CAMBODIA: National Elections 2013

Voting booths in a public school ahead of national elections in rural Cambodia.

A CNRP supporter waves a flag during opposition leader Sam Rainsy’s return to Cambodia.

An estimated 100,000 supporters welcomed CNRP’s Sam Rainsy on his return from self-imposed exile to Cambodia.

Voting stations located at Dom Bok Kpous Pagoda in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey District.

A Buddhist monk casts his vote at Wat Phnom Bunrang High School voting station in Phnom Penh.

CAMBODIA: National Elections 2013 Despite the number of irregularities – such as fake indelible ink and unregistered voters, reported by human rights organizations and international observers, on July 28th 2013, Cambodia saw its National Elections. Hours after the polls closed, riots erupted in Phnom Penh.

Different kinds of ‘indelible’ ink were used at different voting stations. Voters complained the purple ink came off easily after washing it off.

A Muslim woman casts her vote at her local Mosque on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.

Prime Minister Hun Sen addresses the media during his visit to Stung Meanchey’s bridge on his first appearance after elections. Phnom Penh.

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy salutes supporters in front of Angkor Wat, Siem Reap.

Mobs attack and burn two police cars at Stung Meanchey District in Phnom Penh. Later on they attacked a man they thought to be Vietnamese.

Mobs attack and burn two police cars at Stung Meanchey District in Phnom Penh. Later on they attacked a man they thought to be Vietnamese.

Monks watch burning police cars after mobs attacked them at Stung Meanchey District in Phnom Penh.

A man tries to stop a mob from attacking a man they thought was Vietnamese at Stung Meanchey District in Phnom Penh.

A man lays in an ambulance after being attacked by mob in Phnom Penh’s Stung Meanchey district when he was mistaken to be Vietnamese.

A poster of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) can be seen lit by a lamp post at the Japanese bridge in Phnom Penh.