Through the Lens: 5 days of fighting on Thai-Cambodian border
A selection of striking photos from across Asia
JULY 31, 2025
Thailand and Cambodia agreed to an unconditional ceasefire on July 28 after five days of cross-border conflict over disputed ownership of temples and other territory in which at least 34 people were killed and more than 270,000 displaced.
Day 1 (July 24)
This screenshot from the Royal Thai Army's Facebook page shows a gas station in Srisaket province, Thailand, that was hit by a rocket fired from Cambodia.
This screenshot from the Royal Thai Army's Facebook page shows a gas station in Srisaket province, Thailand, that was hit by a rocket fired from Cambodia.
Royal Thai Army soldiers ride in armored vehicles in Chachoengsao province on July 24, the day Thailand launched airstrikes on Cambodian military targets and Cambodia fired rockets and artillery, with at least 11 civilians being killed in a dramatic escalation of a long-running border dispute between the two neighbors. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP)
Royal Thai Army soldiers ride in armored vehicles in Chachoengsao province on July 24, the day Thailand launched airstrikes on Cambodian military targets and Cambodia fired rockets and artillery, with at least 11 civilians being killed in a dramatic escalation of a long-running border dispute between the two neighbors. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP)
Day 2 (July 25)
Screen grabs from a handout video released on July 25 shows a drone dropping a bomb during what Thai army says was an operation on a Cambodian military arms depot in an area given as Phu Ma Kuea Hill near Preah Vihear province, Cambodia. (Photo by Thai Army/Reuters)
Screen grabs from a handout video released on July 25 shows a drone dropping a bomb during what Thai army says was an operation on a Cambodian military arms depot in an area given as Phu Ma Kuea Hill near Preah Vihear province, Cambodia. (Photo by Thai Army/Reuters)
A Thai military mobile unit fires toward Cambodia in Surin province, Thailand, on July 25. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)
A Thai military mobile unit fires toward Cambodia in Surin province, Thailand, on July 25. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)
People wait at the Thai Red Cross in Bangkok on July 25 to donate blood for hospitals in the border regions near the conflict. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
People wait at the Thai Red Cross in Bangkok on July 25 to donate blood for hospitals in the border regions near the conflict. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
A Thai woman takes a selfie as she donates blood at the Thai Red Cross in Bangkok on July 25. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
A Thai woman takes a selfie as she donates blood at the Thai Red Cross in Bangkok on July 25. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
A monk sits in a makeshift bomb shelter in Surin province, Thailand, on July 25. (Photo by Valeria Mongelli/Getty Images)
A monk sits in a makeshift bomb shelter in Surin province, Thailand, on July 25. (Photo by Valeria Mongelli/Getty Images)
People drive past Royal Palace of Cambodia in the capital of Phnom Penh on July 25, as the Thailand-Cambodia border conflict entered its second day. (Photo by Daniel Ceng/Getty Images)
People drive past Royal Palace of Cambodia in the capital of Phnom Penh on July 25, as the Thailand-Cambodia border conflict entered its second day. (Photo by Daniel Ceng/Getty Images)
Day 3 (July 26)
A woman carries donated water at a camp set up at Batthkao Primary School in Oddar Meanchey province, Cambodia, on July 26. (Photo by Soveit Yarn/Reuters)
A woman carries donated water at a camp set up at Batthkao Primary School in Oddar Meanchey province, Cambodia, on July 26. (Photo by Soveit Yarn/Reuters)
People gather to receive water at a camp set up at Batthkao Primary School in Oddar Meanchey province, Cambodia, on July 26. (Photo by Soveit Yarn/Reuters)
People gather to receive water at a camp set up at Batthkao Primary School in Oddar Meanchey province, Cambodia, on July 26. (Photo by Soveit Yarn/Reuters)
Thai people protest against the conflict between Thailand and Cambodia in Bangkok on July 26. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
Thai people protest against the conflict between Thailand and Cambodia in Bangkok on July 26. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
A mall in Bangkok, pictured on July 27. Many places in the Thai capital were decorated with the national flag during the conflict with Cambodia. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
A mall in Bangkok, pictured on July 27. Many places in the Thai capital were decorated with the national flag during the conflict with Cambodia. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
A woman sorts supplies at a donation booth outside of a mall in Bangkok on July 27. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
A woman sorts supplies at a donation booth outside of a mall in Bangkok on July 27. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
The CentralWorld shopping center in Bangkok displays the Thai national flag on July 27. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
The CentralWorld shopping center in Bangkok displays the Thai national flag on July 27. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
Cambodian families fleeing the border conflict head to a Buddhist temple that was being used as a shelter in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia, on July 26. (Photo by Daniel Ceng/Getty Images)
Cambodian families fleeing the border conflict head to a Buddhist temple that was being used as a shelter in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia, on July 26. (Photo by Daniel Ceng/Getty Images)
Day 4 (July 27)
Local people drive past the burned out convenience store in Ban Phue, Sisaket province, Thailand on July 27. (Photo by Adryel Talamantes)
Local people drive past the burned out convenience store in Ban Phue, Sisaket province, Thailand on July 27. (Photo by Adryel Talamantes)
The bombed and burned out interior of the convenience store in Ban Phue, Sisaket Province on July 27. (Photo by Adryel Talamantes)
The bombed and burned out interior of the convenience store in Ban Phue, Sisaket Province on July 27. (Photo by Adryel Talamantes)
Cambodian refugees receive necessities while taking shelter at a temple in Krong Siem Reap, Cambodia, on July 27. (Photo by Daniel Ceng/Getty Images)
Cambodian refugees receive necessities while taking shelter at a temple in Krong Siem Reap, Cambodia, on July 27. (Photo by Daniel Ceng/Getty Images)
Day 5 (July 28)
Cambodian migrant workers wait to cross the Ban Laem border checkpoint in Chanthaburi, Thailand, on July 28, as an estimated 20,000 Cambodian migrant workers were expected to cross back into Cambodia through the checkpoint that day, according to local officials. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)
Cambodian migrant workers wait to cross the Ban Laem border checkpoint in Chanthaburi, Thailand, on July 28, as an estimated 20,000 Cambodian migrant workers were expected to cross back into Cambodia through the checkpoint that day, according to local officials. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)
A view shows an empty street of Samraong, the capital of Oddar Meanchey province, Cambodia, about 20 kilometers from the border, on July 28. (Photo by Chantha Lach/Reuters)
A view shows an empty street of Samraong, the capital of Oddar Meanchey province, Cambodia, about 20 kilometers from the border, on July 28. (Photo by Chantha Lach/Reuters)
A house damaged by Cambodian shelling in Sisaket province, Thailand, pictured on July 28. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)
A house damaged by Cambodian shelling in Sisaket province, Thailand, pictured on July 28. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)
Cambodian migrant workers cross into Cambodia at Ban Laem checkpoint in Chanthaburi Province, Thailand, on July 28. (Photo by Valeria Mongelli/Getty Images)
Cambodian migrant workers cross into Cambodia at Ban Laem checkpoint in Chanthaburi Province, Thailand, on July 28. (Photo by Valeria Mongelli/Getty Images)
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, center, looks on as Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, left, and Thailand's acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai shake hands following a press conference on the day of mediation talks on the Thailand-Cambodia border conflict, in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on July 28. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan/Pool/Reuters)
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, center, looks on as Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, left, and Thailand's acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai shake hands following a press conference on the day of mediation talks on the Thailand-Cambodia border conflict, in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on July 28. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan/Pool/Reuters)
Displaced people react inside a temporary shelter in Sisaket province, Thailand, on July 28, after an announcement of a ceasefire. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)
Displaced people react inside a temporary shelter in Sisaket province, Thailand, on July 28, after an announcement of a ceasefire. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)
People gather at Sanam Luang in Bangkok next to the Grand Palace to celebrate Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn's birthday on July 28, after an announcement of a ceasefire. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
People gather at Sanam Luang in Bangkok next to the Grand Palace to celebrate Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn's birthday on July 28, after an announcement of a ceasefire. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
July 29〜
A truck carries armored personnel carriers on a road near the Thai-Cambodian border in Sisaket province, Thailand, on July 29. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)
A truck carries armored personnel carriers on a road near the Thai-Cambodian border in Sisaket province, Thailand, on July 29. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)
Officers from the Royal Thai Army, left, meet with their counterparts from the Royal Cambodian Army in no man's land near the Aranyaprathet-Poipet border crossing between Thailand's Sa Kaeo province and Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey province, on July 29. (Photo by Royal Thai Army/AFP/Jiji)
Officers from the Royal Thai Army, left, meet with their counterparts from the Royal Cambodian Army in no man's land near the Aranyaprathet-Poipet border crossing between Thailand's Sa Kaeo province and Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey province, on July 29. (Photo by Royal Thai Army/AFP/Jiji)
An evacuee from border areas eats a meal at the Chang International Circuit, a race track in Buriram, Thailand, on July 29. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
An evacuee from border areas eats a meal at the Chang International Circuit, a race track in Buriram, Thailand, on July 29. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
A child colors a donated propaganda image of a Thai soldier with the caption, "Honoring soldiers who risked their lives to defend their country," at the Chang International Circuit in Buriram, Thailand, on July 29. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
A child colors a donated propaganda image of a Thai soldier with the caption, "Honoring soldiers who risked their lives to defend their country," at the Chang International Circuit in Buriram, Thailand, on July 29. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
People leaves the Chang International Circuit in Buriram for their home town, Thailand, on July 29. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
People leaves the Chang International Circuit in Buriram for their home town, Thailand, on July 29. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
A delegation of the military attaches and diplomats from 13 countries, including the United States and China, visit a damaged Buddhist pagoda in An Ses, a Cambodia–Thailand borders check point in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia on July 30, as observed the implementation of the Cambodia–Thailand ceasefire agreement. (Photo by Anton L. Delgado/AP)
A delegation of the military attaches and diplomats from 13 countries, including the United States and China, visit a damaged Buddhist pagoda in An Ses, a Cambodia–Thailand borders check point in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia on July 30, as observed the implementation of the Cambodia–Thailand ceasefire agreement. (Photo by Anton L. Delgado/AP)