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Ta Phrom Temple, built in the 12th century, overgrown..Siem Reap, Cambodia
Barrage net fishing. Tonle Sap, Cambodia
Barrage net fishing. Tonle Sap, Cambodia
Aerials, Quartre Bras.Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Aerials, Quartre Bras. Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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A person steps into a basket of minnows.
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Rats and snakes hang from a branch of bamboo.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Haunting ruins, like these at Angkor Thom, are all that remain of the spectacular kingdom of Angkor.
The great kingdom of Angkor reached its height between the 9th and 13th centuries. Less than a century after Zheng He visited...
A baby sleeps, cradled in a fishing net in Siem Riep.
Floating fish farmers anchor along the shores fo the great lake Tonle Sap near Siem Riep.
Stilt houses stand on the edge of Tonle Sap in Kampong Chhang. Zheng He's chronicler Fei Hsin called Kampang Chhang the south...
Clouds form an omnious canopy during the rainy season at Stung Treng, Cambodia.
Barrage-net fishermen pull a 300-pound carp from the Tonle Sap, north of Phnom Penh. The lake, Cambodia's richest fishing spo...
Each January, families from up to 100 miles away travel to the banks of the Tonle Sap, north of Phnom Penh, during the prahak...
A farmer takes advantage of the flood swollen Mekong outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia to fill his irrigation buckets. The river b...
house on stilts
house on stilts
The dancing Apsara, the mythological entertainers of the Hindu gods, are one of the principal motifs in Khmer temple carvings...
From Angkor, the former capital of the great kingdom that ruled the entire Mekong river basin between the ninth and the thirt...
Workers, reclaiming the great temple from the ravages of time and war, scour the front facade of Angkor Wat, as part of a Uni...
Life has returned to this war-weary city, once emptied by Pol Pot, and a new generation decks itself in Sunday best for a mop...
Cambodian flags, with the image of Angkor Wat emblazoned on them, are raised in tribute to mark the return of Prince Sihanouk.
A poster artist puts the finishing touches on a likeness of Prince Sihanouk, celebrating his return in 1992 from a thirteen-y...
Reviving centuires-old traditions all but lost in the Khmer Rouge's campaign of terror, the school of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh...
The few temples that survied the destruction of the Khmer Rouge depend on donations for their upkeep. A larger-than-life monk...
Oarsmen compete in pirogue races during the Festival of the Turning of the Waters. The festival celebrates the reversal of th...
Phnom Penh on Sundays teems with what seems like its entire population mingling in the crush of wheels. Cambodia.
As Cambodia's economy struggles to revive itself, inflation is rampant. This sign painter made 850,000 riel ($1,000) for inst...
A young mine victim at the 1/79 Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The hospital is the largest facility in the country devoted...
Victims of the thousands of land mines buried throughout Cambodia pass the time at the 1/79 Military Hospital in Phnom Penh, ...
The first car of Cambodia's only operating train is said to be the cheapest seat in the country. Travel is free for passenger...
With tentative new optimism in Cambodia, Buddhism is experiencing a resurgence. This factory is busy producing colorful Buddh...
Two sisters at play splash in the murky waters of the Mekong as it churns through Phnom Penh, the largest city on the river, ...
Barrage nets strung across the Tonle Sap Lake, the great regulator of the Mekon's waters, trap a bounty of up to 50 tons of f...
Looking through a doorway at Angkor Wat, Cambodia.
A child and monk walking at Angkor Wat, Cambodia.
One of the gargantuan faces on the towers of the Banyon casts an enigmatic gaze over the walls of the city. Angkor Thom, Camb...
A shed at the edge of Kampong Cham's "killing field" holds hundreds of skulls heaped on the floor, a grim reminder of the tho...