Altered photos of Cambodian torture victims stir controversy

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A tourist views portraits of victims executed by the Khmer Rouge regime at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Feb. 5, 2018. Cambodians on Monday, April 12, 2021, continued to condemn an Irish photo restorer for altering photographs of victims of their countrys 1970s genocide to show them smiling, saying his decision and that of an international media group to publish them showed horrible judgement.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith)