North marks Kim Il-sung birthday

Thousands of North Korean devotees laid flowers before statues of the country’s founder Kim Il-sung on Sunday on the anniversary of his birth. A constant stream of soldiers, work unit personnel, schoolchildren and families made their way to Mansu hill in the centre of Pyongyang, where statues of Kim and his son and successor look out over the capital. —

AFP Female Korean People’s Army soldiers arrive to pay their respects before the statues of Kim Il-sung in Pyongyan. —