... and you thought you had a miserable life? Think again after looking at this photo...

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Exam Season 2012: Students praying to pass their exam - Video and photos by Theary Seng

It's high school exit exam season in Cambodia on this 02 August 2012. This video was taken at Preah Ang Dorng Keur in front of the Royal Palace. The building houses a stone statue of Avalokitsvara from the Angkor era. The students come here to pray so that they may pass the exam. Is studying for the exam optional?

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What you see in the video:

Hundreds of students praying in front of palace for their exams this Thursday (All Photos: Theary Seng)

Hundreds of students praying on Sisowath Quay for their exams

Piles of lotus flowers discarded after students pray for their exams this Thursday

Exam time! Students praying...

 

SUV versus Road divider: Who's stronger?

Can you beat that?

A Cambodian woman rides on her motorbike loaded with vegetables for sale in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 01 March 2012.

A Cambodian motorized cart loaded with firewoods drives on a street in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 01 March 2012. Cambodia's economy is expected to grow 6.5 percent in 2012, up from 5.75 percent in the year 2011, the International Monetary Fund said in its annual review, adding that government policies to boost the investment climate were paying off. EPA/MAK REMISSA - 1 March, 2012

Sisowath Quay, the lull before the storm, 06 Sept. 2011

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Lok Yeay San, an old beggar of no importance in the Kingdom of Wonder, amid the pocket of wealth on Sisowath Quay

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Litter and exam results outside one high school in Central Phnom Penh on 19 August 2011

Seen in Phnom Penh...

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Seen in Phnom Penh...

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Seen in Phnom Penh...

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Seen in Phnom Penh...

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Are you soaking wet yet?

A cyclist pushes his bicycle through a flooded street near the royal palace in Phnom Penh July 21, 2010, after heavy rains caused flooding across the city. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
A motorcyclist pushes his vehicle through a flooded street near the royal palace in Phnom Penh July 21, 2010, after heavy rains caused flooding across the city. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
A cycle rickshaw driver pulls his vehicle through a flooded street near the royal palace in Phnom Penh July 21, 2010, after heavy rains caused flooding across the city. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea
Children play in a flooded street near the royal palace in Phnom Penh July 21, 2010 after heavy rains caused flooding across the city. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea

Phnom Penh by night - 13 April 2010

Video: Uon Chhin, RFA

Going places in Phnom Penh

A Cambodian man transports goods by motorbike as he heads to a main market in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. Traffic injuries are a major problem in Cambodia, where about 4 people per day are killed in accidents, according to a government report. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Street scene in Phnom Penh

A horse draw a cart carrying Cambodian villagers along the Mekong River near Phnom Penh (Photo: BBC News)

Phnom Penh street scene

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA - A Cambodian man pedals his three-wheeled pedicab on a road as he carries a foreign tourist in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh. AP Photo/Heng Sinith.

Street scene from Phnom Penh

Cambodian cyclo drivers transport Buddhist paraphenalia for sale at a market in Phnom Penh. The International Monetary Fund said late last month that Cambodia's economy will contract 2.75 per cent this year as the global economic crisis takes its toll on the country. -- PHOTO: AFP

Odd Phnom Penh Street Scene

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Water ride in Phnom Penh

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA - A Cambodian motor-taxi man drives through a flooded street, carrying two customers. AP Photo/Heng Sinith.

Look, Ma! Just one hand!

A Cambodian man drives his motorbike loaded with empty plastic containers on a busy street in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday. Sept. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)