EditorialThailand: Two female tourists pose in rented Thai traditional costumes in the grounds of Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn), Bangkok, with two demon-like yaksa or temple guardian statues in the background
EditorialThe Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Seated in Royal Ease, part of a collection of Khmer art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, on July 27, 2022. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)
EditorialLaos: Buddhist monks performing their daily early morning almsround at Vat Phou (Wat Phu), a ruined Khmer Hindu temple sanctuary (now Buddhist), Champasak Province, southern Laos
EditorialCambodia: Traditional apsara (celestial nymph) dancer during a special night time dance performance at Prasat Kravan, a 10th century temple dedicated to the Hindu god, Vishnu, Angkor
EditorialThailand: Buddha and monkeys at the 13th century Prang Sam Yot, Lopburi. Originally a Khmer Hindu shrine, it has three prangs that used to represent Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva (the Hindu trinity). It was later converted to a Buddhist shrine
EditorialA couple is photographed in traditional Khmer clothes in front of the ancient temple complex of Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia on Dec. 6, 2021. (Thomas Cristofoletti/The New York Times)
EditorialStudents make their way through photo displays at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022. (Nadia Shira Cohen/The New York Times)
EditorialA couple is photographed in traditional Khmer clothes in front of the ancient temple complex of Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia on Dec. 6, 2021. (Thomas Cristofoletti/The New York Times)
EditorialA couple is photographed in traditional Khmer clothes in front of the ancient temple complex of Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia on Dec. 6, 2021. (Thomas Cristofoletti/The New York Times)
EditorialA couple is photographed in traditional Khmer clothes in front of the ancient temple complex of Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia on Dec. 6, 2021. (Thomas Cristofoletti/The New York Times)
Editorial The former Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan, as seen on a live feed from a press room during a hearing in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Nov. 16, 2018. (Adam Dean/The New York Times)
EditorialPhotographs of victims of the Khmer Rouge at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov. 15, 2018. (Adam Dean/The New York Times)
Editorial“Adoration and Glory: The Golden Age of Khmer Art” by Emma C. Bunker and Douglas Latchford, in New York, March 9, 2017. (Sonny Figueroa/The New York Times)