom Penh on Oct 17, 2012. Tens of thousands poured into Cambodia's capital to witness the procession on Wednesday of the body of Sihanouk, a revered figure who ruled through the triumph of independence to the tragedy of its brutal civil war. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Mourners react as the coffin of former king Norodom Sihanouk arrives at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh on Oct 17, 2012. Tens of thousands poured into Cambodia's capital to witness the procession on Wednesday of the body of Sihanouk, a revered figure who ruled through the triumph of independence to the tragedy of its brutal civil war. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Mourners react as the coffin of former king Norodom Sihanouk arrives at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh on Oct 17, 2012. Tens of thousands poured into Cambodia's capital to witness the procession on Wednesday of the body of Sihanouk, a revered figure who ruled through the triumph of independence to the tragedy of its brutal civil war. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A phoenix float carrying the casket carrying late former King Norodom Sihanouk arrives at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012. The body of Cambodia's late King 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. -- PHOTO: AP
A phoenix float carrying the casket carrying late former King Norodom Sihanouk arrives at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Wednesday, Oct 17, 2012. The body of Cambodia's late King 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. -- PHOTO: AP
Thousands of mourners gather at the gates of the Royal Palace minutes after the coffin of former king Norodom Sihanouk arrived in Phnom Penh on Oct 17, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Thousands of mourners gather at the gates of the Royal Palace minutes after the coffin of former king Norodom Sihanouk arrived in Phnom Penh on Oct 17, 2012. -- PHOTO: REUTERS

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