CAMBODIA SIHANOUK

A Cambodian mother and son prepare to release a candlelit boat, representing the release of evil-spirts and a new beginning, into the Tonle Sap River at dawn in Phnom Penh October 14, 2004. Prince Norodom Sihamoni, a classical ballet dancer based in Paris, is expected to be named on Thursday by Cambodia's Throne Council as successor to his father, King Norodom Sihanouk, the ageing and revered constitutional monarch who abdicated suddenly last week. REUTERS/Adrees Latif