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Thursday, 18 October 2012

Photos: Cambodians mourn loss of former king

All photos are courtesy of CNN.

A Cambodian carrying flowers walks past wreaths displayed in memory of the late former King Norodom Sihanouk at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh on Thursday, October 18. Experts in Cambodia began preparations Thursday to embalm his body of the former king who will lie in state at the royal palace for three months ahead of a lavish funeral, a royal aide said.

The coffin of late king is seen on a golden float shaped like a mythological bird, as it passes in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh on Wednesday, October 17. A convoy took the king's body back to Cambodia from Beijing, where he died on Monday at 89.

The sun sets as mourners burn incense and offer prayers for the late former king at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh on Wednesday.


A man takes a photo of a friend with an iPhone as mourners burn incense and offer prayers for the former king at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh on Wednesday.


Sihanouk's widow Queen Monineath, son and current King Norodom Sihamoni (L) and Prince Norodom Ranariddh (C) touch the coffin of the late former King at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh on Wednesday.

Cambodian King Sihamoni cries as he shakes hands with a Buddhist monk at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh.

King Norodom Sihamoni and Queen Monineath at Phnom Penh International Airport on Wednesday.

A Cambodian honor guard carries the coffin of the late former king towards a decorated hearse at the Phnom Penh International Airport on Wednesday.

The coffin of former King Sihanouk is taken off the plane by a Cambodian honor guard, after it arrived at Phnom Penh International Airport on Wednesday.

Cambodian people pray in front of the Royal Palace on Wednesday.


Cambodian Buddhist monks sit with mourners waiting for a convoy transporting the late former king's coffin at the Independence Monument in Phnom Penh which commemorates the end of French rule over Cambodia in 1954.

Cambodian people watch as workers install a portrait of Sihanouk in front of the Royal Palace on Tuesday.

Cambodian people light candles on Tuesday evening.

Cambodian nuns and other people gather in front of the palace on Monday, October 15.

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