Cambodia's first-ever successfully captive bred Greater Adjutant Storks brings hope to species survival. 📷 REUTERS/Roun Ry

Cambodian students hold up flowers as balloons are released at the Independence Monument during a ceremony marking Cambodia's 72nd Independence Day, in Phnom Penh on November 9, 2025. 📷 TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP

Cambodian men throw their fishing nets into a lake in Kandal province, near Phnom Penh, on October 18, 2025. 📷 TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP

A ferry transports passengers and vehicles across the Mekong River in Phnom Penh on May 26, 2025. 📷 TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP

Motorcyclists transport vegetables along a street in Phnom Penh on May 26, 2025. 📷 TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP

Workers ride a truck along a street in Phnom Penh on May 26, 2025. 📷 TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP

Technicians install the Cambodian bronze depicting "The Reclining Vishnu" from West Mebon, a temple at Angkor, following it's restoration at the Nantes Departmental Laboratory Arc'Antique, at the Guimet Museum in central Paris on April 18, 2025.

According to archaeologists, the head of the same statue was dug up in 1927 and is now in Cambodia's National museum in the capital Phnom Penh, and the two parts may be reattached for display. 📷 Apsara National Authority via AP

A local woman cleans water lilies at Boeung Tamok lake, preparing to sell the flowers at a market, as they could be used for an ingredient for soup, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, March. 11, 2025. 📷 AP Photo/Heng Sinith

The sun rises over a fisherman boat passing along the Mekong river in Phnom Penh on March 11, 2025. 📷 TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP

Local visitors are silhouetted against the setting sun as they buy snacks at Chong Tnol, outside Phnom Penh Cambodia, Saturday, March 8, 2025. 📷 (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

A vendor grills a rice cake known as nom kreap for sale along a street in Phnom Penh on March 6, 2025. 📷 TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP

Cambodian kickboxers, a martial art known as Kun Khmer, jog along a road as part of their training in Phnom Penh on March 6, 2025. 📷 TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP

A local vendor heads home after his selling food in Chambork Thom village, outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. 📷 (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Cambodian farmers harvest water mimosa, a popular vegetable dish, at a farm in Phnom Penh on February 25, 2025. 📷 TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP

Vendors transport ox-carts along a street in Phnom Penh on February 20, 2025. 📷 TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP

A farmer sprays insecticide on a morning glory field on the outskirts of Phnom Penh on February 20, 2025. 📷 TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP

A Cambodian farmer herds her goats back home after spending time grazing outside at Prey Popel village outside Phnom Penh Cambodia, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. 📷 AP Photo/Heng Sinith

Local villagers make fake flowers from corn husk in Tnout Chum Village, southern Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Valentine's Day Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. 📷 AP Photo/Heng Sinith

This photograph shows The Reclining Vishnu of the West Mebon during its restoration at the Departmental Laboratory Arc'Antique in Nantes, western France, on February 12, 2025, before its presentation at the Guimet Museum in Paris on April 2025. 📷 Sebastien Salom-Gomis / AFP

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Young students cycle to school outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday morning, Feb. 10, 2025. 📷 AP Photo/Heng Sinith

Cambodian vendors sell deep-fried spiders at the town of Skun, northeast of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. 📷 AP Photo/Heng Sinith

Cambodian Buddhist monks walk for receiving alms from devotees at outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. 📷 AP Photo/Heng Sinith

An aerial view shows the city skyline blanketed in polluted haze amid high levels of air pollution in Phnom Penh on February 2, 2025. 📷 AFP

An aerial view shows the city skyline blanketed in polluted haze amid high levels of air pollution in Phnom Penh on February 2, 2025. 📷 AFP

An aerial view shows the city skyline blanketed in polluted haze amid high levels of air pollution in Phnom Penh on February 2, 2025. 📷 AFP

An aerial view shows the city skyline blanketed in polluted haze in Phnom Penh on February 1, 2025. 📷 Suy SE / AFP

Workers collect discarded items in a landfill on the outskirts of Phnom Penh on January 30, 2025. 📷 TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP

Cambodian Buddhist monks walk for receiving alms from devotees at Chvieng village outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. 📷 AP Photo/Heng Sinith

Cambodian dancers perform during the "Celebrating Cambodia" event as part of the New Year's Eve in front of Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday Dec. 31, 2024. 📷 AP Photo/Heng Sinith

A worker sweeps in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh on January 2, 2025. 📷 TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP

An installation spells out the Cambodian word nhor nhem (meaning smile) in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh on January 2, 2025. 📷 TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP

Women look at a billboard displaying images of elderly people for New Year celebrations in Phnom Penh on January 2, 2025. 📷 TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP

This aerial picture taken on December 16, 2024 in Sihanoukville shows a view on the shoreline with the skyline in the background. 📷 AFP

Scientists, officials and fishermen release a 300-pound giant freshwater catfish after it was tagged, into the Mekong River, near Kampong Cham province, Cambodia, December 10, 2024. 📷 Chhut Chheana/USAID via REUTERS

Last supermoon of the year called the Beaver Moon lights above a medical sign outside Phnom Penh Cambodia, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. 📷 AP Photo/Heng Sinith

His Majesty Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia, lighted the victory flame to kick off the parade of the illuminated boats. 📷 AFP

Cambodian people joyfully celebrate the three-day Water Festival from Nov. 14 to 16, 2024 in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh.📷 AFP

Dancers perform during the 20th anniversary of Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni's coronation in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh on October 30, 2024. 📷 AFP

Cambodia celebrates 20th anniversary of King Sihamoni’s coronation --- The 20th anniversary of King Norodom Sihamoni’s coronation was celebrated with a grand ceremony in Phnom Penh on October 30, with over 10,000 people taking part. 👉 en.vietnamplus.vn/cambodia-cel...

Cambodia celebrates 20th anniversary of King Sihamoni’s coronation --- The 20th anniversary of King Norodom Sihamoni’s coronation was celebrated with a grand ceremony in Phnom Penh on October 30, with over 10,000 people taking part. 👉 en.vietnamplus.vn/cambodia-cel...

King Norodom Sihamoni: 20th Anniversary of the Coronation of the Country’s 21st Century Monarch --- In 2004, King Norodom Sihanouk made the decision of stepping down from the throne. 👉 cambodianess.com/article/king... 📷 AP & REUTERS

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A general night view of the Angkor Thom south gate is pictured at the Angkor complex in Siem Reap province on September 16, 2024. 📷 AFP

Construction workers prepare to build foundations along a street next to a billboard with an image of New York City in Phnom Penh on August 21, 2024. 📷 AFP

A general view shows the boats where members of a Cambodian Muslim community live moored on the banks of the Mekong River in Phnom Penh on August 16, 2024. 📷 AFP

Ferries sail along the Mekong River at dawn in Phnom Penh on August 13, 2024. 📷 AFP

Trafficked Cambodian artifacts returned from US --- PHNOM PENH — Buddhist monks in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh chanted blessings and threw flowers on Thursday to welcome 14 trafficked artifacts repatriated from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. 📷 AFP | Full Story: bit.ly/3XXJ9SW

Kong Nay is known internationally as the master of the chapei dang veng, a traditional Cambodian instrument resembling a long-necked lute, age 80, passed away Friday, June 28, 2024. 📷 AFP