Today is Election Day in Cambodia. It is the country’s fifth general election since 1993, when the United Nations helped stage the nation’s first free polls since the 1975-79 genocidal rule of the Khmer Rouge and a subsequent period of civil war and one-party rule.

All of us volunteers were instructed to stay at home for our safety, which I did, but saw no problems in my village.  I will not make any commentaries or speak at all about the politics surrounding this election. There is plenty to be read on the Internet if you are interested. However, I did want to share the above picture of my family members that proudly voted today, and have the fingers to prove it.