Cambodian soldiers fire artilleries during a funeral procession in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh on February 1, 2013. Sihanouk, who abdicated in 2004 after steering Cambodia through six decades marked by independence from France, civil war, the murderous Khmer Rouge regime and finally peace, died of a heart attack in Beijing on October 15, 2012 and will be cremated on February 4. TOPSHOTS AFP PHOTO / TANG CHHIN SOTHY