Glimpses of North Korea – in pictures

A family pose for a picture in front of portraits of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il at a flower festival Photograph: Vincent Yu/AP

Women in traditional costume stand at the entrance of the Hana Music Information Centre Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters

Soldiers attend a ceremony at the Kim Il-sung stadium in Pyongyang Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images

A waitress serves lunch on a train heading to North Phyongan province Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

Soldiers at a military parade in Pyongyang Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters

Soldiers run into a stadium for a ceremony attended by Kim Jong-un Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters

A dancer dressed as a soldier takes part in a gala show in Pyongyang Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters

A military parade commemorating the 100th anniversary of Kim Il-sung's birth, at Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang Photograph: KNS/AFP/Getty Images

A woman sits inside a booth on a street in Pyongyang Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

Commuters make their way through Yonggwang subway station. Pyongyang's underground network was opened between 1969 and 1972 and is supposedly the deepest in the world, with parts of the track said to be 110 metres below surface level Photograph: ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images

Images of the Unha-3 rocket displayed on screens at a command centre at Sohae satellite station in Tongchang-ri Photograph: David Guttenfelder/AP

People on a public bus in Pyongyang Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

Soldiers seen from the window of a train heading from Pyongyang Photograph: Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images

Workers in a field Photograph: Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images

People on a street in Pyongyang Photograph: David Guttenfelder/AP

People at a picnic Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

Women sit near portraits of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP

Students look down from the platform of a slide at a swimming pool complex at Kim Il-sung University in Pyongyang Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters

People watch a performance in a theatre during celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Kim Il-sung Photograph: Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images

Statues of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il are unveiled in Pyongyang Photograph: Ng Han Guan/AP