Cambodian People Watch Cremation Ceremony Of The Late King Father Sihanouk

Cambodia’s Queen Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk (1st L) and King Norodom Sihamoni (2nd L) attend the royal cremation ceremony of the late Cambodian King Father Norodom Sihanouk in Phnom Penh, on Feb. 4, 2013. <Xinhua/Yao Dawei>

Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni pays his last respect to his late King Father Norodom Sihanouk at the cremation ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Feb. 4, 2013. Cambodia began to cremate the body of the country’s most revered King Father Norodom Sihanouk on Monday evening after it had been lying in state for more than three months at the capital’s royal palace. <Xinhua/Sovannara>

Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni, center right, son of the late King Norodom Sihanouk, and his mother, Queen Norodom Monineath, center left, enter the crematorium where the body of Sihanouk rests in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of mourners gathered in Cambodia’s capital Monday for the cremation of Sihanouk, the revered “King-Father,” who survived wars and the murderous Khmer Rouge regime to hold center stage in the Southeast Asian nation for more than half a century. <AP Photo/Wong Maye-E>

Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni, facing camera on right, son of the late King Norodom Sihanouk, and his mother, Queen Norodom Monineath, behind him, pray inside the crematorium where the body of Sihanouk rests in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. <AP Photo/David Guttenfelder>

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (2nd L, front), Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (2nd R, front), and Laos Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong (1st R, front) attend the cremation ceremony of late Cambodian King Father Norodom Sihanouk in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Feb. 4, 2013.

Cambodian people gather to watch the royal cremation ceremony of late Cambodian King Father Norodom Sihanouk in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Feb. 4, 2013. <Xinhua/Sovannara>

Fireworks explode next to a poster of Cambodia’s former King Norodom Sihanouk as his body is cremated in Phnom Penh, Monday, Feb. 4, 2013. <AP Photo/Wong Maye-E>