A man stands in front of a row of homes in the town of Kimchaek in North Hamgyong province.
An Associated Press vehicle climbs the slopes of Mount Paektu in Ryanggang province.
A boulder lies on a path near the peak of Mount Paektu in Ryanggang province.
A deer's hoof, used as a door handle, hangs from the front door of the home where North Koreans say the late leader Kim Jong Il was born around Mount Paektu in Ryanggang province.
A hotel employee walks in the lobby of a hotel that accommodates foreign visitors in Chongjin
An apartment block stands behind hotel room curtains on the main street in Hamhung.
A man sits by a cooking fire he built to roast potatoes and chicken in the town of Samjiyon in Ryanggang province.
Young North Korean school children help to fix pot holes in a rural road in North Korea's North Hamgyong province.
Portraits of the late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il are illuminated on a building side as the sun rises over Pyongyang.
North Korean people rest next to the railroad tracks in a town in North Korea's North Hamgyong province.
Boys play soccer in the town of Hyesan in North Korea's Ryanggang province.
Farmers walk in a rainstorm with their cattle near the town of Hyesan, North Korea in Ryanggang province.
North Korean men share a picnic lunch and North Korean-brewed and bottled Taedonggang beer along the road in North Korea's North Hwanghae province.
North Korean residents walk on a road along a river in the town of Kimchaek, in North Korea's North Hamgyong province.
A North Korean man pushes his bicycle to a village in North Korea's North Hamgyong province.
The remains of lunch sit on a restaurant table in the city of Wonsan, North Korea.
A group of young North Koreans enjoys a picnic on the beach in Wonsan, North Korea.
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