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Food, sports and song: Scenes from a Pyongyang picnic

Ng Han Guan / AP
By PhotoBlog

Groups of North Koreans enjoyed a picnic on a hilltop park overlooking Pyongyang on Wednesday, a national holiday celebrating the birthday period of the late leader Kim Il Sung.

A man lights a cigarette for a friend during a picnic in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 18, 2012.
A man lights a cigarette for a friend during a picnic in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 18, 2012.Ng Han Guan / AP

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