North Korea

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April 12, 2012
North Koreans play billiards in Pyongyang.
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Construction workers gather on the bank of the Taedong River in Pyongyang.

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North Korea's tallest structure, the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang.
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Central Pyongyang is seen at dusk.
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A statue known as the Monument to the Three Charters for National Reunification, which symbolizes the hope for eventual reunification of the two Koreas,
arches over a highway at the edge of Pyongyang. David Guttenfelder / AP

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Snow blankets Pyongyang along the banks of the Taedong River as the sun rises.
David Guttenfelder / AP

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A North Korean man shovels snow in a parking lot in Pyongyang after overnight snow fell on the North Korean capital.
David Guttenfelder / AP

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A North Korean man walks across a snowy street in central Pyongyang.
David Guttenfelder / AP

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A North Korean man walks along a street in Pyongyang. David Guttenfelder / AP


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Two North Korean soldiers smoke cigarettes as a pedestrian walks past on a street corner in Pyongyang.
David Guttenfelder / AP


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People work on library computers at Kim Il Sung University in Pyongyang.
North Korea is undergoing a digital revolution of sorts, even though it has some of the strictest cyberspace policies in the world.
David Guttenfelder / AP

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A woman looks at monkeys behind a glass enclosure at the central zoo in Pyongyang.
David Guttenfelder / AP


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A North Korean man sings karaoke while his daughter plays piano at a hotel bar in Mount Kumgang, North Korea.
David Guttenfelder / AP


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A girl plays the piano inside the Changgwang Elementary School in Pyongyang.
David Guttenfelder / AP

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A young dancer leaps by while girls put on panda bear costumes as they prepare to perform at a gathering at a park to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the late leader
Kim Il Sung's birthday in Pyongyang. April 15 is called "The Day of the Sun" in honor of the former guerrilla fighter who founded North Korea in 1948.
David Guttenfelder / AP


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People take a ride at an amusement park in Pyongyang.
David Guttenfelder / AP

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Students swim and play on a water slide at a pool facility at Kim Il Sung University in Pyongyang.
David Guttenfelder / AP

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A girl takes a photo of her friends who were dancing at an event to mark the birthday of Kim Il Sung at a park in Pyongyang.
David Guttenfelder / AP

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A North Korean woman walks along a street near a large monument dedicated to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, left,
and his father, and late paramount leader, Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang.
David Guttenfelder / AP

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A North Korean construction worker carries lumber to a building project in Pyongyang.
David Guttenfelder / AP

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