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Norng La, a villager who lives along the Funan Techo Canal, prepares vegetable for her dinner at her home at Prek Takeo village, eastern Phnom Penh Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Norng La, a villager who lives along the Funan Techo Canal, prepares vegetable for her dinner at her home at Prek Takeo village, eastern Phnom Penh Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Sok Koeun, a villager who lives along the Funan Techo Canal, collects firewood for cooking at her home at Prek Takeo village, eastern Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Sok Koeun, a villager who lives along the Funan Techo Canal, collects firewood for cooking at her home at Prek Takeo village, eastern Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

A view from a water gate to the Funan Techo Canal connecting from Mekong River at Prek Takeo village, eastern Phnom Penh Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

A view from a water gate to the Funan Techo Canal connecting from Mekong River at Prek Takeo village, eastern Phnom Penh Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

A view of the canal at Prek Takoe village eastern side of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Anton L. Delgado)

A view of the canal at Prek Takoe village eastern side of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Anton L. Delgado)

A villager who lives along the Funan Techo Canal rides a bicycle past a bridge at Prek Takeo village, eastern Phnom Penh Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

A villager who lives along the Funan Techo Canal rides a bicycle past a bridge at Prek Takeo village, eastern Phnom Penh Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Children pose in front of bulldozers lined along the Funan Techo canal at Prek Takeo village, eastern Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Aniruddha Ghosal)

Children pose in front of bulldozers lined along the Funan Techo canal at Prek Takeo village, eastern Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Aniruddha Ghosal)

A water gate to the Funan Techo Canal is seen at Prek Takeo village, eastern Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

A water gate to the Funan Techo Canal is seen at Prek Takeo village, eastern Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Norng La, a villager who lives along the Funan Techo Canal, is interviewed by The Associated Press at her home at Prek Takeo village eastern Phnom Penh Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Norng La, a villager who lives along the Funan Techo Canal, is interviewed by The Associated Press at her home at Prek Takeo village eastern Phnom Penh Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

A view of the canal at Prek Takoe village eastern side of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Anton L. Delgado)

A view of the canal at Prek Takoe village eastern side of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Anton L. Delgado)

Norng La, a villager who lives along the Funan Techo Canal dries her long beans at her home at Prek Takeo village, eastern Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Norng La, a villager who lives along the Funan Techo Canal dries her long beans at her home at Prek Takeo village, eastern Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Sok Koeun, a villager who lives along the Funan Techo Canal, is interviewed by The Associated Press at her home at Prek Takeo village, eastern Phnom Penh Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Sok Koeun, a villager who lives along the Funan Techo Canal, is interviewed by The Associated Press at her home at Prek Takeo village, eastern Phnom Penh Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

A worker raises a Cambodian flag with the help of an excavator on a barge by the mouth of a canal, at Prek Takoe village, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Anton L. Delgado)

A worker raises a Cambodian flag with the help of an excavator on a barge by the mouth of a canal, at Prek Takoe village, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Anton L. Delgado)