A man rides a water buffalo at the Preah Vihear Suor pagoda near Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Sept. 27. Thousands of people descended on a village near the capital for annual water buffalo races that mark the end of a festival during which Cambodians believe their dead ancestors walk the earth. "Another reason for the celebration is that the villagers want to show off their own buffalo," one farmer told the AFP news agency.