Friday photo: Just another day in Pyongyang
PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA – APRIL 03: Grandmother and her grandson tend to the grounds of the Eternal Statue of Kim Il Sung on April 3, 2011 in Pyongyang, North Korea. Pyongyang is the capital city of North Korea and the population is about 2,500,000.
PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA - APRIL 03: Grandmother and her grandson tend to the grounds of the Eternal Statue of Kim Il Sung on April 3, 2011 in Pyongyang, North Korea. Pyongyang is the capital city of North Korea and the population is about 2,500,000.
PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA – APRIL 03: Grandmother and her grandson tend to the grounds of the Eternal Statue of Kim Il Sung on April 3, 2011 in Pyongyang, North Korea. Pyongyang is the capital city of North Korea and the population is about 2,500,000.
Joshua Keating is a former associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating
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